Shameless ex-MP Keith Vaz returned to Westminster to play a role in shaping the upcoming Labour leadership battle today, weeks after quitting the Commons in disgrace over a cocaine and rent boys scandal. Mr Vaz arriving at a Labour NEC meeting last year. Former Europe minister Mr Vaz, was found by the House of Commons Standards Committee last year to have committed a 'very serious breach' of code of conduct for MPs. Mr Vaz was suspended from Parliament for six months on October 31 but because of the dissolution for the election he could have dodged his punishment if he was re-elected. But her 6,019 majority was down from the 22,428 achieved by Mr Vaz in 2017.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2020 14:37 UTC