Michael Thomas Hancock (born 9 July 1946) is a British politician. He was most recently an
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Member of Parliament (MP) for
Portsmouth South
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Hancock formally resigned from the Liberal Democrat whip in early June 2014 until a civil court action brought against him by a female constituent alleging improper conduct was resolved.
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BBC News, 4 June 2014 An out-of-court settlement with the woman, known only as 'Annie', was reached later in June 2014 in which Hancock admitted that he "crossed the line" into inappropriate behaviour.
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''The Guardian'', 18 June 2014 Hancock's resignation was announced on 18 September 2014.
He stood as an independent candidate in the
2014 Portsmouth City Council election
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s and lost his seat in Fratton Ward to UKIP candidate Julie Swan. The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council.
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Hancock was previously the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South for the SDP following a by-election in 1984 until 1987
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Early life
Hancock was born in Portsmouth
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, Hampshire, the son of a Portsmouth naval stoker, growing up on a Portsmouth council estate
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. He was educated at comprehensive schools in Portsmouth. He worked as an engineer until he was first elected to Parliament
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, and in the years between his parliamentary career he worked as both a director of the Daytime Club at the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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in 1971. He left the Labour Party and joined the new
(SDP) in 1981, becoming the leader of the council in 1989. He continued in this role until his second election to the
on the city council until 22 May 2014, when he was defeated. He was also elected to
in 1973, becoming the leader of the Labour group on the council in 1977 until he left the party, leading the council as a Liberal Democrat between 1993 and 1997,