Is Hillary Benn Still An Mp? Who Is the MP for Leeds Central?

Yes, Hillary Benn is still serving as the Mp for Leeds Central.

Hilary Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since a by-election in 1999. He served in the Cabinet from 2003 to 2010, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Benn served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development from 2001 to 2002 and for Prisons and Probations from 2002 to 2003.

After criticizing Corbyn’s leadership and phoning other Labour MPs to seek to remove Corbyn as a leader, he was dismissed from this position by Corbyn on 26 June 2016, precipitating many shadow cabinet resignations.

Benn was later elected Chairman of the Brexit Select Committee. He sought to extend Article 50 to delay Brexit beyond the 31 October 2019 deadline by passing the Benn Act.

He wished to have a second referendum in which he would have voted to remain; however, the Benn Act was nullified once Boris Johnson won a Conservative majority in the 2019 general election and the UK left the European Union.