TRISTRAM HUNT MP HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SW1A 0AA RtHon Jeremy Corbyn MP Leader of the Labour Party House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 13 January 2017 This moming, | informed my local party members of my intention to resign my seat as Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central. [also wanted to write to inform you, as Leader of the Labour Party, of this decision. It has been a profound privilege to represent The Potteries in Parliament over the last six and a half years. This has been a period of slow but steady resurgence for Stoke-on-Trent, after the post-industrial nadir of the early 2000s. In these years, I have been proud to see how our ceramic, engineering, technology, healthcare and higher education sectors have begun to revive. Our schools have improved in confidence, with a new Maths Excellence Partnership helping us attract and train enthusiastic young teachers. Stoke City has cemented its place in the Premier League and reached the F.A Cup Final. We now have the Stoke-on-Trent Literary Festival, the British Ceramics Biennial, and are bidding to be City of Culture 2021. Best of all, the community engagement and political outreach of local party members means we have eliminated the ugly politics of the BNP from the city. As you saw when you visited Hanley last summer, the Labour Movement is strong in North Staffordshire. ‘These are achievements by the people of Stoke-on-Trent, not by their politicians. But I do hope that my work in the Commons - alongside superb colleagues Joan Walley, Rob Flello, Paul Farrelly and now Ruth Smeeth - has helped in some way to contribute to that confidence and support the incredible endeavours of civil society across the city. But, as you know better than me, itis the constituency surgeries and local support which one can provide as an MP that can deliver the greatest job satisfaction: giving a voice to the marginalised, battling bureaucracy, marshalling influence for the overlooked. | will miss that opportunity to serve the people of Stoke-on-Trent when I stand down as an MP, but I am not saying goodbye to the city itself which will have a huge place in my heart and in what I do for as long as I live. Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central London Office Telephone: 0207219 3000 Constituency Office: 88 Lonsdale Sirect, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 4DP ‘Telephone: 01782 410 455 Email: tristramhunt@parliament.uk ‘Website www.tristamhunt.com