Neil Coyle

Neil Coyle (born 30 December 1978) is a British Labour Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, first elected at the 2015 general election.

Coyle also served the constituency as a councillor, taking his place in the Newington ward in 2010. After his re-election as a councillor in 2014, Coyle became Deputy Mayor of the London Borough of Southwark.

Alongside his role as trustee for a local mental health charity and the North Southwark Environment Trust, he is also a national policy and campaigns advisor on social care and tackling poverty. He has raised funds for the Evelina Children's Hospital and for a local Garden Farm.

Neil Coyle was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015. Following the May 2016 elections, he co-wrote an article with Jo Cox which said that they had "come to regret" that decision.

On 3 December 2015, he received a death threat through Twitter after voting for military action against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria. Coyle received police protection.

At the 2017 snap general election, Coyle was re-elected with an increased majority.