Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle FRSA (born 14 September 1986) is a British politician who was elected as a Labour and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown at the 2017 general election. In late May 2024, he was suspended from Labour following a serious complaint and barred from standing as a candidate at the 2024 general election; he was later reinstated to party membership. Russell-Moyle was a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group.

Quotes

• I wasn't going to struggle with someone wearing a huge sword on their hip.
  • As cited in "Brexit: Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is expelled after grabbing the mace", The Times (11 December 2018).
  • The Ceremonial mace in the House of Commons represents the monarch's authority. Without it being in place, the Commons cannot meet or pass legislation. Russell-Moyle attempted to leave the chamber holding the mace and was expelled from the chamber for the rest of the day's sitting.

• The Conservative Party have an aim to break up our country.
  They aim to destroy our NHS and we will say no.
  We will fight them in the Parliament, we will fight them in the courts, we will fight them in the workplaces and we will fight them in the streets.
  • Speech (13 December 2019) after the announcement of the votes cast in his constituency in the general election, as cited in "Labour MP slammed for saying party 'will fight Tories in the streets'", Yahoo! News (15 December 2019).

• I did not plan to say this, but during the pandemic, my second cousin—a 15-year-old boy—died in a tragic accident of auto-asphyxiation. It devastated the family, as can be imagined, and happened in the pandemic when we were only allowed six people at the funeral. If he had been taught about risky sex acts—he was 15, not a pre-pubescent child—and how to make sure he did things safely, rather than just learning something from the internet that then led to the end of his life, he might still be around and his family might not be devastated. So, actually, because of that personal experience I do have a problem with saying that we should not teach any of this to our children.
  • "Backbench Business", Hansard HoC Debates Vol. 717 (30 June 2022).
  • After referring to Russell-Moyle's speech in The Sunday Times, Hadley Freeman wrote: "There is no safe way to choke oneself or someone else. Of course there isn't, and that's why people do it: for the danger, the edginess, the submission to risk."

• This complaint has had a deep and lasting impact on me and my health, but with this ordeal now over, I am looking forward to putting this year behind me with my reputation restored.
• I genuinely felt that my work was beginning to help shape the potential Labour Government's stance on housing, energy, and climate issues, as well as scrutinising the Cabinet Office and constitutional matters.
  We were making steady progress. I am disappointed not to have been able to continue this important work.
  • From a statement, as cited in "Ousted former MP announces Labour Party return", BBC News (16 January 2025).
  • The BBC News article says: "The BBC understands the Labour Party investigated the complaint and determined there was insufficient evidence and no further action would be taken."