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Article: Yorkshire MP with terminal illness to quit
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- February 22, 2005
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Simon McGee Political Editor
A YORKSHIRE MP is standing down at the General Election after
discovering he could have as little as three years to live after the
onset of a rare degenerative condition.
Kevin Hughes, 52, a former coal miner who has represented
Doncaster North for 13 years, found out three weeks ago that he was
suffering from progressive muscular atrophy, a variant of motor
neurone disease that leads to the weakening and wasting away of
muscles.
Last night he said he was "completely devastated".
In a letter to local Labour Party members he said: "It will
inevitably become increasingly difficult for me to carry out my
duties... I am certain that it is the right decision for ...