Yates gone by Xmas

Just spotted that Labour List MP Di Yates has announced she will leave Parliament by the end of the year and is going to run for the Hamilton City Council.  I had to laugh at this sentence:

She told the Waikato Times she had not been pushed by Prime Minister Helen Clark, who had been “surprised” by her decision.

I suspect the Prime Minister was as surprised by this decision as an Eskimo is surprised by cold weather.

Louisa Wall will become an MP by the end of the year to replace Yates.  The next on the list after that is Su’a William Sio who may be the Labour candidate for Mangere to replace Field.