Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone has been nominated for the ‘politician of the year’ award by gay rights charity Stonewall.
The charity's 25th anniversary awards, which will take place in the Raphael Gallery of the Victoria & Albert Museum, celebrate the work of individuals and groups towards equality over the past year.
Ms Featherstone said: “It’s a huge honour to be nominated for this award – thank you very much to Stonewall. I look forward to attending the awards.
“In the UK, we have made incredible progress with equal marriage. Words can’t really describe the overwhelming joy I felt attending two beautiful wedding ceremonies on that historic day in March, when finally love became equal before the law.
“I still get very emotional when people thank me for my work on same-sex marriage. Often when I speak at an event someone, usually a young man, will approach me and say ‘thank you’ – it’s incredibly heart-warming.”
The other four nominees for the award are Lord Cashman, Lord Fowler, MP Kerry McCarthy and MSP Alex Neil.
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