Catharine Letitia Hoey, better known as Kate Hoey, is a Northern Irish politician and life peer. She served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Vauxhall from 1989 to 2019. During her time as an MP, she held ministerial positions, including Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 to 2001. She resigned from the Labour Party in 2020 after several decades of membership.