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| Campaigning Labour MP Ann Cryer is to step down from parliament at the next general election. | Campaigning Labour MP Ann Cryer is to step down from parliament at the next general election. |
| She was elected MP for Keighley in 1997 and has campaigned on issues including forced marriage, domestic violence and improving the human rights of women. | She was elected MP for Keighley in 1997 and has campaigned on issues including forced marriage, domestic violence and improving the human rights of women. |
| The 68-year-old told Labour Party members of her intention at a meeting in her constituency on Wednesday night. | The 68-year-old told Labour Party members of her intention at a meeting in her constituency on Wednesday night. |
| She said she was going "for many reasons, mainly concerning my age, health and decreasing energy levels". | She said she was going "for many reasons, mainly concerning my age, health and decreasing energy levels". |
| Mrs Cryer said: "My campaigns on behalf of some of our most vulnerable people are coming to fruition, the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act comes into effect in September. | Mrs Cryer said: "My campaigns on behalf of some of our most vulnerable people are coming to fruition, the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act comes into effect in September. |
| "This Act, along with new immigration rules I have been calling for, will help many young women and to a lesser extent men to have a greater say in the conduct of their own lives. | "This Act, along with new immigration rules I have been calling for, will help many young women and to a lesser extent men to have a greater say in the conduct of their own lives. |
| For over 20 years Ann has been battling for Keighley - fighting its corner, articulating its needs, representing its best hopes Prime Minister Gordon Brown | For over 20 years Ann has been battling for Keighley - fighting its corner, articulating its needs, representing its best hopes Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
| "I would like to thank the people of my constituency, who it has been an absolute privilege to represent for the last 11 years in Parliament. | "I would like to thank the people of my constituency, who it has been an absolute privilege to represent for the last 11 years in Parliament. |
| "Of course none of us are aware of when the next election will be called, but my work and that of my office will continue on behalf of constituents until then." | "Of course none of us are aware of when the next election will be called, but my work and that of my office will continue on behalf of constituents until then." |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "Ann Cryer has been a distinguished servant of the people of Keighley for many years - first assisting her late husband Bob Cryer, who represented the seat between 1974 and 1983, and then as the Labour MP for the seat since 1997. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "Ann Cryer has been a distinguished servant of the people of Keighley for many years - first assisting her late husband Bob Cryer, who represented the seat between 1974 and 1983, and then as the Labour MP for the seat since 1997. |
| "For over 20 years Ann has been battling for Keighley - fighting its corner, articulating its needs, representing its best hopes. | "For over 20 years Ann has been battling for Keighley - fighting its corner, articulating its needs, representing its best hopes. |
| "She knows every inch of her constituency and her understanding of its communities is second to none. | "She knows every inch of her constituency and her understanding of its communities is second to none. |
| "After encountering a number of forced marriages among her constituents, she mounted a brave campaign to highlight the sometimes appalling mistreatment of women forced to be brides." | "After encountering a number of forced marriages among her constituents, she mounted a brave campaign to highlight the sometimes appalling mistreatment of women forced to be brides." |
| Mrs Cryer became an MP following the death of her first husband Bob in a car accident. He held the Keighley seat and then the Bradford South seat before his death in 1994. | Mrs Cryer became an MP following the death of her first husband Bob in a car accident. He held the Keighley seat and then the Bradford South seat before his death in 1994. |
| In 1997 she was elected as MP for Keighley and kept the seat in 2001 and 2005. She lost her second husband, the Reverend John Hammersley, to cancer in November 2004. |