From Matt – to Martha? Now Hancock’s estranged wife is urged to stand for his parliamentary seat when the I’m a Celeb star steps down at the next general election
- Mrs Hancock kept a low profile after Matt’s affair with aide Gina Coladangelo
- But she is active in local politics and has won support from local Conservatives
- Tory party figures encouraging Mrs Hancock to stand since ex is stepping down
- She believed that her marriage was ‘happy and stable’ until Mr Hancock’s affair
Matt Hancock‘s estranged wife Martha is being urged to stand for his seat when he steps down at the next Election.
The former Health Secretary’s wife has kept a low profile after her husband was caught on camera kissing his aide during the pandemic. But the mother-of-three is said to be active in local politics and has won support among local Conservatives.
Tory party figures are encouraging her to stand after Mr Hancock announced that he will step down. He is sitting as an independent after having the Tory whip withdrawn when he announced that he was appearing in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
A Conservative source said: ‘Martha is very active in local politics. People think she could stand. She is being encouraged to put herself forward.’
Matt Hancock’s estranged wife Martha, pictured, is being urged to stand for his seat when he steps down at the next Election. Mrs Hancock married the former Health Secretary after they met as students at Oxford University
Earlier this year, broadcaster Jenni Murray wrote of Martha Hancock in Saga Magazine: ‘She is greatly admired in her husband’s constituency of West Suffolk, where she has long been responsible for local networking while he’s been busy with other matters.
‘Here’s my advice to Mrs Hancock: foster those supporters and at the next election stand for Parliament and replace him as MP. It’s time some of these dishonourable males, raised in the boys’ clubs of privilege, took more care of their family values.
‘There’s also a rather famous saying of which they should all take note, whether their business is politics or not: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” ’
Martha Hancock is said to have believed her marriage was ‘happy and stable’ until her husband Matt Hancock (right) revealed that he was in love with his aide Gina Coladangelo (left)
Mrs Hancock, an osteopath, married the former Health Secretary after they met as students at Oxford University. They have two sons and a daughter.
Mrs Hancock is said to have believed that her marriage was ‘happy and stable’ until her husband revealed that he was in love with his aide Gina Coladangelo.
West Suffolk councillor Ian Houlder said: ‘If she’s thinking of standing, she would have to throw her hat into the ring with all the other applicants.
‘She may get through on a sympathy vote, but people should go into politics for the right reasons.’
About the former Health Secretary, he said: ‘I think Matt Hancock should go now rather than wait for two years.’