ISIS. Fitzpatrick was one of 13 MPs to vote against triggering the 2017 general election. Fitzpatrick has spoken of a desire to implement the decision of the 2016 Brexit referendum and was one of five Labour rebels to support Theresa May's Brexit deal in March 2019; he has voted against proposals for softer forms of Brexit such as EEA membership, against party colleague, Yvette Cooper's amendment to delay Brexit to avoid no deal and for then chair of the Conservative 1922 Committee Graham Brady's amendment to weaken the Northern Irish backstop. In June 2019, he announced that he would not stand for re-election to Parliament, having said that the 2017 general election would be his last election. Personal life and honours Fitzpatrick is married to Dr Sheila Fitzpatrick. He has two children from a previous marriage. In 2011, Fitzpatrick was honoured to receive the Freedom of the City of London and subsequently was admitted as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. In 2017, he was elected to the Court of the Shipwrights Livery and made a Younger Brother at Trinity House. He is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society. In October 2021 he was awarded Freedom of the Borough of Tower Hamlets. References External links Official site Twitter Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Jim Fitzpatrick MP BBC Newsnight Interview Debrett's People of Today 1952 births British Roman Catholics People educated at Holyrood Secondary School Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Living people Socialist Workers Party (UK) members Labour Friends of Israel UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 Politicians from Glasgow Members of Trinity House