Exiled Labor member Scott McConnell has resigned from NT Labor

MEMBER for Stuart Scott McConnell has resigned from the Labor Party after being sacked from the Labor caucus in December alongside then-resources minister Ken Vowles and backbencher Jeff Collins

Exiled Labor MLA Scott McConnell departs the chambers during the first sitting of the 2019 parliamentary year. He has now quit the party. Picture: Justin Kennedy

MEMBER for Stuart Scott McConnell has resigned from the Labor Party.

Mr McConnell was sacked from the Labor caucus in December alongside then-resources minister Ken Vowles and backbencher Jeff Collins.

Party secretary Anthony Brereton confirmed he received Mr McConnell’s resignation this morning.

Mr Collins resigned from the party earlier this month but Mr McConnell last week told parliament he intended to stay a member of Labor while acting as an independent within the chamber.

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To take direction on how to vote from Government whip Kate Worden or Leader of Government Business Natasha Fyles while expelled from caucus would be “diametrically opposed” to his Labor values as it would mean his constituents voice wouldn’t be heard, Mr McConnell said at the time.

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“I will not cross the floor out of spite. But I will consider every vote and I will make my own decisions,” he said.

Mr Vowles is the only one of the three exiled members to remain a member of Labor.

Mr McConnell has been contacted for comment.

More to come.