Coroner discloses details of cause of death of Natalie Lewis-Hoyle, 28, who was found at home in Heybridge, Essex

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The daughter of the Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle was found hanged at her home, an inquest has heard.

Natalie Lewis-Hoyle, 28, died at her home in Heybridge, Essex, on 15 December. An inquest into her death was opened and adjourned in Chelmsford on Friday.

The Essex coroner, Caroline Beasley-Murray, said Lewis-Hoyle was found in a bedroom by her mother, Miriam Lewis. She said a postmortem examination gave the medical cause of death as compression of the neck consistent with hanging.

Hoyle, the MP for Chorley in Lancashire, said last week he was “truly devastated” by the death of his daughter.

“Our family will never be the same without our loving granddaughter, sister & aunty. Thank you for the kind support we’ve received it is overwhelming,” he wrote on Twitter.

Lewis, a Maldon district councillor in Essex, urged anyone with information about her daughter’s death to get in touch with police.

She wrote on Facebook: “It is with unbearable sadness that I have to announce the sudden death of my beautiful, much-adored daughter Natalie. If Natty contacted you by phone, text, messenger or any other means on Thursday evening, 14 December, between 20.00 and midnight, please let me know through this page or contact A/Insp Jon Loudon at Essex police, incident no 158. Any little scrap of information may be more relevant than you imagine.

“Natalie is my only child, my mini-me. Please help me find out what happened to her in the hours before her death.”