About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Helen Hayes) represents you, and all of the people who live in Dulwich and West Norwood, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @helenhayes.bsky.social
• @helenhayes_
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Helen Hayes campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Children: Social Services
• Children's Centres and Family Hubs: Derby North
• Special Educational Needs
• Childcare: Derby North

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Education Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Education Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill Committee (14 Dec 2022 to 11 Jan 2023)
• Member, Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (22 Feb 2021 to 7 Mar 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (10 Apr 2020 to 30 Dec 2020)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (27 Jan 2020 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tessa Jowell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Social Housing (Regulation) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Homelessness Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENTS (INNOVATION) BILL Committee (0 out of 1)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Educational Attainment of Boys 10 Jul 2025

  I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) on securing this debate and on his excellent speech. As the Chair of the Education Committee, I want to see every child and young person engaged in learning throughout their time in education, and helped to find their individual interests and passions, whether they are academic, vocational or a mix of both, and to...

• Backbench Business: Educational Attainment of Boys 10 Jul 2025

  I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. To reflect on what my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland has said, I believe there is a need for a strategic approach to this issue, but as I will talk about later, my Committee is looking at inclusive education and how we can make changes in the system that help schools to respond in a more defined way to the needs of individual children....

• Education Committee 10 Jul 2025

  I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this statement. Today I speak on behalf of the Education Committee and, more importantly, the thousands of children across England whose lives are profoundly shaped by our children’s social care system. I put on record my thanks to the Committee Clerks and specialists, who have supported this inquiry, as well as to...

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