Louise Haigh’s voting in Parliament

Louise Haigh is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Louise Haigh sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Louise Haigh voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Louise Haigh’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Louise Haigh’s full vote analysis page for more.

Louise Haigh has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Dec 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Forensic Science: Misconduct 22 Jan 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Civil and Family Courts Service is taking to identify cases where decisions were taken on the basis of forensic testing provided by (a) Randox and (b) Trimega.

• College Funding — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] 21 Jan 2019

  My hon. Friend is making the point about pay and the impact on recruitment and retention. Does he agree that it is especially acute for specialist areas? Sheffield College has seen significant growth in the delivery of higher apprentices in engineering and manufacturing, but it is really struggling to recruit in those specialisms. It has run four recruitment campaigns, but still finds it...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Forensic Science: Misconduct 21 Jan 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the road traffic cases affected by manipulation of toxicology tests by Randox Testing Services resulted in a custodial sentence being overturned; and how long each of those sentences were prior to the manipulation being discovered.

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Profile

Labour MP for Sheffield, Heeley

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @louhaigh
• https://facebook.com/Haigh4Heeley

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Louise Haigh campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Cabinet Office
• HM Treasury
• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Police: Finance
• Revenue and Customs: Concentrix
• Police
• Jobcentres: Sheffield
• Concentrix

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Policing) (since 3 Jul 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy) (9 Oct 2016 to 3 Jul 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (18 Sep 2015 to 9 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Meg Munn
• Bill Michie
• Frank Hooley
• John Spence
• Frank Hooley
• Peter Roberts

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Data Protection Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Offensive Weapons Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Digital Economy Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Education and Adoption Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill Committee (3 out of 10)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Louise Haigh’s speeches
• Has received answers to 284 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76.17% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 65 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Louise Haigh’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 145 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)