About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Louise Haigh) represents you, and all of the people who live in Sheffield Heeley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley

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

Also represented Sheffield, Heeley

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @louhaigh
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Home Office
• Department for Transport
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Education
• HM Treasury
• Police: Finance
• Terrorism: Northern Ireland
• Revenue and Customs: Concentrix
• Members: Correspondence
• Police

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Transport ( 5 Jul 2024 to 28 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (29 Nov 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (28 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ( 6 Apr 2020 to 29 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Policing) ( 3 Jul 2017 to 6 Apr 2020)
• 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)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• 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)

Recent appearances

• Non-disclosure Agreements — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 2 Apr 2025

  I have not been in a Westminster Hall debate for nearly six years, because I was faffing around in the shadow Cabinet and then the Cabinet. I do not recall being in a Westminster Hall debate where there has been so much cross-party support. I am incredibly grateful for the quality of contributions today and the support from the official Opposition and the Liberal Democrats. I completely agree...

• Non-disclosure Agreements — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 2 Apr 2025

  The Minister talked about protected disclosures, including in relation to criminal offences. As my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Mrs Russell) said, this area of law is complex, and low-income workers in particular cannot access the kind of legal advice that she provided so authoritatively to her clients. Does the Minister agree that we therefore need to end the blanket use of NDAs so...

• Non-disclosure Agreements — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 2 Apr 2025

  I am grateful to the Minister for being so generous with his time. I completely accept that there are different versions of the amendment that could be successful and I accept the need to consider the impact on businesses. Will the Minister meet me and other interested Members to look at a way in which this amendment could be written that would satisfy him and the Government? We have heard...

More of Louise Haigh’s recent appearances