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Louise Haigh

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Louise Haigh

Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Assumed office
29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byJim McMahon
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
28 April 2020 – 29 November 2021
Acting: 6 April 2020 – 28 April 2020
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byTony Lloyd
Succeeded byPeter Kyle
Shadow Minister of State for Policing
In office
3 July 2017 – 6 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byLyn Brown
Succeeded bySarah Jones
Shadow Minister for Digital Economy
In office
10 October 2016 – 3 July 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byChi Onwurah
Succeeded byLiam Byrne
Shadow Minister for Civil Service and Digital Reform
In office
18 September 2015 – 10 October 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySteve Reed
Member of Parliament
for Sheffield Heeley
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byMeg Munn
Majority8,520 (20.0%)
Personal details
Born
Louise Margaret Haigh

(1987-07-22) 22 July 1987 (age 37)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
WebsiteOfficial website

Louise Margaret Haigh (/heɪɡ/) (born 22 July 1987) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley at the 2015 general election, as the youngest Labour member of that parliament. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2021.[1]

References

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  1. "Louise Haigh most hard-working of all new MPs". Yorkshire Post. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.