Louise Haigh

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Louise Haigh has been the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Sheffield, Heeley since May 2015. [1]

Haigh was appointed as the Labour candidate for Sheffield Heeley in March 2015 following the retirement of Meg Munn who had held the seat since 2001. [2] She went on to gain a majority of 12,954 in the 2015 general election. [1]

Stance fracking

In 2015 Haigh called for a complete halt to fracking exploration in the UK. [3] Her constituency includes two shale gas exploration licences held by petrochemical giant Ineos.

As of 2018 she is co-vice chair of the new All Party Parliamentary Group on the Impact of Shale Gas.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Louise Haigh MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 May 2015
  2. Meg Nunn www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 May 2015
  3. Louise Haigh calls for halt in fracking exploration, August 2015.