Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss is the Labour Party's Member of Parliament for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough.
She replaced her husband Harry Harpham who held the seat but who passed away in 2015. She received 14,087 votes (62.4%), beating off second place UKIP candidate Steven Winstone who received 4,497.[1]
Stance on fracking
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Furniss's constituency includes two oil and gas licence blocks, both awarded to INEOS by the Oil and Gas Authority under the 14th licensing round in 2015. There are plans for one shale well and to conduct 2D and 3D seismic surveying; no applications are currently underway. [2]
In November 2016, councillors in Sheffield voted to ban fracking on land owned by the city, and called for a moratorium on fracking. [3]
Notes
- ↑ 'New Sheffield MP Gill Furniss says she will be 'own woman', Yorkshire Post, 6 May 2016, accessed 9 May 2016
- ↑ Oil and gas: licensing rounds, GOV.uk, accessed 14 November 2016.
- ↑ Ruth Hayhurst, Sheffield councillors vote to ban fracking on authority’s land, DrillorDrop, 11 November 2016, accessed 29 December 2016.
