Angela Smith
Angela Smith has been the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge since 2005. [1] In the 2015 general election Smith retained her seat with a majority of 6,723. [2]
In May 2015, Baroness Smith was appointed as Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.[3]
Smith was appointed to the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee in November 2015. [4]
Views on fracking
Smith has consistently voted against greater regulation for the shale gas industry in the UK, and was absent for the key Infrastructure Bill vote in Parliament in 2015. [5]
The South Yorkhire MP has argued that fracking could be the saviour of the UK's steel industry. [6]
In October 2016 she was appointed vice chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas .
Staff
- John Cafferty Regional secretary, Unison [7]
- James Clark [7]
- Steven Wilson Councillor, Sheffield City Council [7]
Affiliations
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - appointed vice chair 2016
- Smart Cities All-Party Parliamentary Group
- All-Party Parliamentary Water Group - Chair [8]
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Angela Smith MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 29 May 2015
- ↑ Penistone & Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency BBC News, 8 May 2015, accessed 29 May 2015
- ↑ Baroness Smith of Basildon BiographyParliament Website, accessed 25 September 2015
- ↑ Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
- ↑ They Work for You, Angela Smith
- ↑ Angela Smith, Angela Smith: Why fracking could be saviour of steel in the UK, Yorkshire Post, 27 January 2016, accessed 16 December 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 25 April 2016
- ↑ Water APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 February 2016
