Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh has been the Labour Party MP for Wakefield since 2005, retaining her seat with 40 per cent of the vote and a majority of 2,613 in the 2015 election. [1]
Creagh is the current shadow secretary of state for international development having been appointed in 2014. [2]
She is a former shadow secretary of state for transport (2013-14) and shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs from 2010 to 2013.[2]
Creagh joined the Environmental Audit Committee in November 2015. [3]
Stance on fracking
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Voting record
Dakin has a mixed voting record on fracking. [4]
- 26 January 2015: voted in favour of making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. She was absent for a vote on an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to include an 18 month moratorium on fracking.
- 11 February 2015: voted against requiring more pre-conditions for where fracking can take place.
- 16 December 2015: voted against weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks.
Staff
- Alexandra Gray
- John Leahy
- Benjamin Nelmes
- Felicity Slater
- Jessica Toale - overseas visit 6-9 September 2015 to Lebanon accompanying Mary Creagh MP. Funded by Islamic Relief [5]
Labour leadership contest 2015
Following the departure of Ed Miliband in May 2015, Creagh announced that she would contest the Labour leadership with a pledge to 'earn back the trust' of middle England. [6]
Notes
- ↑ Mary Creagh Express, accessed 20 May 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mary Creagh MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 20 May 2015
- ↑ Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
- ↑ TheyWorkForYou | Mary Creagh, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 3 January 2017.
- ↑ Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 19 April 2016
- ↑ Mary Creagh joins Labour race with pledge to win back middle England The Guardian, 14 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015
