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