Mary Creagh
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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]
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. [4]
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
- ↑ Mary Creagh joins Labour race with pledge to win back middle England The Guardian, 14 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015
