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She is the former shadow secretary of state for transport (2013-14) and shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs from 2010 to 2013.<ref name= "About"/>
 
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Creagh now serves as a member of the Environmental Audit Committee from November 2015. <ref>[https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/analysis/arrivals-moves-departures-latest-appointments-civil-service-politics-and-public-1 Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures'], Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015</ref>
  
 
==Labour Leadership Contest 2015==
 
==Labour Leadership Contest 2015==

Revision as of 12:44, 3 November 2015

Mary Creagh

Mary Creagh has been the Labour Party MP for Wakefield since 2005, retaining her seat once again 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 the 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 now serves as a member of the Environmental Audit Committee from November 2015. [3]

Labour Leadership Contest 2015

Following the departure of Ed Miliband in May 2015, Creagh has announced that she will contest for the Labour leadership with a pledge to 'earn back the trust' of middle England. [4]

Notes

  1. Mary Creagh Express, accessed 20 May 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mary Creagh MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 20 May 2015
  3. Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
  4. Mary Creagh joins Labour race with pledge to win back middle England The Guardian, 14 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015