Difference between revisions of "Mary Creagh"
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[[Image:MaryCreaghMP.jpg|thumb|right|Mary Creagh]] | [[Image:MaryCreaghMP.jpg|thumb|right|Mary Creagh]] | ||
| − | '''Mary Creagh''' has been the [[Labour Party]] MP for Wakefield since 2005, retaining her seat | + | '''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. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/labour/mary-creagh/452 Mary Creagh] ''Express'', accessed 20 May 2015 </ref> |
Creagh is the current shadow secretary of state for international development having been appointed in 2014. <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mary-creagh/1579 Mary Creagh MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 20 May 2015 </ref> | Creagh is the current shadow secretary of state for international development having been appointed in 2014. <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mary-creagh/1579 Mary Creagh MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 20 May 2015 </ref> | ||
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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.<ref name= "About"/> | 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.<ref name= "About"/> | ||
| − | Creagh joined the | + | Creagh joined the [[House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee|Environmental Audit Committee]] in 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 | + | ==Labour leadership contest 2015== |
| − | Following the departure of [[Ed Miliband]] in May 2015, Creagh | + | 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. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/14/mary-creagh-declares-candidacy-for-labour-leadership Mary Creagh joins Labour race with pledge to win back middle England] ''The Guardian,'' 14 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015 </ref> |
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Revision as of 13:20, 3 November 2015
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
