MP for Sheffield Heeley
Louise Haigh is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Sheffield Heeley, first elected in 2015. She has held senior frontbench roles, including Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (2021–2024) and a brief period as Secretary of State for Transport in 2024.
She exhibits 100% party loyalty and 64% voting attendance, with no rebel votes recorded. Her voting score places her centre-left (42/100). On key issues, she has a mix of positions: she has supported NHS funding and bus services regulation, while generally opposing stricter immigration controls, the asylum system, transgender rights, and the Rwanda deportation scheme; votes on Universal Credit, VAT changes and trade union powers are mixed.
Declares two financial interests related to employment and earnings, including ad hoc payments.
Generated 21 February 2026
7 positions
Secretary of State for Transport
Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Nov 2021 - May 2024
Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Policing)
Jul 2017 - Apr 2020
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy)
Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
