Rt Hon Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley
Louise Haigh has been an MP since 2015. Currently: First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Cabinet Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Policing) (Home Office) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill | 2021 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Louise Haigh has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Bindmans LLP - £7,535.00 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lord David Sainsbury - £11,094.00 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Lebanon between 06 October 2025 and 10 October 2025 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Ivors Academy - £1,314.00 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of Executive Committee of Tribune Group of Labour MPs. This is an unpaid role. | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Guest Panellist - Have I Got News For You, Series 70 | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 31 October 2025 - £1,500.00 | 3 Nov 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Louise Haigh asked 30 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
75 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Louise Haigh represents Sheffield Heeley. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Louise Haigh won with 55% of the votes, and Alexi Dimond (Green Party) came second with 15%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Haigh | Labour | 21,230 | 55.2% |
| Alexi Dimond | Green Party | 5,926 | 15.4% |
| Lorna Maginnis | Conservative | 5,242 | 13.6% |
| Rebecca Atkinson | Liberal Democrat | 3,863 | 10.0% |
| Helen Jackman | Social Democratic Party | 711 | 1.8% |
| Steven Roy | Workers Party of Britain | 594 | 1.5% |
| Louise McDonald | Party of Women | 482 | 1.3% |
| Mick Suter | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 398 | 1.0% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Louise Haigh took part in 160 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Louise Haigh voted the same way as their party in 160 of the 160 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this