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| honorific-suffix =
| image = Sue Hayman MP - official portrait 2017 (3-to-4 crop).jpg
| caption = Parliamentary portrait, 2017
| office = [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|ShadowParliamentary SpokespersonUnder-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]
| leader = [[Keir Starmer]]▼
| term_start = 219 OctoberJuly 20202024
| term_endprimeminister = [[Keir = Starmer]]
| predecessor = ''Office established''
| office1 = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]▼
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| leader1 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| [[Shadow cabinet|Shadow]] portfolios
| term_start1 = 9 February 2017
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| predecessor1title1 = [[RachaelShadow Maskell]]Spokesperson
| successor1subterm1 = [[Luke Pollard]]= 2020–2024
| office2 suboffice1 = [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|ShadowEnvironment, Minister for FloodingFood and CoastalRural CommunitiesAffairs]]
| leader2 subterm2 = Jeremy Corbyn2021–2023
| suboffice2 = [[Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities|Levelling Up, Housing and Communities]]
| term_start2 = 10 October 2016
| term_end2title3 = 9Shadow Secretary Februaryof 2017State
| predecessor2subterm3 = [[Alex Cunningham]] (Natural Environment)= 2017–2019
▲| office1 suboffice3 = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]
| successor2 = [[Holly Lynch]]
| office3title4 = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br>[[LordShadow Temporal]]Minister
| term_start3subterm4 = 29 September 2020<br>[[Life= Peerage]]2016–2017
| suboffice4 = [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Flooding and Coastal Communities]]
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| office4 = [[Member of Parliament]] <br/>for [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency) |Workington]]▼
| term_start4office5 = 7[[Member of the House Mayof 2015Lords]]
| term_end4status5 = 6 November= [[Lord 2019Temporal]]
| predecessor4term_label5 = [[TonyLife Cunninghampeer]]age
| successor4 term_start5 = [[Mark9 September Jenkinson]]2020
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| office5 = Member of [[Cumbria County Council]]<br/>for [[Distington|Howgate]]
▲| office4office6 = [[Member of Parliament]] <br/>for [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency) |Workington]]
| term_start5 = 2 May 2013
| term_end5 term_start6 = 287 AugustMay 2015
| predecessor5term_end6 = ''Division6 November established''2019
| successor5 predecessor6 = Gillian[[Tony TroughtonCunningham]]
▲| leader successor6 = [[KeirMark StarmerJenkinson]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|07|28}}
| birth_place = [[Upper Bucklebury]], Berkshire, England
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| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| alma_mater = [[Anglia Ruskin University]]
| website = {{url|suehayman.org.uk|Campaign website}}
| birth_name = Susan Mary Bentley
| caption residence = Hayman in[[Ullock]], 2017Cumbria
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'''Susan Mary Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock''' (''née'' '''Bentley'''; born 28 July 1962) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician and [[life peer]] servingwho ashas aserved Shadowas SpokespersonParliamentary forUnder-Secretary [[Departmentof State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Environment, Foodsince andJuly Rural2024.<ref>{{Cite Affairs]]web and|title=Ministerial anAppointments: OppositionJuly [[Whip2024 (politics)|Whip]]url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2024 in|access-date=2024-07-17 the [[House of Lords]] since 2020|website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary career for Baroness HaymanUnder-Secretary of Ullock - MPs andState (Lords Minister) - GOV.UK Parliament|url=https://memberswww.parliamentgov.uk/membergovernment/4395ministers/careerparliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--272 |access-date=282024-07-24 July 2021|website=memberswww.parliamentgov.uk |language=en}}</ref> SheA wasmember of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], she was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]] from 2015 to 2019,. andHayman served as thean [[Opposition Whip]] from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities from 2016 to 2017, then as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] from 2017 to 2019 and was appointed to the [[House of Lords]] in 2020.
 
She was a Shadow Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Opposition Whip from 2020, and a Shadow Spokesperson for [[Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities|Levelling Up, Housing and Communities]] from 2021.
 
==Early life and career==
Susan Mary Bentley was born on 28 July 1962 in [[Bucklebury|Upper Bucklebury]], Berkshire to John and Rita Bentley. She attended [[St Bartholomew's School]] in [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]].,<ref name="UKWW">{{Cite webbook |title=Hayman, Susan Mary |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-284014 |access-date=2 November 2019 |publisher=A & C Black|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U284014 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garvey |first=John |date=3 January 2016 |title=Local people honoured in Who's Who 2016 |url=https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/16879/local-people-honoured-in-who-s-who-2016.html |access-date=2 November 2019 |publisher=Newbury Today}}</ref> Bentleyand studied English literature at [[Anglia Ruskin University]].<ref name="Carr2015">{{Cite book |last=Carr |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVWqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT266 |title=The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2015: Profiles of the New MPs and Analysis of the 2015 General Election Results |date=18 May 2015 |publisher=Biteback Publishing |isbn=978-1-84954-924-0 |page=266}}</ref>
 
Her first job was working in a bookshop.<ref name=Profile/> She has also worked in social services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2015 |title=Workington Labour candidate announced |url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2015-02-09/workington-labour-candidate-announced/ |access-date=3 November 2019 |publisher=ITV}}</ref> From 1997 to 2001, she worked as the office manager for MP [[Tess Kingham]] in Gloucester.<ref name="Carr2015" /> She then worked as campaigns and communication manager for MP [[Mike Foster (Worcester MP)|Mike Foster]].<ref name="Preseli">{{Cite web |date=20 December 2004 |title=Labour chooses Preseli candidate |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4111601.stm |access-date=3 November 2019 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Hayman worked in [[public relations]] as a consultant for Copper Consultancy where she was account director before becoming their head of public affairs. She then became a self-employed consultant.<ref name="Carr2015" />
 
==Political career==
Hayman was third on Labour's party list for [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] in the 2004 European Parliament election but was not elected as an MEP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Women Candidates for the European Parliament June 2004 |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UKelectionhtmls/CandidatesEUJun04.htm |access-date=3 November 2019 |publisher=Queen's University Belfast}}</ref> She stood as a candidate in the 2005 general election for [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]] after the incumbent Labour MP, [[Jackie Lawrence (politician)|Jackie Lawrence]], stood down.<ref name=Preseli/> Hayman lost to Conservative [[Stephen Crabb]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preseli Pembrokeshire |url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/preselipembrokeshire/ |access-date=3 November 2019 |publisher=UK Polling Report}}</ref> In the 2010 general election, she contested [[Halesowen and Rowley Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|HalesownHalesowen and Rowley Regis]]. The constituency had been represented by Labour MP [[Sylvia Heal]] since 1997. Hayman lost the seat to Conservative [[James Morris (British politician)|James Morris]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halesowen & Rowley Regis |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b94.stm |access-date=3 November 2019 |website=BBC News}}</ref>
 
Hayman was elected to therepresent [[Distington|Howgate]] division on [[Cumbria County Council]] in [[2013 Cumbria County Council election|2013]], andon which she later became the vice-chair of the Children's Scrutiny Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howgate (Copeland) : seats won |url=https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/election2013/results/text/division.asp?division=Howgate&district=Copeland |access-date=3 November 2019 |publisher=Cumbria County Council}}</ref><ref name="Carr2015" /> She resigned her seat shortly after her election to Parliament in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Resources|first=Cumbria County Council|date=28 July 2021|title=Councillor details - Susan Mary Hayman|url=https://councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1593|access-date=28 July 2021|website=councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk}}</ref>
 
=== House of Commons ===
She was elected as MP for the [[All-women shortlist|all women shortlist]] seat of [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]] in the 2015 general election, she became the first female MP to represent a constituency in [[Cumbria]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2015 |title=Election 2015: First female MP for Cumbria seat |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-england-32646383}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews |title=Workington Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001053 |access-date=7 May 2015 |website=BBC News}}</ref> From July to October 2015, she sat on the [[Justice Select Committee]]. Hayman was an opposition whip from September 2015 to October 2016. She campaigned against the closure of Workington's magistrates court. In February 2016, the Ministry of Justice announced that the court would not be closed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workington Magistrates Court saved |url=http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/crime/Workington-Magistrates-Court-saved-366635f1-6842-49ab-bbc5-150af87dda33-ds |access-date=14 June 2017 |website=Times and Star|date=22 September 2016 }}</ref>
 
She supported [[Owen Smith]] in the failed attempt to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|2016 Labour Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 July 2016 |title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith |url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/ |access-date=15 July 2019 |website=LabourList}}</ref> In October, following JeremyFollowing Corbyn's re-election as Labour leader, Haymanshe was appointed asto the new Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities post in the opposition's front-bench Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ([[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|DEFRA]])October team2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cumbrian MP named shadow minister by Jeremy Corbyn |url=http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/other/Cumbrian-MP-named-shadow-minister-by-Jeremy-Corbyn-b0328759-03bb-4cbf-838c-4f633b9a0783-ds |access-date=10 February 2017 |website=Times and Star|date=13 October 2016 }}</ref> In February 2017, she was promoted to the position of [[Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] following the resignation ofafter [[Rachael Maskell]]'s resignation.<ref>{{Cite webnews |title=Corbyn replaces Lewis in shadow cabinet reshuffle |work=BBC News |date=9 February 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38925552 |access-date=9 February 2017 |website=BBC News}}</ref>
 
Hayman retained her seat in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|June 2017 general election]] with a majority of 3,925 (9.4%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workington |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Workington |access-date=3 November 2019 |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}</ref> During the election, the Conservative Party candidate claimed Hayman had breached election rules over mail sent to constituents. However, a complaint sent to the [[Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons]] was not investigated because the mailing, to flood victims, was unrelated to the election and Hayman had notified it to Parliament once the election was called.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Row over mail sent out by Workington election candidate |date=8 June 2017 |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Row-over-mail-sent-out-by-Workington-election-candidate-f911d71b-87a9-4de8-b48c-e601177fa9ec-ds |access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref>
 
She was co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Commons |first=The Committee Office, House of |title=House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 2 May 2017: Nuclear Energy |url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/170502/nuclear-energy.htm |access-date=14 June 2017 |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}</ref> and vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Commons |first=The Committee Office, House of |title=House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 2 May 2017: Rural Business |url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/170502/rural-business.htm |access-date=14 June 2017 |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}</ref> Since 2017, she has written articles on the environment and animal welfare in the ''[[New Statesman]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 May 2017 |title=Fox hunting is deeply unpopular – so why does Theresa May care so much about bringing it back? |work=New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/05/fox-hunting-deeply-unpopular-so-why-does-theresa-may-care-so-much-about |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 2019 |title=Why is there a magic money tree for Johnson and Hunt, but not for the Environment Agency? |work=New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/07/why-there-magic-money-tree-johnson-and-hunt-not-environment-agency |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
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Hayman lost her seat at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] to [[Mark Jenkinson]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Workington parliamentary constituency – Election 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14001053 |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 December 2019 |title=Tories win Workington for first time in 40 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50748773 |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref>
 
=== House of Lords ===
In July 2020, it was announced that Hayman received a nomination for a [[Peerages in the United Kingdom|peerage]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 July 2020 |title=Former Workington MP Sue Hayman given peerage |work=ITV News |url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/2020-07-31/former-workington-mp-sue-hayman-given-peerage |access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref> She was created '''Baroness Hayman of Ullock''', ''of Ullock in the County of Cumbria'', on 9 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baroness Hayman of Ullock |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4395/contact |access-date=9 September 2020 |publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9120}}</ref> SheDue to her view on animal welfare, she chose to wear fake fur robes to take her oath of allegiance.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 September 2020 |title=New peer wears fake fur robes to take oath |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54341068 |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> OnShe 21was October,appointed sheas becamea theshadow Environment[[Department spokespersonfor inEnvironment, HouseFood ofand Lords.<ref>{{CiteRural webAffairs|title=ParliamentaryDEFRA]] careerspokesperson forand Baronessan Haymanopposition ofwhip Ullockin -October MPs2020, and Lordsa -shadow UK[[Department Parliamentfor Levelling Up, Housing and Communities|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4395/career|access-date=10DLUHC]] Mayspokesperson in December 2021|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
She married Ross Hayman in 1997. They have two daughters and two sons. They live in the village of [[Ullock]] in Cumbria.<ref name=UKWW/><ref name="Carr2015" /><ref name="Profile">{{Cite web |title=Profile – Sue Hayman, Labour Party |url=http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/Profile-Sue-Hayman-Labour-Party-43c97034-9747-4647-a41b-b2f09b4799fd-ds |access-date=14 June 2017 |website=Times and Star|date=10 April 2015 }}</ref>

A keen [[chorister]], Hayman sang in the [[Parliament Choir]] and was its chair.<ref name="Parliament Choir">{{Cite web |last=Hayman |first=Sue |title=People |url=http://www.parliamentchoir.org.uk/people |access-date=29 November 2019 |website=Parliament Choir}}</ref>
 
Hayman is Vice President of local charity Hospice at Home Cumbria.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baroness appointed as vice president of Hospice at Home West Cumbria |url=https://cumbriacrack.com/2022/10/12/baroness-appointed-as-vice-president-of-hospice-at-home-west-cumbria/ |website=Cumbria Crack |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> She has been Chair of the [[Royal School of Church Music]] from May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=RSCM Announces New Chair of Trustees |url=https://www.rscm.org.uk/rscm-announces-new-chair-of-trustees/?highlight=chair |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=RSCM |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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