Sue Hayman: Difference between revisions

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| image = Sue Hayman MP - official portrait 2017 (3-to-4 crop).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|07|28}}

| birth_place = [[Upper Bucklebury]], Berkshire, England

| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

| alma_mater = [[Anglia Ruskin University]]

| birth_name = Susan Mary Bentley

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==Early life and career==

 

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" />

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)|Halesowen 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>

 

 

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 web |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}}</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 |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>

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>

 

 

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