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=== 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
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> Following Corbyn's re-election as Labour leader, she was appointed to the new Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities post in October 2016.<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}}</ref> In February 2017, she was promoted to [[Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] after [[Rachael Maskell]]'s resignation.<ref>{{Cite
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>
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