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After the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in September 2015, Creagh resigned from the front bench.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Burnham and John McDonnell get top jobs in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=14 September 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/11862774/andy-burnham-shadow-home-secretary-jeremy-corbyn-cabinet.html |accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> She supported [[Owen Smith]] in the failed attempt to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=2016-07-21|website=LabourList|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref> During the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Creagh was reported as writing to constituents to say that her team had been “speaking to people in your street” who had told them they had “more confidence in Theresa May as Prime Minister than Jeremy Corbyn,” predicted a large Tory majority and called for a vote for them as individuals while promising to “work for a Labour Party that can once again regain your confidence.” The letter was similar to ones sent by [[Joan Ryan]] and [[Gavin Shuker]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/h-lead-labour-friends-israel-chair-among-mps-losing-no-confidence-votes|title=Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan and Luton South's Gavin Shuker lose no confidence votes|last=Chacko|first=Ben|date=7 September 2018|accessdate=4 October 2019|work=Morning Star}}</ref>
After the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in September 2015, Creagh resigned from the front bench.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Burnham and John McDonnell get top jobs in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=14 September 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/11862774/andy-burnham-shadow-home-secretary-jeremy-corbyn-cabinet.html |accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> She supported [[Owen Smith]] in the failed attempt to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=2016-07-21|website=LabourList|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref> During the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Creagh was reported as writing to constituents to say that her team had been “speaking to people in your street” who had told them they had “more confidence in Theresa May as Prime Minister than Jeremy Corbyn,” predicted a large Tory majority and called for a vote for them as individuals while promising to “work for a Labour Party that can once again regain your confidence.” The letter was similar to ones sent by [[Joan Ryan]] and [[Gavin Shuker]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/h-lead-labour-friends-israel-chair-among-mps-losing-no-confidence-votes|title=Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan and Luton South's Gavin Shuker lose no confidence votes|last=Chacko|first=Ben|date=7 September 2018|accessdate=4 October 2019|work=Morning Star}}</ref>
On the BBC programme ''[[Newsnight]]'' (1 December 2015) Creagh argued in favour of military action in Syria, stating: "ISIL pose a clear threat to Britain", "it makes no sense to turn our planes back at the Syrian border" and "we must act to keep our country safe"<ref name="BBC Newsnight 01 December 2015">{{cite news | title= Mary Creagh Newsnight appearance | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r2q66|date= 1 December 2015 | publisher= BBC | accessdate= 1 December 2015}}</ref>
On the BBC programme ''[[Newsnight]]'' (1 December 2015) Creagh argued in favour of military action in Syria, stating: "ISIL pose a clear threat to Britain", "it makes no sense to turn our planes back at the Syrian border" and "we must act to keep our country safe"<ref name="BBC Newsnight 01 December 2015">{{cite news | title= Mary Creagh Newsnight appearance | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r2q66|date= 1 December 2015 | publisher= BBC | accessdate= 1 December 2015}}</ref>
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==== Brexit ====
==== Brexit ====


Creagh supported Remain in the [[Campaigning in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|EU referendum]], a move that was seen at odds with her Leave-voting constituency.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/mary-creagh-i-want-to-bring-wakefield-out-of-leeds-s-shadow-and-into-the-future-1-9021472 |title=Mary Creagh: 'I want to bring Wakefield out of Leeds's shadow and into the future' |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=17 February 2018 |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> Creagh voted against the [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union|triggering of Article 50]] in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/wakefield-mp-mary-creagh-votes-against-brexit-bill-but-article-50-could-be-triggered-within-weeks-after-parliament-passes-it-through-1-8380151|title=Wakefield MP Mary Creagh votes against Brexit bill but article 50 could be triggered within weeks after parliament passes it through|last=|first=|date=9 February 2017|website=Wakefield Express|language=|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> She has stated that ‘blue passports’ were “not worth £50 billion and crashing the economy”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443253 |title='Iconic' blue British passport to return after Brexit - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> She has also stated that the UK leaving the EU would be bad for the planet, and “more than the harm” which would be done by [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bates |first=Liz |url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/environment/global-warming/news/95604/excl-brexit-bigger-threat-planet-donald-trump-says-top |title=EXCL Brexit a bigger threat to planet than Donald Trump, says top Labour MP |publisher=PoliticsHome.com |date= |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> Creagh's security has been stepped up after property damage and a "credible threat" in relation to her opposition to Brexit. In 2017, a constituent was jailed for harassment after sending Creagh far right inflenced material.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/politics/mp-mary-creagh-wears-mobile-attack-alarms-in-the-office-and-outside-over-safety-fears-1-9628215|title=MP Mary Creagh 'wears mobile attack alarms in the office and outside' over safety fears|last=Bates|first=Liz|date=$ March 2018|accessdate=4 October 2019|work=Wakefield Express}}</ref> In June 2019, she called on the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] to express "full-throated support" for a [[Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement|second EU referendum]].<ref>https://news.sky.com/story/peoples-vote-rally-hilary-benn-urges-labour-to-back-second-referendum-11747131</ref>
Creagh supported Remain in the [[Campaigning in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|EU referendum]], a move that was seen at odds with her Leave-voting constituency.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/mary-creagh-i-want-to-bring-wakefield-out-of-leeds-s-shadow-and-into-the-future-1-9021472 |title=Mary Creagh: 'I want to bring Wakefield out of Leeds's shadow and into the future' |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=17 February 2018 |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> Creagh voted against the [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union|triggering of Article 50]] in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/wakefield-mp-mary-creagh-votes-against-brexit-bill-but-article-50-could-be-triggered-within-weeks-after-parliament-passes-it-through-1-8380151|title=Wakefield MP Mary Creagh votes against Brexit bill but article 50 could be triggered within weeks after parliament passes it through|last=|first=|date=9 February 2017|website=Wakefield Express|language=|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> She has stated that ‘blue passports’ were “not worth £50 billion and crashing the economy”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443253 |title='Iconic' blue British passport to return after Brexit - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> She has also stated that the UK leaving the EU would be bad for the planet, and “more than the harm” which would be done by [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bates |first=Liz |url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/environment/global-warming/news/95604/excl-brexit-bigger-threat-planet-donald-trump-says-top |title=EXCL Brexit a bigger threat to planet than Donald Trump, says top Labour MP |publisher=PoliticsHome.com |date= |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> Creagh's security has been stepped up after property damage and a "credible threat" in relation to her opposition to Brexit. In 2017, a constituent was jailed for harassment after sending Creagh far right inflenced material.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/politics/mp-mary-creagh-wears-mobile-attack-alarms-in-the-office-and-outside-over-safety-fears-1-9628215|title=MP Mary Creagh 'wears mobile attack alarms in the office and outside' over safety fears|last=Bates|first=Liz|date=$ March 2018|accessdate=4 October 2019|work=Wakefield Express}}</ref> In June 2019, she called on the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] to express "full-throated support" for a [[Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement|second EU referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/peoples-vote-rally-hilary-benn-urges-labour-to-back-second-referendum-11747131 |title=People's Vote rally: Hilary Benn urges Labour to back second referendum &#124; Politics News &#124; Sky News |publisher=News.sky.com |date=2019-06-24 |accessdate=2019-10-11}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 16:27, 11 October 2019

Mary Creagh
MP FCIL
Chair of the Environmental Audit Select Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 February 2016
Preceded byHuw Irranca-Davies
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
In office
5 November 2014 – 12 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Harriet Harman (Acting)
ShadowingJustine Greening
Preceded byJim Murphy
Succeeded byDiane Abbott
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office
7 October 2013 – 5 November 2014
LeaderEd Miliband
ShadowingPatrick McLoughlin
Preceded byMaria Eagle
Succeeded byMichael Dugher
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
8 October 2010 – 7 October 2013
LeaderEd Miliband
ShadowingCaroline Spelman
Owen Paterson
Preceded byHilary Benn
Succeeded byMaria Eagle
Member of Parliament
for Wakefield
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byDavid Hinchliffe
Majority2,176 (4.7%)
Labour Party Group Leader
on Islington London Borough Council
In office
2000–2004
Preceded byDerek Sawyer
Succeeded byCatherine West
Councillor for Islington London Borough Council
In office
7 May 1998 – 5 May 2005
WardHighbury West
Succeeded byTheresa Debono
Personal details
Born
Mary Helen Creagh

(1967-12-02) 2 December 1967 (age 57)
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Political partyLabour
SpouseAdrian Pulham
Children1 daughter
1 son
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
London School of Economics
WebsiteOfficial website

Mary Helen Creagh MP FCIL (born 2 December 1967) is a British Labour politician who has represented Wakefield as its Member of Parliament (MP) since 2005.

In 2010, Creagh was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,[1] before becoming Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in 2013.[2] In November 2014 she was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.[3]

On 14 May 2015, Creagh announced she would run for Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election resulting from Ed Miliband's resignation,[4] although she later withdrew her candidacy.

She resigned from the front bench following the election as Labour leader of Jeremy Corbyn.

Early life and career

Of Irish descent, Creagh was born in Coventry,[5] where her father was a car factory worker and her mother a primary school teacher.[citation needed] She was educated at the Bishop Ullathorne Comprehensive School in Coventry and read Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Oxford graduating as MA (Oxon).[6] After pursuing European Studies at the London School of Economics (PhD),[7] a fluent French and Italian speaker, Creagh has been elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (FCIL).

Creagh worked in Brussels for four years, first as an intern at the European Parliament and then for the European Youth Forum. She lectured in entrepreneurship at the Cranfield School of Management and served for seven years as a Trustee of Rathbone, a national charity.

Councillor in Islington

Creagh was elected as a Councillor for the London Borough of Islington in 1998, representing Highbury West ward (renamed Highbury in 2002), and served as the Labour Group Leader for five years during a period when the party was in opposition locally.[8][9] During this time, she knocked on doors and ran a campaign office for future party leader Jeremy Corbyn.[10] She stood down from Islington Council in 2005 upon her election to parliament.[11]

In 2002, Creagh formally alleged cronyism in the appointment of the Islington Council chief executive by five Liberal Democrat councillors thus triggering an investigation by the Standards Board for England. After the longest ever investigation by the Standards Board, her complaint was rejected. Creagh was criticised by the tribunal as being "heavily influenced by her political motives" and that she was an "insensitive witness, lacking in balanced judgment and one who was prepared to make assumptions about honesty and integrity of others without any proper basis".[12] However, Creagh defended herself saying she "blew the whistle because I believed the Liberal Democrats were not meeting the standards we expect from people in public office. I invite people to look at my evidence and draw their own conclusions".[12]

The Liberal Democrat councillors involved lost their seats at the 2006 elections, their party also lost control of the Council.[13]

Parliamentary career

2005 - 2010

Creagh speaking at a 2016 Labour Party Conference fringe meeting

Creagh succeeded the retiring David Hinchliffe as MP for Wakefield. She won the seat in 2005[14] with a majority of 5,154, and held the seat - altered by boundary changes - with a majority of 1,613 five years later. She made her maiden speech in parliament on 25 May 2005 using the occasion to raise issues of poverty in her constituency. She also mentioned locally-born sculptor Barbara Hepworth.[15]

She was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, from 2006 until June 2009, when she was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip in the Department of Health.[16]

She was a member of the Human Rights Select Committee from 2005 until 2007. From 2007 to 2009, she was Chair of the Labour Movement for Europe,[17] succeeding Chris Bryant MP and being succeeded by Richard Corbett MEP. She is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel.[18]

In Labour leadership elections, she backed Gordon Brown in 2007[19] and David Miliband in May 2010.[16]

Since entering the House of Commons, Creagh has campaigned successfully on a number of issues. In 2005 she introduced a Children's Food Bill which sought to introduce minimum nutritional standards for all school meals and take fizzy drinks and sugary snacks out of school vending machines. Both of these measures were accepted by the Government and became law under the Education and Inspections Act 2006.[20] In 2006, Creagh launched a campaign aimed at preventing scalding injuries in the home. She brought together medical experts, campaign groups, and victims of scalding injuries to lobby the government to change the building regulations to prevent people being severely burned by scalding hot water. The coalition pressured the government to make the fitting of a water temperature regulating device, such as a thermostatic mixing valve (TMV), compulsory in new bathrooms in England. In 2009, after a 3-year "Hot Water Burns Like Fire" campaign, the Labour Government confirmed that, from April 2010, TMVs were to be a standard fitment in all new bathrooms.[21][22] In 2009, as Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity, Mary Creagh called on Justice Secretary Jack Straw to tighten British Law so that people accused of genocide could be prosecuted in the UK. She said there was an "impunity gap" which allowed people accused of terrible crimes in places like Rwanda and Bosnia to escape justice and live freely in Britain.[23] As a result of this the Government agreed to amend the Coroner's and Justice Bill to tighten the law so that anyone suspected of war crimes anywhere throughout the world since 1991 and resident in the UK could be prosecuted in UK courts.[24]

2010 - 2015

On 8 October 2010, Creagh was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.[1] In February 2011 she secured a House of Commons debate[25] on the Government’s plans to sell off 85% of public forestry. The Government subsequently abandoned these plans,[26] it having become clear that the public "were not happy with the proposals".[27] In 2011, Creagh criticised the decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to cut flood defence spending in real terms by 32%.[28] In addition to her involvement in campaigns calling for the banning of wild animals performing in circuses,[29] she has opposed the Government’s policy of badger culling, claiming it was "anti-science" and that the option of vaccination should be explored.[30] At the Labour Party’s Annual Conference in September 2011, Creagh launched the campaign Back the Apple.[31] with Unite the Union. The campaign opposes the Government’s plan to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board[32] which sets wages and conditions for thousands of agricultural workers.

In 2013, Creagh was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.[2] On 24 March 2014 she and Jamie Hanley opposed the train fares price increases in New Pudsey proposed by Patrick McLoughlin. The opposition spread throughout 18 West Yorkshire stations, forcing McLoughlin to scrap the plan.[33] The same day she took part in the minibus opening ceremony which was hosted by Colchester Community Volunteer Service[34] and two days later accused the Government of donating their time into privatising East Coast Main Line instead of worrying about high fare prices.[35]

In November 2014, she became Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.[3]

On 14 May 2015, Creagh announced her candidacy for Leader of the Labour Party, after Ed Miliband's resignation following the 2015 general election.[citation needed] On 12 June, Creagh announced that she was withdrawing from the leadership contest. At the time of her announcement, she had secured about 10 nominations from Labour MPs, fewer than any of the other remaining candidates and well short of the 35 required to take part in the final ballot.[36]

2015 -

After the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in September 2015, Creagh resigned from the front bench.[37] She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.[38] During the 2017 general election, Creagh was reported as writing to constituents to say that her team had been “speaking to people in your street” who had told them they had “more confidence in Theresa May as Prime Minister than Jeremy Corbyn,” predicted a large Tory majority and called for a vote for them as individuals while promising to “work for a Labour Party that can once again regain your confidence.” The letter was similar to ones sent by Joan Ryan and Gavin Shuker.[39]

On the BBC programme Newsnight (1 December 2015) Creagh argued in favour of military action in Syria, stating: "ISIL pose a clear threat to Britain", "it makes no sense to turn our planes back at the Syrian border" and "we must act to keep our country safe"[40]

In 2106, Creagh became chair of the Environmental Audit Committee.

In November 2018, Creagh expressed sympathy for Angela Smith after her Constituency Labour Party passed a vote of no confidence in her.[41] In February 2019, Creagh was invited to join the Change UK breakaway of Labour MPs, but declined.[42]

Brexit

Creagh supported Remain in the EU referendum, a move that was seen at odds with her Leave-voting constituency.[43] Creagh voted against the triggering of Article 50 in February 2017.[44] She has stated that ‘blue passports’ were “not worth £50 billion and crashing the economy”.[45] She has also stated that the UK leaving the EU would be bad for the planet, and “more than the harm” which would be done by Donald Trump.[46] Creagh's security has been stepped up after property damage and a "credible threat" in relation to her opposition to Brexit. In 2017, a constituent was jailed for harassment after sending Creagh far right inflenced material.[47] In June 2019, she called on the Labour Party to express "full-throated support" for a second EU referendum.[48]

Personal life

Creagh married Adrian Pulham in 2001. They have a son and a daughter.[49] She is a keen cyclist.[50]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Wakefield
2005–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
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2010–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
2013–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
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