Helen Hayes (politician)

Helen Hayes
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years
In office
4 December 2021 – 4 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byTulip Siddiq
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office
9 April 2020 – 30 December 2020
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byChris Matheson
Succeeded byFleur Anderson
Opposition Whip
In office
7 January 2020 – 9 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Member of Parliament
for Dulwich and West Norwood
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byDame Tessa Jowell
Majority18,789 (41.4%)
Personal details
Born
Helen Elizabeth Hayes

(1974-08-08) 8 August 1974 (age 50)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Websitewww.helenhayes.org.uk

Helen Elizabeth Hayes (born 8 August 1974)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood since 2015.[2] She was subsequently elected Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee in September 2024.[3][4]

  1. ^ Jamieson, Sophie (29 April 2015). "Female MPs: Parliament's future front bench stars". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ^ "BBC News Election 2015 – Dulwich & West Norwood". BBC News Election 2015 website. BBC. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Nominations open for the Education Committee Chair". UK Parliament. 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Select committee Chair elections". UK Parliament Website. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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