Yorkshire MP makes history with ministerial post

Louise Haigh MP for Sheffield Heeley has become the youngest and first female Sheffield MP to become a cabinet minister.

She was re-elected last Thursday night with a majority of more than 15,000 and will take up the role of Secretary of State for Transport in the newly formed Labour government. She is also the youngest ever serving female cabinet minister, at age 36.

Haigh has been MP for Sheffield Heeley for the last nine years.

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