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Emma Hardy
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byRobbie Moore
Shadow Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience
In office
5 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byOffice established
Shadow Minister for Further Education and Universities
In office
7 January 2020 – 8 March 2021
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Preceded byGordon Marsden
Succeeded byMatt Western
Member of Parliament
for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (2017–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byAlan Johnson
Majority8,979 (23.5%)
Personal details
Born (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979 (age 45)
North Newbald, Humberside, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
University of Leeds
ProfessionPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Emma Ann Hardy[1] (born 17 July 1979) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding since July 2024.[2] She was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[3] until the 2024 general election and is the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice.[4] Until May 2019, she was also a member of Hessle Town Council focusing on NHS and education.[5] Hardy is a member of Labour's National Policy Forum and was an education union employee.[6]

Early life and education

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Emma Hardy was brought up in North Newbald, Humberside, a few miles from the Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice constituency she now represents in Parliament. She attended Wyke Sixth Form College to study her A-Levels before studying for an undergraduate degree in Politics at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 2001. She then completed a PGCE at the University of Leeds in 2004, and taught for over ten years at Willerby Carr Lane Primary School.[7]

Hardy became politically active in 2011, after joining a campaign protesting against school cuts and meeting Alan Johnson, the then-MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle. She left teaching in 2015 to become a full-time organiser for the National Union of Teachers,[7] and served as Deputy General Secretary of the Socialist Educational Association before being elected to Parliament.[8]

Parliamentary career

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Hardy was selected as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle after the then-MP, Alan Johnson, announced his retirement just weeks before the general election in 2017.[9] She was one of 256 women candidates put forward by the Labour Party at that election,[10] and was elected on 9 June 2017, with a majority of 8,025.

Hardy has sat on the House of Commons Education Select Committee. from 11 September 2017 to 6 November 2019 and the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee from 20 April 2021 to 11 March 2024.[11]

From 2017 to 2020, Hardy served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Keir Starmer in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.[7]

Hardy was Joint Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Endometriosis[12] and worked closely with the women's health charity Endometriosis UK to push for "menstrual wellbeing" to be included as part of the sex and relationship education in schools.[13] On 25 February 2019, the UK government announced that menstrual wellbeing would be included in the curriculum going forward.[14] She continues to work with local charity HEY Endo to enable better recognition of endometriosis in the workplace.[15]

Hardy was also the Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mesh,[16] and campaigned to suspend the use of vaginal surgical mesh in the NHS. In October 2018, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) declared that vaginal mesh surgery should only be used as a "last resort" to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.[17]

Hardy campaigned locally in her constituency to secure the funding for the A63 Castle Street development, prevent any further delays and ensure a bridge was built as soon as possible. Following delays to the project, building of the bridge started in October 2018,[18] and it opened to the public in March 2021.[19] Preparation for the A63 road development commenced in October 2020 with the exhumation of 19,000 bodies from the Trinity Burial Ground.[20]

Hardy also lobbied successfully to bring money to Hull for a new Children and Adolescent Mental Health Unit. The money was agreed by the Government in July 2018[21] and the project was finally completed in January 2020.[22]

In January 2020, Hardy was appointed to Labour's frontbench as a Shadow Education Minister, succeeding Gordon Marsden, who lost his seat in the 2019 general election.[23]

Hardy nominated Keir Starmer in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election and Angela Rayner in the deputy leadership election.[24][25]

In March 2021 Hardy resigned from her role as a Shadow Education Minister, being succeeded by Matt Western.[26] She cited an increase in constituency work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]

Hardy campaigned for better flood prevention, protections and insurance, presenting a ten minute rule Bill, Flooding (Prevention and Insurance) on 16 November 2021,[28] referencing the 2007 floods which devastated parts of Hull and the East Riding.[29]

In the 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, she returned to the frontbench as Shadow Minister for Flooding, Oceans and Coastal Communities.[30]

In the 4 July 2024 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice with a majority of 8,979 on a turnout of 52.1%.[31]

Hardy was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 9 July 2024.[32]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11781.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Election 2017: Hull West & Hessle". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Hull West & Haltemprice – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Labour's Emma Hardy on why she wants to be Hull's next MP". Hull Daily Mail. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. ^ Bean, Emma (26 April 2017). "Councillor and GMB officer chosen for two Labour strongholds in Yorkshire". LabourList. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Biography – Emma Hardy MP". www.emmahardy.org.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Congratulations to SEA Deputy General Secretary Emma Hardy selected as Labour candidate for Hull West and Hessle". Socialist Educational Association. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ^ Daly, Patrick (13 June 2017). "Emma Hardy on her whirlwind start to life as Hull's newest MP". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  10. ^ Lowther, Ed (18 May 2017). "Election 2017: How many women might win power?". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Parliamentary career for Emma Hardy – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  12. ^ "House of Commons – register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 24 January 2024: Endometriosis". publications.parliament.uk. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Model claims 'horrible' doctors at Hull hospital 'accused her of lying about agonising pain'". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Menstrual wellbeing to be taught in schools by 2020". Endometriosis UK. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Endometriosis work charter for Hull and East Yorkshire". BBC News. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Mesh Surgery Failure is costing the NHS Millions of pounds – Emma Hardy MP". www.emmahardy.org.uk. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Vaginal mesh surgery should be a last resort, says NICE". nhs.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  18. ^ Young, Angus (3 September 2018). "New images show £11.5m A63 footbridge as work to start VERY soon". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  19. ^ "One giant leap for Hull as Murdoch's Connection is unveiled". HullCCNews. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Hull A63 Castle Street scheme: Huge tents erected for exhumation". BBC News. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  21. ^ Young, Angus (5 July 2018). "Hull is finally getting a mental health unit for young people". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  22. ^ Young, Angus (10 January 2020). "Inside Hull's stunning new unit for teenagers with mental health issues". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  23. ^ Parker, Kate (7 January 2019). "Emma Hardy appointed shadow FE and HE minister". Tes. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Labour Party Leader – Current Nominations". Labour Party. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Labour Party Deputy Leader – Current Nominations". Labour Party. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  26. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (8 March 2021). "Matt Western promoted after Emma Hardy quits as shadow universities minister". LabourList. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Emma Hardy MP quits shadow minster role over Covid workload". BBC News. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Flooding (Prevention and Insurance)". Hansard. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  29. ^ "The 'forgotten city' of the 2007 summer floods". BBC News. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  30. ^ "Parliamentary career for Emma Hardy". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  31. ^ "Last election result for Emma Hardy – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  32. ^ "Emma Hardy MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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