Sheffield Heeley.

Haigh returned to the backbenches in late 2024 after a short stint as Transport Secretary -- a Cabinet role she resigned from following scrutiny over an undisclosed criminal conviction -- and has since settled into a reliable, if quiet, parliamentary presence. Her most visible recent activity has been leading a campaign to ban abusive non-disclosure agreements, urging constituents to help shape the new legislation in April 2026. On votes, she backed the government's position on Lords amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill across the board, consistent with her 100% party-line record since returning to the backbenches.

Her voting participation stands at 62% -- below the Commons average -- with no rebel votes on record. Her stance profile marks her out as strongly pro-workers' rights and progressive taxation, and she votes notably more often than her Labour peers in favour of welfare reform and trade union rights, while voting less often in line with the party on welfare expansion, climate action, and criminal justice reform. Her 189 speech contributions span transport, the economy, local government, and social care, reflecting the policy areas she covered in government and in her Sheffield constituency.

She currently holds no committee positions. Local news coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume -- 64 articles -- but broadly neutral in tone, with culture, crime, and education dominating, suggesting steady local presence rather than controversy or particular acclaim. The period before her Cabinet appointment is better documented than her post-resignation backbench activity, so her longer-term trajectory as a backbencher remains to be established.