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{{short description|British politician}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Helen Hayes
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Official portrait of Helen Hayes MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
| caption = Official portrait,
| office = [[Department for Education (United Kingdom)|Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years]]
| leader = [[Keir Starmer]]
| term_start = 4 December 2021
| term_end = 4 July 2024
| predecessor = [[Tulip Siddiq]]
| successor =
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| predecessor3 = [[Tessa Jowell|Dame Tessa Jowell]]
| successor3 =
| majority3 =
| birth_name = Helen Elizabeth Hayes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|8|df=yes}}
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'''Helen Elizabeth Hayes''' (born 8 August 1974)<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news | last = Jamieson | first = Sophie | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11568431/Parliaments-future-female-front-bench-stars.html | title = Female MPs: Parliament's future front bench stars | date = 29 April 2015 | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | location = London | access-date = 25 May 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518123334/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11568431/Parliaments-future-female-front-bench-stars.html | archive-date = 18 May 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
==Early life and career==
Helen Hayes
After university, Hayes worked as a town planner. She became managing partner of her own town planning company, Urban Practitioners, before becoming a partner at London architectural practice
Hayes is a Chartered Member of the [[Royal Town Planning Institute]], a member of the [[King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]] and is also a trustee of [[Turner Contemporary]] art gallery in Margate.<ref name=SouthwarkCouncilRegister />
Before being elected as an MP, Hayes was elected as a [[Councillor#United Kingdom|Councillor]] for the
== Political career ==▼
▲Before being elected as an MP, Hayes was elected as a [[Councillor#United Kingdom|Councillor]] for the College ward of [[Southwark Council]]<ref name="HayesSouthwarkBio">{{cite web|url=http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=906|title=Councillor Helen Hayes|website=Southwark Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133011/http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=906|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live|access-date=20 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> in 2010<ref name="2010SouthwarkResults">{{cite web|url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/viewelection.php?pollid=9|title=Southwark Council – Election Results for College Ward|date=6 May 2010|website=Southwark Council Website|publisher=Southwark Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208173052/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/viewelection.php?pollid=9|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=20 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and in 2014.<ref name="Southwark2014Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/1000/5_previous_election_results/3486/2014_council_elections/6|title=2014 council elections – College|date=22 May 2014|website=Southwark Council Website|publisher=Southwark Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104234/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/1000/5_previous_election_results/3486/2014_council_elections/6|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=20 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Following her election as an MP in May 2015 she held both roles for 10 months before resigning as a Councillor in March 2016 to focus on her Parliamentary duties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/8531-2/|title=SOUTHWARK MPS NEIL COYLE AND HELEN HAYES ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION FROM COUNCIL|access-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504023704/https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/8531-2/|archive-date=4 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hayes was elected to Parliament at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] as MP for [[Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Dulwich and West Norwood]] with 54.1% of the vote and a majority of 16,122.<ref name="electoralcalculus">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2015 |title=Election results for Dulwich and West Norwood, 7 May 2015 |url=https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=137&RPID=26942154 |website=moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Dulwich & West Norwood parliamentary constituency - Election 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000673 |via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
Hayes has served on the [[Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee]] since July 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/4510|title=Helen Hayes MP|website=UK Parliament|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504015155/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/4510|archive-date=4 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
She supported Remain in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]] in June 2016 and voted against the triggering of [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union|Article 50]] in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/02/how-labour-mps-voted-on-article-50/|title=How Labour MPs voted on article 50|website=[[LabourList]]|date=1 February 2017|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Hayes was re-elected as MP for Dulwich and West Norwood with an increased vote share of 69.6% and an increased majority of 28,156.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dulwich & West Norwood parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000673 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="CBP-7979">{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |edition=Second}}</ref>
In 2018, Hayes criticised the closure of two [[Royal Mail]] delivery offices in her constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.helenhayes.org.uk/helen_delivers_letter_to_royal_mail_opposing_delivery_office_closures|title=Helen delivers letter to Royal Mail opposing delivery office closures|date=February 23, 2018|first1=Helen |last1=Hayes |website=Helen Hayes MP|access-date=2019-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504150346/https://www.helenhayes.org.uk/helen_delivers_letter_to_royal_mail_opposing_delivery_office_closures|archive-date=4 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hayes was again re-elected at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], with a decreased vote share of 65.5% and a decreased majority of 27,310.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |url=https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-dulwich-west-norwood-14-11-2019.pdf |accessdate=25 February 2024}}</ref>
In the [[November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle]], she returned to the frontbench as Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years, replacing [[Tulip Siddiq]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tweet announcing new role|url=https://twitter.com/helenhayes_/status/1467200655941156868|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>
Hayes was reselected in June 2024 as the Labour candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS |url=https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%2C%20Notice%20of%20Poll%20and%20SOPS%20Dulwich%20and%20West%20Norwood.pdf |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Lambeth Council}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Helen Hayes (politician)}}
*{{Official website|http://www.helenhayes.org.uk/}}
*{{UK MP links |parliament=helen-hayes/4510 |publicwhip=Helen_Hayes |theywork=helen_hayes}}
*[http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=906 Listing on Southwark Council website]
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