Sue Hayman

The Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary portrait, 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byOffice established
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Spokesperson
2020–2024Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2021–2023Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Shadow Secretary of State
2017–2019Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Shadow Minister
2016–2017Flooding and Coastal Communities
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
9 September 2020
Member of Parliament
for Workington
In office
7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byTony Cunningham
Succeeded byMark Jenkinson
Personal details
Born
Susan Mary Bentley

(1962-07-28) 28 July 1962 (age 62)
Upper Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Ross Hayman
(m. 1997)
Children4
Residence(s)Ullock, Cumbria
Alma materAnglia Ruskin University

Susan Mary Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock (née Bentley; born 28 July 1962) is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024.[1][2] A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2015 to 2019. Hayman served as an Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities from 2016 to 2017, then as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2020.

She was a Shadow Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Opposition Whip from 2020, and a Shadow Spokesperson for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from 2021.

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.