Leigh Ingham is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...

since

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Political career

Ingham was elected as a Labour councillor on the

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council, representing the Kingswood ward between 2023 and 2024. During her time on the council, she served as cabinet member for communities and local place as well as being deputy leader for the Labour group. Following the announcement of the 2024 general election, she resigned her seat on the council and was selected as the Labour candidate for Stafford. In July 2024, she was elected as Member of Parliament for Stafford, overturning the previous majority of 14,377 which was held by the

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MP Theo Clarke.

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