Emma Louise Foody[1] is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cramlington and Killingworth since 2024.

Emma Foody
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Cramlington and Killingworth
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byNew constituency
Majority12,820 (28.3%)
Personal details
Born
Emma Louise Foody

Gosforth, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
SpouseAlex Norris

Foody is a local campaigner who started out working for North East Ambulance Service as a 999 call handler.[2][3] She later became the regional director for the East Midlands Labour Party, and then the deputy police and crime commissioner for Nottinghamshire.[4]

She was born in Gosforth and is married to Alex Norris, Labour MP for Nottingham North.[5][4] She attended St Charles R.C Primary School in Gosforth,[citation needed] and Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Fenham, both of which are in Newcastle Upon Tyne.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Votes and Proceedings". House of Commons. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Find your local Labour candidates". vote.labour.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. ^ Buchan, Craig (16 May 2024). "Labour parliamentary candidate Emma Foody says 'greatest privilege' to be picked to contest new Cramlington and Killingworth seat". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b Jarram, Matt (4 June 2020). "Why Nottinghamshire is getting a new £61k deputy crime commissioner". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ Robinson, James (11 June 2024). "Cramlington and Killingworth's Labour candidate Emma Foody 'sick of seeing failure' from Tory government". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ Emma Foody, Member of Parliament (19 July 2024). "Planning, the Green Belt and Rural Affairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 334.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Cramlington and Killingworth

2024–present
Incumbent