Emma Hardy

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Emma Hardy MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience
In office 5 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Office established
Shadow Minister for Further Education and Universities
In office 7 January 2020 – 8 March 2021
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Gordon Marsden
Succeeded by	Matt Western
Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (2017–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by	Alan Johnson
Majority	8,979 (23.5%)
Personal details
Born	(1979-07-17) 17 July 1979 (age 44) North Newbald, Humberside, England
Political party	Labour
Residence(s)	Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	University of Liverpool University of Leeds
Profession	Politician
Website	Official website

Emma Ann Hardy^[1] (born 17 July 1979) is a British Labour Party politician and UK Government minister. She was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle^[2] until the 2024 General Election and is the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice.^[3] Until May 2019, she was also a member of Hessle Town Council focusing on NHS and education.^[4] Hardy is a member of Labour's National Policy Forum and was an education union employee.^[5] She was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2024.^[6]