Welcome to the Website of Angela Smith MP

“Welcome to my website, where you will find my latest news, a brief biography, details of how to contact me, and some other useful links and information.

Also there is some information about the constituency and local contact numbers that might be useful.

I am here for all my constituents, so if you have any queries or other concerns, please contact me or make an appointment to see me at one of my regular advice surgeries.

As the MP for Penistone & Stocksbridge, I am always looking for different ways to keep in touch with my constituents, so I hope you find this site useful and informative. The site is updated regularly, so please do come back often.

I look forward to hearing from you.

 How to contact Angela

Tel: 0114 2831855

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For the times and dates of Angela's regular surgeries go here. 

National Wear Red Day Friday 24 February 2012

February is National Heart Month and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Angele smith MP are asking the people of sheffield and barnsley to join National Wear Red Day on Friday 24 February 2012 and to follow the BEAT code for simple steps to a healthier heart.

In National Heart Month, the BHF encourages people across the UK to think about their own hearts and the hearts of those around them. The nation’s heart charity also needs people across the UK to get involved with National Wear Red Day, and raise vital funds for the charity’s life-saving work.

By wearing red like Angela on National Wear Red Day and raising money, you will help the BHF to save lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information.

Commenting, Angela said;

“It is a common misperception that heart disease is more common in men than women when in fact it kills 1 in 3 women, as well as 1 in 3 men and kills three times more women than breast cancer. Funds raised during National Heart Month can support the BHF to help the 2.7 million people in the UK currently living with heart disease. “

For more information about the BHF please contact Jemma Mahon on email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 020 7554 0171 or 07764 290 381 (out of hours).

Notes to Editors 

About the British Heart Foundation

The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need help. We rely on donations of time and money to continue our life-saving work. Because together we can beat heart disease.

February 2012 is National Heart Month. Red for Heart is the BHF’s fundraising campaign during National Heart Month. For further information about the BHF or Red for Heart please visit bhf.org.uk/red

Owl’s mascot and Local MP hail the winners of her annual Christmas card Competition

Saturday 3^rd December saw Angela Smith MP and Sheffield Wednesday mascot Ozzie Owl give out prizes to the winners of Angela’s 7^th Annual Christmas card competition.

The competition run in conjunction with local primary schools provides Angela with her official Christmas cards and the chance for the lucky winners to have their picture on the card.

The winners received an art set, a radio controlled car and tickets to Sheffield Wednesday football matches.

Commenting on this years competition, Angela said,

“I would like to thank all those children who took part in this year’s competition and also all the schools who allowed the children to take part.

Special thanks must also go out to all the companies who donated the money which made it all possible, including SIV, Stagecoach and Sheffield Wednesday”

I would also like to thank Ozzie Owl for coming along and giving out the prizes and making our presentation event so special for the kids. There is no doubt he proved popular as ever with the kids, parents and was a great ambassador for Sheffield Wednesday.

The winning cards have now gone out to almost 2000 people, both within the constituency and further a field.

Well done to everyone who took part!”

In a debate today in Parliament Angela Smith, Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge will identify the major issues the borough faces in the extremely difficult economic circumstances it is facing.

For generations the town had depended on the coal industry to provide large scale manual labour employment and a social infrastructure. This was abruptly withdrawn leaving a vacuum that is yet to be filled.

In her speech she will highlight the fact that there are just not enough jobs in the borough. To reach the regional average, it's self a low figure would require an extra 24,000 jobs to be created.

The borough has the 3rd lowest employment rate in the Yorkshire and Humber at 67% and requires 6,100 residents finding employment.

There are currently 6,962 which is significantly higher than the national average but more worrying is that youth unemployment is almost double the national average. These figures mean an high level of welfare dependency with around a fifth of the working population claiming some form of out of work benefit.

In her speech she will call on the government to do more to help Barnsley and other similar towns. Specifically she will call on the government to;

 1 Address the void left by the demise of Business link arguing that a national one size fits all does not help places like Barnsley.

 2 target UKTI inward investment to areas with less economic activity first, instead of prioritising investment in the south east.

 3 Consideration should be give the reinstatement of the Grants for Business Investment scheme that allowed SME's to make capital investments in plant and machinery as the regional growth fund in as poor substitute and tied up in red tape.

Further she will argue that the town needs a return of the Future Jobs Fund which was for Barnsley was highly successful in getting people back into work who had not worked for some time.

Commenting Angela said,

"Barnsley is a proud town. For generations it depended on coal to provide thousands of well paid manual jobs. Like many towns who depended on one industry to provide economic prosperity it was hit hard when that industry disappeared almost overnight.

After taking many years to slowly get over the worst The recent downturn has hot the borough very hard. The town needs so much more help to recover from its industrial past.

However, what's on offer from this government is a best patchy and at worst destructive. I call on the government to recognise that and do much more to help towns such as Barnsley"

Locals in Dodworth recently had a surprise when visiting the local Fish and Chip shop on Station Road, Dodworth. Behind the counter was no other than was local Penistone MP, Angela Smith.

She was there helping out local trader David Shaw to show she is right behind local businesses trying to prosper in these hard times.

The Shaw Family chip shop is a heart-warming success story at the centre of the village. It is a long standing business that has real community spirit in this former mining village.

It is still well remembered by many how during the Miners strike, Dave Shaw was regularly found returning to his former colleagues on the picket line to hand out much-needed hot Fish and Chips.

Commenting on her visit Angela said,

“Local businesses are the vital lifeblood of many areas, especially small villages like Dodworth.

I really enjoyed my time behind the counter helping to serve local people. It was great to talk to them as they queued for fish n chips. It is a meeting place for friends, with people catching up with each other and swapping the latest news.”

Local owner David Shaw, said;

“It was great to have our local MP serving in our shop and supporting local businesses. Mind you many of our customers had a surprise when she served them with their Fish n Chips, which just goes to show that some MPs do want to be in touch with their constituents.

 If she ever wants to give up Parliament I’m sure she’ll make a great shop assistant.”

 Seriously though I would like to thank Angela for coming along and helping to promote the great services local businesses do for local communities in Dodworth and beyond.”