Elizabeth Anne McInnes (born 30 March 1959) is a British Labour Party politician and biochemist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019.

[6] McInnes was elected to Parliament at the October 2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election, narrowly defeating UKIP candidate John Bickley with a majority of 617 votes.

[8] She supported Andy Burnham in the 2015 Labour leadership election,[9] and was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government after Jeremy Corbyn's victory.

[12] McInnes was re-appointed to the opposition front bench in October 2016, as Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs responsible for Africa and Asia.

[13] McInnes was awarded Parliamentarian of the Year in 2016 by the charity Brake, for her campaigning to obtain tougher sentences for those causing death and injury by dangerous driving.