Laurence Turner | |
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Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Gary Sambrook |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Wadham College,University of Oxford |
Laurence David Russell Turner [1] is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist,who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield since 2024. [2]
Turner was born to two Nottingham teachers. [3] He worked as a parliamentary assistant in the House of Commons. [4] Since 2017,he worked at the GMB union,as head of research and policy. [5] [4]
Turner was selected as the candidate for Birmingham Northfield at short notice at the beginning of the 2024 general election campaign,when existing candidate Alex Aitken had to step down for "personal reasons". [3]
In September 2024,Turner voted against a motion to prevent cuts to pensioner's Winter Fuel Payments - a welfare scheme which supported around 14,000 of his elderly constituents with energy bills. [6]
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