Laurence Turner | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gary Sambrook |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1988 (age 36) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Wadham College,University of Oxford |
Laurence David Russell Turner [1] (born May 1988) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist,who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield since 2024.
Turner was born in May 1988. [2] His parents were teachers and he grew up in Nottingham,Nottinghamshire,England. [3] [4] He studied at the University of Oxford and Birkbeck,University of London. [5]
Turner worked as a constituency assistant and researcher (2011–2012),then as a parliamentary assistant (2012–2015) in the House of Commons. [6] [5] The MPs he worked with were Chris Leslie,Lillian Greenwood and Richard Burden. [6] [4] He then worked for the Labour Party as a policy advisor specialising in transport from 2015 to 2016. [5] [4] From 2017 until his election as an MP,he worked at the GMB union,as head of research and policy. [7] [6] He was also a director of the Labour Research Department from 2018 to 2024. [2]
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]
On 4 July 2024,he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield with 14,929 votes (39.6%) and a majority of 5,389. [8] On 29 July 2024,he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill. [9]
Turner has dyspraxia, [4] [10] and was a director of the Dyspraxia Foundation from 2020 to 2023. [2]
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