Tris Osborne | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tracey Crouch |
| Majority | 1,998 (4.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Website | www |
Tristan John Osborne is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford since 2024.
Osborne is a native of the Medway area in Kent and grew up in Rochester. [1] [2] He attended St William of Perth Catholic Primary School in Rochester before receiving a scholarship to the private King's School,Rochester due to being a chorister at Rochester Cathedral. [1] He has a Bachelor of Science degree in natural sciences (2004) and a Master of Arts degree in business management (2006) from College of St Hild and St Bede,part of Durham University. [1] [3] Osborne,who is gay,was an LGBT activist at university [1] [4] [5] ,and has since continued to support local LGBT communities,representing the local Labour team at Medway Pride each year. [6] [7]
After leaving university Osborne worked for a banking start-up specialising in financial risk from July 2006 to November 2013 and for a consultancy firm advising political parties about businesses regulation from December 2013 to July 2016. [1] Whilst working in London he was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police in Greenwich and Charlton. [8] [9] Osborne then moved back to the Medway area and obtained a teaching qualification in geography from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2017. [1] He was a geography teacher at Strood Academy from July 2017 to August 2023 and Stone Lodge School from August 2023 to July 2024. [1]
Osborne contested 2007 local elections in the Medway as one of the Labour Party candidates in the three-member Strood North Ward but was not elected. [10] He contested the 2011 local elections in Medway as one of the Labour Party candidates in the three-member Luton and Wayfield Ward and was elected. [11] [12] He was re-elected at the 2015 and 2019 local elections. [11] At the 2023 local elections he was elected from the three-member Rochester East and Warren Wood Ward. [13] [14] At the election Labour gained control of Medway Council and Osborne was appointed Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement. [1] [15]
Osborne contested the 2015 general election as the Labour Party candidate in Chatham and Aylesford but was defeated by Conservative incumbent Tracey Crouch. [1] [16] He contested the 2016 police and crime commissioner elections as the Labour Party candidate in Kent but was defeated by Conservative Matthew Scott. [17] [18]
Osborne contested the 2024 general election as the Labour Party candidate in Chatham and Aylesford and was elected with a majority of 1,998. [19] [20] On 12 September 2024,he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during the Sir David Amess Adjournment Debate. [21]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 local [22] | Medway - Strood North Ward | Labour Party | 1,365 | Not elected | |
| 2011 local [23] | Medway - Luton and Wayfield Ward | Labour Party | 1,326 | Elected | |
| 2015 general [24] | Chatham and Aylesford | Labour Party | 10,159 | Not elected | |
| 2015 local [25] | Medway - Luton and Wayfield Ward | Labour Party | 1,774 | Elected | |
| 2016 police [26] | Kent | Labour Party | 50,978 | Not elected | |
| 2019 local [27] | Medway - Luton and Wayfield Ward | Labour Party | 1,045 | Elected | |
| 2023 local [28] | Medway - Rochester East and Warren Wood Ward | Labour Party | 1,347 | Elected | |
| 2024 general [29] | Chatham and Aylesford | Labour Party | 13,689 | Elected | |
Chatham is a town within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent,England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham,Rochester,Strood and Rainham. In 2020 it had a population of 80,596.
Rochester is a town in the unitary authority of Medway,in Kent,England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway,about 30 miles (50 km) from London. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham,Rainham,Strood and Gillingham. Rochester was a city until losing its status as one in 1998 following the forming of Medway and failing to protect its status as a city,the first city to do so in the history of the United Kingdom. There have been ongoing campaigns to reinstate the city status for Rochester. In 2011 it had a population of 62,982.
Medway is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of Rochester-upon-Medway and Gillingham,and is administered by Medway Council,which is independent from Kent County Council. The borough had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The borough contains the towns of Chatham,Gillingham,Rainham,Rochester and Strood,which are collectively known as the Medway Towns.
Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent,South East England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham,Rochester,Gillingham and Rainham. It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging point.
The Medway Valley line is the name given to the railway line linking Strood in the Medway Towns via Maidstone West to Tonbridge. High Speed services also link between Maidstone West,Snodland,Strood and London St Pancras International. The section from Maidstone West to Paddock Wood passes through some of Kent's most picturesque countryside along the narrower sections of the River Medway.
Chatham and Aylesford is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Tris Osborne of the Labour Party.
Medway was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1983 and 2010. A previous constituency of the same name existed from 1885 to 1918.
Walderslade is a large suburb in Kent in Chatham split between the unitary authority of Medway and the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge &Malling in South East England. It was,until 1998,fully part of Kent and is still ceremonially associated via the Lieutenancies Act. It encompasses almost all the ME5 postcode district.
Rochester and Strood is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lauren Edwards from the Labour Party. It was previously represented from 2015 by Kelly Tolhurst,a Conservative,who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household.
Rochester-upon-Medway was a local government district in north Kent,England from 1974 to 1998. It covered Rochester,Chatham,Luton,Lordswood,Walderslade,Strood and the Hoo Peninsula.
Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1832 general election,when the borough of Chatham was enfranchised under the Reform Act 1832.
Mid Kent was a county constituency in the county of Kent,which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent,southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester,and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury today is part of the town of Strood and covers the most northern part of the town. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor. Within the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra are the villages of Frindsbury,Wainscott,and Upnor. Frindsbury was also the name given to an electoral ward in the City of Rochester that straddled the parishes of Frindsbury and Strood.
Medway Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Medway in Kent,England. It was created on 1 April 1998 replacing Gillingham and Rochester-upon-Medway.
Medway Council is the local authority of Medway,a local government district in the ceremonial county of Kent,England. The council is a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council;it is independent from Kent County Council. The council was created on 1 April 1998 and replaced Rochester-upon-Medway City Council and Gillingham Borough Council.
Chatham Central was one of the wards in Medway,England. It returned councillors to Medway Council. The population of this ward in Chatham,Kent,at the 2011 Census was 16,413. In the 2019 Medway Council election it elected three Labour Councillors:Harinder Mahil,Vince Maple and Siju Adeoye. In December 2022 Adeoye joined the Conservative Party. The ward was replaced by Chatham Central and Brompton ward for the 2023 Medway Council election.
A by-election was held on 20 November 2014 for the UK parliamentary constituency of Rochester and Strood in Kent,England. The sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Reckless called it on joining the UK Independence Party (UKIP),from the Conservatives. He resigned his seat.
Kelly Jane Tolhurst is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she served as Minister of State for Schools and Childhood from September to October 2022.