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Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Prescott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 3,920 (13.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Karl William Turner 15 April 1971 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karl William Turner (born 15 April 1971) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010.
Early life and career
[edit]Karl Turner was born on 15 April 1971 in Kingston upon Hull.[1][2][3] He was raised in the city and was educated at Bransholme High School from 1984 to 1987, leaving at the age of 16.[4][5] He attended HCC Training to study business administration from 1987 to 1989.[6] Later, Turner became a self-employed antiques dealer.[7]
He returned to education in the late 1990s to study A Levels at Hull College, before graduating with a law degree as a mature student from the University of Hull in 2004.[4]
Turner became a barrister in 2005 after passing the Bar Vocational Course at Northumbria University and went on to practice criminal law for the Max Gold Partnership in Hull.[7] He did not complete his pupillage and is no longer authorised to practise by the Bar Standards Board.[8]
Parliamentary career
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Turner was selected by the Labour Party as their candidate for Kingston upon Hull East in March 2008.[7] At the 2010 general election, Turner was elected to Parliament as MP for Kingston upon Hull East with 47.9% of the vote and a majority of 8,597.[9][10]
In April 2014, Turner referred himself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards after complaints were made in relation to invitations to a £45-a-head Labour Party fundraising event, sent using parliamentary email accounts.[11] The Commissioner for Standards concluded that there should be no inquiry.[11]
Turner was appointed Shadow Solicitor General by Labour leader Ed Miliband on 3 December 2014, and continued to serve as an opposition whip.[12]
At the 2015 general election, Turner was re-elected as MP for Kingston upon Hull East with an increased vote share of 51.7% and an increased majority of 10,319.[13]
On 11 January 2016, Turner was appointed Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales to replace Catherine McKinnell, who resigned following a reshuffle to the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn.[14] On 26 June 2016, Turner resigned from the Shadow Cabinet following the EU referendum, among a number of his colleagues unhappy with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.[15][16] He supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election. On 14 October 2016, it was announced that Turner had returned to Labour's frontbench as a Whip.[17]
Turner was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 58.3% and an increased majority of 10,396.[18] Following the election, he was appointed as Shadow Shipping, Aviation and Road Safety Minister within the Shadow Transport team.[19]
On 12 March 2018, allegations of sexual misconduct against Turner were reported in the British press.[20] Turner, via his solicitors, denied making any such comments or behaving inappropriately.[20] The Labour Party said it had not received a formal complaint and that complaints about inappropriate behaviour are taken "extremely seriously".[21]
In September 2019, Speaker of the House John Bercow described Turner as the "noisiest member of the House".[22]
At the 2019 general election, Turner was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 39.2% and a decreased majority of 1,239.[23]
Turner is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel group in Parliament.[24]
In August 2023, Turner apologised after sharing a doctored image of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Twitter.[25]
At the 2024 general election, Turner was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 43.8% and an increased majority of 3,920.[26]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Leanne Turner.[27]
References
[edit]- ^ "Karl William Turner". Companies House. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Karl Turner MP". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Karl Turner". Politics.co.uk. Senate Media. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "About Karl". Karl Turner. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Labour MP Karl Turner denies sexually harassing woman who had a mastectomy". i. London. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Alumni – Profiles: Hull Training Graduates: Karl Turner MP". HCC Training. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Turner's bid for history books". Hull Daily Mail. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Board, The Bar Standards. "The Barristers' Register". www.barstandardsboard.org.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Kingston upon Hull East – 2010 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Hull East". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b "MP will not face spending probe". The Yorkshire Post. Leeds. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Labour reshuffle: Peer takes shadow attorney role". BBC News. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Kingston upon Hull East – 2015 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Dathan, Matt (11 January 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn appoints Karl Turner Shadow Attorney General after suffering latest frontbench resignation". The Independent. London. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "East Hull MP Karl Turner quits Labour shadow cabinet as Jeremy Corbyn revolt grows". Hull Daily Mail. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Syal, Rajeev; Perraudin, Frances; Slawson, Nicola (27 June 2016). "Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Daly, Patrick (3 July 2017). "Karl Turner returns to Jeremy Corbyn front bench as Labour whip". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Kingston upon Hull East – 2017 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Reshuffle 2: The Maintenance of the Malcontents". New Socialist. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ a b Hughes, Laura (12 March 2018). "Senior Labour MP accused of 'slapping' woman's buttocks". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Heffer, Greg (12 March 2018). "Labour MP Karl Turner denies misogyny after allegedly 'slapping woman's buttocks'". Sky News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Walsh, Colleen (17 September 2019). "On the Brexit hot seat". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Hull East". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "LFI Parliamentary Supporters". lfi.org.uk. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Alexandra (2 August 2023). "Labour MP apologises for sharing fake image of Rishi Sunak". Sky News. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Hull East Results". BBC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Harley, Nick (15 April 2013). "Burglar raided MP's east Hull home". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
External links
[edit]Media related to Karl Turner (British politician) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou