Anna Turley
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Anna Turley MP |
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Turley in 2015
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Member of Parliament for Redcar |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Swales |
| Majority | 10,388 (25.4%) |
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9 October 1978 Dartford, England |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Anna Catherine Turley (born 9 October 1978) is a British Labour Co-operative politician. She became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar at the 2015 general election.
Turley was formerly a civil servant, initially working on youth crime issues, and later moved to the Department for Work and Pensions specialising in child poverty issues.
In 2005, Turley became a special adviser in the Department for Work and Pensions under David Blunkett, then in 2006 the Cabinet Office under Hilary Armstrong. In 2006, she stood for election as a Labour council candidate for Wandsworth Common.
In 2007, Turley worked for public relations agency The Ledbury Group. In April 2008, she became deputy director of the local government research organisation the New Local Government Network, and in 2010 co-founded the Co-operative Councils Innovation Network designed to enable local authorities to work in partnership with local communities.
Turley was shortlisted for the North West Durham seat for the 2010 general election but lost out to Pat Glass. In 2011, Turley founded a consultancy and online forum ProgLoc (Progressive Localism) for progressive debate of key issues affecting local government, and became an associate researcher for the NGO Future of London. Since 2012 Turley has been a speaker for the New Labour pressure group Progress. In 2013, Turley became a senior research fellow at IPPR North.
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