Kerry McCarthy
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Kerry McCarthy MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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In office 13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Maria Eagle |
| Succeeded by | Rachael Maskell |
| Member of Parliament for Bristol East |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Corston |
| Majority | 3,980 (8.6%) |
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26 March 1965 Luton, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
University of Liverpool London Guildhall University University of London |
| Website | Official website |
Kerry Gillian McCarthy (born 26 March 1965) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East since 2005 and was the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September 2015 to June 2016.
McCarthy was born in Luton, where she attended Denbigh High School, followed by Luton Sixth Form College. McCarthy studied at the University of Liverpool reading Russian Studies, before studying law at City of London Polytechnic.
McCarthy qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and worked as a lawyer for Abbey National Treasury Services (1994–1996), Merrill Lynch Europe (1996–1999) and the Labour Party (2001). She was a director of London Luton Airport Ltd (1999–2003), a director at Britain in Europe (2002–2004), and Head of Public Policy at the Waterfront Partnership (2004–2005).
McCarthy began a doctorate on Labour links with the City of London at Goldsmith's College, but did not complete it. She was a councillor in Luton, and was a member of Labour's National Policy Forum.
In 2005, McCarthy was selected as the Labour candidate for Bristol East through an all-women shortlist and retained the seat for her party at the 2005 general election. She was appointed a member of the Treasury Select Committee, and was involved in its inquiries into financial inclusion, globalisation and the role of the International Monetary Fund, and the administration of tax credits. She has also sat on two Finance Bill committees, as well as the UK Borders Bill Committee, the Offender Management Bill Committee and the Mental Health Bill Committee. She was described as a Gordon Brown loyalist, stating in 2005 that "The Chancellor's nine Budgets are the bedrock of all that we have achieved in government".
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