Karl Turner (British politician)
Karl Turner | |
|---|---|
 Turner in 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister for Legal Aid | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Shadow Minister for Shipping, Aviation and Road Safety | |
| In office 3 July 2017 – 10 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Richard Burden |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales | |
| In office 11 January 2016 – 26 June 2016 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Catherine McKinnell |
| Succeeded by | Shami Chakrabarti |
| Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | John Prescott |
| Majority | 1,239 (3.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karl William Turner 15 April 1971 Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Leanne Turner |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | www |
Karl William Turner (born 15 April 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since the 2010 general election. He was appointed Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales in January 2016 by Jeremy Corbyn, before resigning from that role in June of that year. Following the 2017 general election he was appointed as Shadow Shipping, Aviation and Road Safety Minister within the Shadow Transport team.
Early life
Karl William Turner[1] was born on 15 April 1971[2] in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.[3] He was raised in the city[4] and was educated at Bransholme High School from 1984 to 1987, leaving at the age of 16.[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.[5] He 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]
Parliamentary career
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Turner was selected by the Labour Party as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Kingston upon Hull East in March 2008 after John Prescott announced he would not stand again.[7][8] He was elected for the constituency at the 2010 general election with a majority of 8,597.[9]
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.[10] The Commissioner for Standards concluded that there should be no inquiry.[10]
Turner was appointed Shadow Solicitor General by Labour leader Ed Miliband on 3 December 2014, and continued to serve as an opposition whip.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13][14] He supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[15] On 14 October 2016, it was announced that Turner had returned to Labour's frontbench as a Whip.[16]
Following the 2017 general election he was appointed as Shadow Shipping, Aviation and Road Safety Minister within the Shadow Transport team.[17]
On 12 March 2018, allegations of sexual misconduct against Turner were reported in the British press. Turner was said to have commented in 2014 that a woman who had had a double mastectomy had removed her 'great' breasts and commented further on her buttocks and, in 2015, had slapped her buttocks.[18] Turner, via his solicitors, denied making any such comments or behaving inappropriately.[18] The Labour Party said it had not received a formal complaint and that it takes complaints about inappropriate behaviour "extremely seriously".[19]
In September 2019, Speaker of the House John Bercow described Turner as the "noisiest member of the House".[20]
Personal life
He is married to Leanne Turner.[21]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Labour MP Karl Turner denies sexually harassing woman who had a mastectomy". i. London. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "About Karl". Karl Turner. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Prescott's Hull East successor confirmed". Hull Daily Mail. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith, Mikey; Bloom, Dan (20 July 2016). "Which MPs are nominating Owen Smith in the Labour leadership contest?". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Karl Turner returns to Jeremy Corbyn front bench as Labour whip". Hull Daily Mail. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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