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Mary Foy
Member of Parliament
for City of Durham
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byRoberta Blackman-Woods
Majority5,025 (10.3%)
Personal details
Born
Mary Kelly McStea

(1968-02-27) 27 February 1968 (age 56)
Jarrow, County Durham, England
Political partyLabour
Websitewww.maryfoy.org.uk

Mary Kelly Foy (born 27 February 1968)[1] is a British Labour Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham in the 2019 general election.[2][3]

Early life and education

Foy was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear and grew up on a council estate. She is the second of five children and her grandparents were Irish immigrants.[4] Her father is a former shipyard worker who lost his job in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Foy has a degree in Social sciences, which she gained as a mature student.[5]

Career

Foy is a member of both UNISON and Unite the Union. She was a Community Development Worker for Durham City CVS from 2006 to 2013, and a parliamentary assistant to former Jarrow MP Stephen Hepburn. She was elected to represent Lamesley ward (named after the area of the same name on Gateshead Council in 2006, and has been a cabinet member for health and wellbeing since 2009.[6] She is a local party chair for Blaydon and a regional representative of Labour's National Policy Forum.[2] A socialist and on the left of the party, Foy's bid was backed by several unions. She is a member of Labour's Socialist Campaign Group.

On 15 October 2020, Foy resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Andy McDonald to vote against the proposed Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, disagreeing with the Labour whip to abstain.[7]

Personal life

Foy has three children: Maria, Kieran and Siobhán. Maria had cerebral palsy and died in 2015.[5]

References

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ a b "Who is Mary Foy? Durham City's new Labour MP". Chronicle Live. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Durham, City of parliamentary constituency". BBC.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mary Foy selected as Labour's candidate for City of Durham". Labour List. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home: The House. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  6. ^ Pristley, Catherine (16 December 2019). "Labour confirms Mary Foy will stand as next Durham City MP". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ^ Foy, Mary MP [maryfoy](15 October 2020) https://twitter.com/marykfoy/status/1316789579601661952?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet (Tweet) - via Twitter

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for the City of Durham

2019–present
Incumbent