28 Facts About Anna Turley

Anna Catherine Turley was born on 9 October 1978 and is a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Member of Parliament for Redcar since 2024, having previously served from 2015 to 2019.

Anna Turley has served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since 2024.

Anna Turley went on to read History at Greyfriars, Oxford.

From 2001 to 2005, Anna Turley was a fast-stream civil servant at the Home Office, initially working on youth crime issues, and later moved to the Department for Work and Pensions, specialising in child poverty issues.

In 2005, Anna Turley became a special adviser in the Department for Work and Pensions under David Blunkett, then in 2006 for the Cabinet Office under Hilary Armstrong.

In 2007, Anna Turley worked for public relations agency The Ledbury Group.

Anna Turley was shortlisted for the North West Durham seat for the 2010 general election but lost out to Pat Glass.

In 2011, Anna Turley founded a consultancy and online forum ProgLoc for progressive debate of key issues affecting local government, and became an associate researcher for the NGO Future of London.

In 2012 Anna Turley was listed as a speaker for the New Labour pressure group Progress.

In 2013, Anna Turley became a senior research fellow at IPPR North.

In 2013, Anna Turley was selected to stand in the Redcar constituency from an all-women shortlist, in a contentious selection process that was ultimately associated with the resignation of ten Labour councillors.

Anna Turley became the member of parliament for Redcar at the May 2015 general election, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrats.

Anna Turley was appointed as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee in July 2015, and later the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

Anna Turley supported Andy Burnham in the 2015 leadership election.

Anna Turley was a critic of Corbyn, and resigned as a Shadow Minister in June 2016.

In 2016, Anna Turley introduced a private member's bill to increase the maximum sentences available to the courts for specified offences related to animal cruelty to five years.

Anna Turley queued from 2am until 10am to table the bill.

Anna Turley became chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Hydrogen and Bingo, Secretary of the APPG on Steel and Metal Related Industry and a member of the APPGs on Endometriosis, Speedway, Loan Charge, Carbon Capture and Storage, Performers Alliance, Music, Equitable Life, Fair Business Banking and the All-Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group.

In 2018, Anna Turley worked with the charity, Family Rights Group, to establish the cross party Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care, to campaign for improvements to support for children raised by relatives and friends when they cannot remain with their parents.

Anna Turley later completed the 2023 Great North Run for Family Rights Group.

Anna Turley served as chair of the Co-operative Party from 8 June 2019 until December 2019.

Anna Turley blamed party leader Jeremy Corbyn for the loss.

Anna Turley had been re-elected at the 2017 general election under Jeremy Corbyn.

On 19 December 2019, following a six-day trial at the Royal Courts of Justice, Anna Turley won a libel claim against Unite the Union and Stephen Walker ; the court upheld that her reputation had been damaged by Walker and Unite during the election.

Anna Turley is a School Governor for Whale Hill Primary School in Eston.

Anna Turley worked as a sports consultant for the Betting and Gaming Council, an organisation which represents the gambling industry, and in April 2021 wrote a paid advertorial in the New Statesman for the organisation opposing limits on betting, suggesting that they would alienate red wall voters.

In May 2022, Anna Turley was appointed as an associate director at Arden Strategies, a political lobbying firm founded by former Labour cabinet minister Jim Murphy.

Anna Turley became a vocal campaigner on endometriosis, and launched an inquiry into women's experiences through the APPG on Endometriosis.