Sarah Louise McCarthy-Fry is a British Labour Co-operative politician.
11 Facts About Sarah McCarthy-Fry
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry was the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North from the 2005 general election to 2010.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in the last phase of the Labour government of Gordon Brown.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry worked for the multinational defence engineering company GKN Westland at Portsmouth, and later as financial controller for GKN Aerospace at Cowes, Isle of Wight.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry attempted selection as the Labour candidate for the seat of Portsmouth North in 1997, and later became Syd Rapson's campaign manager.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry campaigned in favour of identity cards after a constituency survey indicated a large majority were in favour of them, and stressed her support for their introduction in her maiden speech after her election in 2005.
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In 2006, Sarah McCarthy-Fry was made PPS to John Healey, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry was moved to the Department for Communities and Local Government in the June 2009 reshuffle.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry was at the Department for Communities and Local Government for just one week.
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At the general election on 6 May 2010, Sarah McCarthy-Fry lost her seat to the Conservative candidate Penny Mordaunt.
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry married her first husband, Roger Fry, in 1973, and her second, Tony McCarthy, in 1997; she has four grown-up children.