:Anna Turley

Turley was born in Dartford, Kent,{{cite web|url=http://myparliament.info/member/4449|title=Biography Anna Turley MP|work=MyParliament|accessdate=19 September 2016|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043448/http://myparliament.info/member/4449|archivedate=2 February 2017}} and received an academic scholarship to attend the independent Ashford School.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/12085661/Jeremy-Corbyn-tries-to-force-public-schools-to-open-up-music-arts-sport-facilities-to-state-schoolchildren.html |title=Jeremy Corbyn tries to force public schools to open up music, arts, sport facilities to state school children |first=Christopher |last=Hope |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 January 2016 |accessdate=28 January 2017 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628195923/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/12085661/Jeremy-Corbyn-tries-to-force-public-schools-to-open-up-music-arts-sport-facilities-to-state-schoolchildren.html |archivedate=28 June 2017 }} She went on to read History at Greyfriars, Oxford.

From 2001 to 2005, 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/anna-turley-mp-new-shadow-minister-charities/policy-and-politics/article/1369385 |title=Anna Turley MP – the new shadow minister for charities |first=Andy |last=Hillier |newspaper=Third Sector |date=22 October 2015 |accessdate=23 July 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815005808/http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/anna-turley-mp-new-shadow-minister-charities/policy-and-politics/article/1369385 |archivedate=15 August 2016 }} In 2005, 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.

File:Anna Turley 10-07-2015 1.jpg

In the 2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Turley stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate for Wandsworth Common ward.{{cite web |url=http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2006/32/ |title=Local Election Results 2006 – Wandsworth |first=Andrew |last=Teale |publisher=Local Elections Archive Project |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919150141/http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2006/32/ |archivedate=19 September 2016 }}{{cite web| url = http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/NR/Wandsworth/asp/council/cgelect06_wards.asp?id=18 | title = Wandsworth Common | access-date = 16 September 2009 | publisher = Wandsworth Council}}

In 2007, Turley worked for public relations agency The Ledbury Group.{{cite news |url=http://www.prweek.com/article/799609/ex-blunkett-aide-joins-think-tank |title=Ex-Blunkett aide joins think-tank |publisher=PR Week |date=3 April 2008 |accessdate=19 September 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919232216/http://www.prweek.com/article/799609/ex-blunkett-aide-joins-think-tank |archivedate=19 September 2016 }} In April 2008, she became deputy director of the local government research organisation the New Local Government Network, and in 2010 co-founded the Co-operative Councils Innovation Network designed to enable local authorities to work in partnership with local communities.{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/anna-turley-given-shadow-responsibility-charity-sector/policy-and-politics/article/1365593|title=Anna Turley given shadow responsibility for charity sector|publisher=Third Sector|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=28 September 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929052205/http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/anna-turley-given-shadow-responsibility-charity-sector/policy-and-politics/article/1365593|archivedate=29 September 2015}}

Turley was shortlisted for the North West Durham seat for the 2010 general election but lost out to Pat Glass.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/richardmoss/2009/12/durham_north_west_labour_short.html |title=Durham North West Labour shortlist revealed |first=Richard |last=Moss |work=BBC News |date=18 December 2009 |accessdate=2 August 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010055815/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/richardmoss/2009/12/durham_north_west_labour_short.html |archivedate=10 October 2016 }}

In 2011, Turley founded a consultancy and online forum ProgLoc (Progressive Localism) for progressive debate of key issues affecting local government,{{cite news |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/05/27/whos-hue-in-tankworld/ |title=Who's hue in tankworld |first=Jessica |last=Asato |publisher=Progress Online |date=27 May 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001222935/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/05/27/whos-hue-in-tankworld/ |archivedate=1 October 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/07/27/progressive-localism/ |title=Progressive localism |first=Anna |last=Turley |publisher=Progress Online |date=27 July 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001222923/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/07/27/progressive-localism/ |archivedate=1 October 2016 }}{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07605429 |title=Companies House – PROGLOC LIMITED |id=Company No. 07605429 |publisher=Companies House |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204164704/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07605429 |archivedate=4 February 2018 }} and became an associate researcher for the NGO Future of London.{{cite news |url=http://www.futureoflondon.org.uk/2011/12/13/london-and-the-localism-act/ |title=London and the Localism Act |first=Anna |last=Turley |newspaper=Future of London |date=13 December 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918235257/http://www.futureoflondon.org.uk/2011/12/13/london-and-the-localism-act/ |archivedate=18 September 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.futureoflondon.org.uk/futureoflondon/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/05/Localism-in-London-for-web.pdf |title=Localism in London |first1=Anna |last1=Turley |first2=Joanna |last2=Wilson |newspaper=Future of London |date=March 2012 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107204727/http://www.futureoflondon.org.uk/futureoflondon/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/05/Localism-in-London-for-web.pdf |archivedate=7 January 2015 }} In 2012 Turley was listed as a speaker for the New Labour pressure group Progress.{{cite web |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/about-progress/speakerlist/ |title=Speaker List for CLPs |publisher=Progress |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820024714/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/about-progress/speakerlist/ |archivedate=20 August 2012}}

In 2013, Turley became a senior research fellow at IPPR North.{{cite news |url=http://www.ippr.org/files/images/media/files/publication/2014/01/back-to-rising-damp_PRS_Jan2014_11767.pdf |title=Back to Rising Damp? Addressing housing quality in the private rented sector |first1=Bill |last1=Davies |first2=Anna |last2=Turley |newspaper=IPPR North |date=January 2014 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204164706/https://www.ippr.org/files/images/media/files/publication/2014/01/back-to-rising-damp_PRS_Jan2014_11767.pdf |archivedate=4 February 2018 }}

In 2013, 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/generalelection.2015/news/?itemno=24506 |title=Can a Green union man beat Labour's London parachuter in the north east? |first=Prof. David |last=Byrne |publisher=Durham University |date=27 April 2015 |accessdate=24 July 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917041850/https://www.dur.ac.uk/generalelection.2015/news/?itemno=24506 |archivedate=17 September 2016 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/watch-council-leader-tears-up-8580437 |title=Council leader tears up Labour Party membership card as bitter internal dispute continues |last=Brown |first=Mike |newspaper=GazetteLive |date=4 February 2015 |accessdate=11 May 2018}}

Turley became the member of parliament for Redcar at the May 2015 general election, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrats.{{cite news |title=2015 General Election results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000891 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508051056/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000891 |archivedate=8 May 2015 |accessdate=9 May 2015 |work=BBC News}} She was appointed as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee in July 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2015/150708-committee-membership-announced/|title=Home Affairs Committee: Committee membership announced|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|date=8 July 2015|accessdate=5 July 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822190450/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2015/150708-committee-membership-announced/|archivedate=22 August 2016}} and later the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/anna-turley/4449|title=Anna Turley MP|website=UK Parliament|access-date=26 March 2018}}

Soon after becoming an MP, Turley had to respond to major local employer SSI UK, which operated Teesside Steelworks, going into liquidation,{{cite news |url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/business/business-news/ssi-labour-mps-present-rescue-10165180 |title=SSI: Labour MPs will present 'rescue plan' to steel minister tomorrow |first1=Mike |last1=Blackburn |first2=Andrew |last2=Glover |newspaper=GazetteLive |date=30 September 2015 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819112317/http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/business/business-news/ssi-labour-mps-present-rescue-10165180 |archivedate=19 August 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/14749307.Future_of_SSI_UK_Redcar_plant___39_must_not_be_held_to_ransom_by_Thai_banks__39_/ |title=Future of SSI UK Redcar plant 'must not be held to ransom by Thai banks' |first=Steven |last=Hugill |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=17 September 2016 |accessdate=18 September 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919000628/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/14749307.Future_of_SSI_UK_Redcar_plant___39_must_not_be_held_to_ransom_by_Thai_banks__39_/ |archivedate=19 September 2016 }} leading to about 3,000 local job losses. The steelworks had once employed about 40,000.{{cite news |url=http://www.fabians.org.uk/whats-the-future-for-industrial-towns/ |title=What's the future for industrial towns? |first=Anna |last=Turley |publisher=Fabian Society |date=19 January 2016 |accessdate=1 October 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829040317/http://www.fabians.org.uk/whats-the-future-for-industrial-towns/ |archivedate=29 August 2016 }} Turley set up a local SSI Taskforce, and secured £50 million from the government to help support retraining and new jobs.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/final-5m-ssi-task-force-12479699|title=Redcar to benefit from final £5m of SSI Task Force cash|first=Dave|last=Robson|date=19 January 2017|website=TeessideLive}}

She supported Andy Burnham in the 2015 leadership election.{{cite news |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/why-we-are-backing-andy-burnhams-bid-be-labour-leader |title=Why we are backing Andy Burnham's bid to be Labour leader |authorlink=Conor McGinn |first1=Conor |last1=McGinn |first2=Anna |last2=Turley |newspaper=New Statesman |date=26 May 2015 |accessdate=25 July 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807060548/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/why-we-are-backing-andy-burnhams-bid-be-labour-leader |archivedate=7 August 2016 }} In September 2015, the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed Turley as shadow civil society minister in his first shadow cabinet. Turley was a critic of Corbyn, and resigned as a Shadow Minister in June 2016.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36632956 |title=Jeremy Corbyn unveils new top team after resignations |work=BBC News |date=27 June 2016 |accessdate=1 October 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626080319/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36632956 |archivedate=26 June 2016 }} In the 2016 leadership election campaign soon afterwards, Turley stated that Corbyn was "completely out of touch with reality", and supported Owen Smith for leader.{{cite news |url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/teesside-mp-who-called-corbyn-11932879 |title=Teesside MP who called Corbyn 'Wizard of Oz' congratulates him on victory |first=Ian |last=Johnson |newspaper=GazetteLive |date=24 October 2016 |accessdate=1 October 2016 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001210636/http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/teesside-mp-who-called-corbyn-11932879 |archivedate=1 October 2016 }} She would later argue that Labour had "moved too far to the left"{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/12/labour-mp-suing-unite-union-tells-court-she-did-not-make-false-declarations|title=Labour candidate suing union says Labour has moved too far to left|work=The Guardian}} and had "issues around national security as well as with antisemitism".{{cite news |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/working-class-voters-hated-labour-antisemitism-says-former-mp-who-took-unite-and-skwawkbox-to-court-1.494644 |title=Working-class voters hated Labour antisemitism, says former MP}}

In 2016, 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.{{cite web|url=https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/animalcrueltysentencing.html|title=Animal Cruelty (Sentencing) Bill 2016–17 — UK Parliament|website=services.parliament.uk|access-date=26 March 2018}} She queued from 2am until 10am to table the bill.{{cite news |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14597635.tougher-sentencing-plea-outraged-mp-wake-animal-cruelty-case/|title=Tougher sentencing plea from outraged MP in wake of animal cruelty case |publisher=The Northern Echo |date=4 July 2016}} The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act was passed in April 2021, and came into force on 29 June 2021.{{cite web|title=Maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty raised to five years|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/maximum-prison-sentence-for-animal-cruelty-raised-to-five-years|access-date=29 June 2021|website=GOV.UK}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gove-delivers-new-bill-to-punish-animal-abusers|title=Gove delivers new bill to punish animal abusers|website=GOV.UK|access-date=27 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19269051.tougher-animal-cruelty-sentence-becomes-law/ |title=Tougher animal cruelty sentence becomes law |publisher=The Northern Echo |date=29 April 2021}}

In the 2017 general election, Turley was re-elected with 23,623 votes, a share of 55.5%.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000891 |title=Redcar general election results 2017 |work=BBC News |date=9 June 2017 |accessdate=9 June 2017 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610111711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000891 |archivedate=10 June 2017 }} She became chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups ("APPGs") on Hydrogen{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/190327/hydrogen.htm|title=House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 27 March 2019: Hydrogen|website=publications.parliament.uk|access-date=4 October 2019}} and Bingo,{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/180314/bingo.htm|title=House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 14 March 2018: Bingo|website=publications.parliament.uk|access-date=4 October 2019}} Secretary of the APPG on Steel and Metal Related Industry{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/170928/steel-and-metal-related-industries.htm|title=House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 28 September 2017: Steel and Metal Related Industries|website=publications.parliament.uk|access-date=4 October 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.anna4redcar.org.uk/about|title=Bio|website=Anna Turley MP|access-date=4 October 2019}} She is also a member of various Labour Party groups, including the Labour Movement for Europe, LGBT Labour, Jewish Labour Movement, Labour Campaign for International Development, Labour Friends of Israel, Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East and Labour Party Irish Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.lfi.org.uk/in-parliament/|title=LFI Supporters in Parliament|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=Labour Friends of Israel}}

In 2018, 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.{{cite web |last= |title=The cross-party Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care |url=https://frg.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/the-cross-party-parliamentary-taskforce-on-kinship-care/ |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Family Rights Group }} Turley later completed the 2023 Great North Run for Family Rights Group.{{cite web |title=Anna's Great North Run |url=https://frg.enthuse.com/pf/anna-turley-great-north-run-2023 |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=frg.enthuse.com }}

She served as chair of the Co-operative Party from 8 June 2019 until December 2019.{{cite web |title=Chris Herries |url=https://party.coop/person/chris-herries/ |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=Co-operative Party}}

In the 2019 general election, Turley lost her seat to the Conservative candidate.{{cite news |title=Redcar Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000891 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 November 2019}} She blamed party leader Jeremy Corbyn for the loss.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/general-election-results-2019-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-a9246311.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/general-election-results-2019-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-a9246311.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=I lost my Redcar seat thanks to Jeremy Corbyn and I'm furious|website=The Independent|date=13 December 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=Anna Turley, former MP, Redcar|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25313/anna_turley/redcar/divisions?policy=6761%20Anna%20Turley,%20former%20MP,%20Redcar%20-%20TheyWorkForYou|access-date=30 December 2021|website=TheyWorkForYou}} Turley had been re-elected at the 2017 general election under Jeremy Corbyn.{{cite web|title=Redcar (Constituency) 2017 results – General election results – UK Parliament|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Redcar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211021917/http://electionresults.parliament.uk:80/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Redcar |archive-date=11 February 2018 }} In December 2019, the Conservative party defeated Turley's 9,485 majority, taking the seat for the first time.{{cite web|title=Redcar (Constituency) 2019 results – General election results – UK Parliament|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2019-12-12/Results/Location/Constituency/Redcar/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129080838/https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2019-12-12/results/Location/Constituency/Redcar |archive-date=29 November 2020 }}

On 19 December 2019, following a six-day trial at the Royal Courts of Justice, Turley won a libel claim against Unite the Union and Stephen Walker (editor of The Skwawkbox); the court upheld that her reputation had been damaged by Walker and Unite during the election.{{cite news |title=Anna Turley libel trial: Former Labour MP wins £75,000 damages |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-50857590 |accessdate=19 December 2019 |work=BBC News |date=19 December 2019}}{{cite web |title=Turley-v-Unite 2019 EWHC 3547 QB Final for handdown |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Turley-v-Unite-2019-EWHC-3547-QB-Final-for-handdown.pdf |website=Judiciary.uk |accessdate=19 December 2019}}{{cite web |title=Court-ordered Statement |url=https://skwawkbox.org/2019/12/20/143340/ |website=Skwawkbox.org |date=20 December 2019 |publisher=The Skwawkbox |accessdate=21 December 2019}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Turley helped run the local foodbank, and set up a charity to distribute books to disadvantaged children.{{cite web |date=24 September 2021 |title=Where Are They Now? Former Labour MP Anna Turley on abuse and life post-Parliament |url=https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/where-are-they-now-former-labour-mp-anna-turley |website=politicshome.com |publisher=The House}} She is a School Governor for Whale Hill Primary School in Eston.{{cite web |title=Whale Hill School |url=https://www.whalehillprimary.co.uk/governors/ |access-date=2 October 2023 }} From May 2022 to July 2023, she served as chair of the North East Child Poverty Commission (NECPC), an organisation campaigning to end child poverty in the North East.{{cite web |title=Former Teesside Labour MP is named in top role – and here's what she'll be doing |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19911370.anna-turley-appointed-head-north-east-child-poverty-commission/ |website=The Northern Echo|date=9 February 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Anna Turley steps back as NECPC Chair |url=https://nechildpoverty.org.uk/news/anna-turley-steps-back-as-necpc-chair}}

She 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.{{cite news |last=Turley |first=Anna |title=On gambling, Labour and the Tories must listen to Red Wall voters |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2021/04/gambling-labour-and-tories-must-listen-red-wall-voters |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The New Statesman |date=1 April 2021}} In May 2022, Turley was appointed as an associate director at Arden Strategies, a political lobbying firm founded by former Labour cabinet minister Jim Murphy.{{cite news |last1=Owen |first1=Jonathan |title=Burson, Hanover, Arden Strategies execs bid to become MPs |url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1878521/burson-hanover-arden-strategies-execs-bid-become-mps |access-date=5 October 2024 |work=PR Week |date=27 June 2024}}

In July 2023, she won an open contest to be selected as the Labour candidate for Redcar at the 2024 general election.{{cite web |last=Arnold |first=Stuart |title=Ex-Labour MP Anna Turley selected again to contest General Election |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/23651811.ex-labour-mp-anna-turley-selected-contest-general-election/ |website=Darlington & Stockton Times|date=13 July 2023 }}

On 4 July 2024 she was re-elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar.{{cite web |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/24433065.triumphant-return-labours-anna-turley-redcar/ |title=Triumphant return for Labour's Anna Turley in Redcar |date=5 July 2024 |publisher=Darlington and Stockton Times |access-date=8 July 2024}} In the days following her re-election, Turley was appointed as a Junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, a Government Whip. {{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/anna-turley|title=Anna Turley MP |date=10 July 2024 |publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=18 February 2025}}

Turley has lived in Redcar since 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/former-blunkett-adviser-named-redcar-3673246|title=Former Blunkett adviser named Redcar Parliamentary candidate|work=Teesside Gazette|date=13 May 2013|accessdate=28 September 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929201155/http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/former-blunkett-adviser-named-redcar-3673246|archivedate=29 September 2015}} Previously she lived in Islington, London.

In the second half of 2017, Turley required five operations to alleviate problems with infected cysts;{{cite news |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anna-turley-health-clear-redcar-14058746 |title=Anna Turley: Health all-clear for Redcar MP after five operations |last=Robson |first=Dave |newspaper=GazetteLive |date=19 December 2017 |accessdate=11 May 2018}} the emergency surgery caused her to suspend parliamentary work for over a month.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-41898241 |title=Redcar MP Anna Turley recovering after emergency surgery |work=BBC News |date=7 November 2017 |accessdate=11 November 2017 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108055714/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-41898241 |archivedate=8 November 2017 }} She became a vocal campaigner on endometriosis, and launched an inquiry into women's experiences through the APPG on Endometriosis.{{cite web|url=https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/health/womens-health/50-of-endometriosis-sufferers-have-suicidal-thoughts-new-study-finds/news-story/ff57e5bfd7c88e60751ba2a136442af8|title=50% of endometriosis sufferers have suicidal thoughts, new study finds}}{{cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/endometriosis-pain-fertility-reproduction-103954487.html|title=Endometriosis patients enduring crippling pain 'finally feel believed'|website=uk.movies.yahoo.com|date=3 March 2020 }}

{{Reflist|30em}}

{{commons category}}

• {{UK MP links |parliament=anna-turley/4449 |publicwhip=Anna_Turley |theywork=anna_turley}}

{{s-start}}

{{s-par|uk}}

{{s-bef|before=Ian Swales}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament
for Redcar|years=2015–2019}}

{{s-aft|after=Jacob Young}}

{{s-bef|before=Jacob Young}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament
for Redcar|years=2024–present}}

{{s-aft|after=Incumbent}}

{{s-ppo}}

{{s-bef|before=Gareth Thomas}}

{{s-ttl|title=Chair of the Co-operative Party|years=2019–present}}

{{s-inc}}

{{s-end}}{{Labour Party UK MPs}}{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turley, Anna}}

Category:1978 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford

Category:English civil servants

Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies

Category:Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies

Category:Labour Friends of Israel

Category:People educated at Ashford School

Category:UK MPs 2015–2017

Category:UK MPs 2017–2019

Category:UK MPs 2024–present

Category:21st-century British women politicians

Category:21st-century English women

Category:21st-century English politicians