Karin Smyth
| Karin Smyth MP | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of Parliament for Bristol South | |
|
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Dawn Primarolo |
| Majority | 15,987 (29.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 September 1964 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of East Anglia University of Bath |
| Website | Official website |
Karin Smyth (born 8 September 1964) is a British Labour Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol South in 2015.[1]
Early life and career
Born in London,[2] her parents had emigrated from Ireland to England in the 1950s. Smyth was educated at Bishopshalt School, Uxbridge College, the University of East Anglia (BA, 1988) where she was President of the Union of UEA Students, and the University of Bath (MBA, 1995).[3] Smyth worked as an office manager for Bristol West MP Valerie Davey from 1997.[4]
Smyth worked as an NHS manager at Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group.[5] She was a non-executive director of Bristol North PCT from 2002 to 2006.[2]
Parliamentary career
After becoming an MP at the 2015 general election, Smyth became a member of the Public Accounts Committee in July 2015.[6]
On 27 June 2016, she gave support to a series of shadow cabinet resignations aimed at ousting the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn MP, in an open letter to constituents.[7] She supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[8]
Since October 2016, Smyth has been Parliamentary Private Secretary to Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.[9]
On 28 June 2017, a constituent of Smyth's, Matthew Niblett, was jailed for 14 weeks after making several phone calls threatening to kill the MP.[10]
References
- ↑ ‘SMYTH, Karin’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- 1 2 "Who I am". Karin Smyth. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ "Karin Smyth - Candidate for Bristol South". Labour Party. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ ""I am determined to improve opportunities for people in Bristol South" - Karin Smyth, Labour's new MP". Labour South West. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ↑ "Karin Smyth to stand for Labour in Bristol South at next election". BBC News. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Karin Smyth MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ↑ "Karin Smyth adds her name to growing list calling for Corbyn's resignation". ITV News. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Owen Smith's battlebus arrives in Bristol". Bristol 24/7. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ↑ Daly, Patrick (25 January 2017). "Jeremy Corbyn looks set to demand Labour MPs vote for Article 50 - but Bristol MPs aren't impressed". Bristol Post. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ Morris, Steven (28 June 2017). "Man jailed for threatening to kill Labour MP Karin Smyth". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Dawn Primarolo |
Member of Parliament for Bristol South 2015–present |
Incumbent |