Kate Osborne Explained

Kate Osborne
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of Parliament
for Jarrow and Gateshead East
Predecessor:Stephen Hepburn
Term Start:12 December 2019
Majority:8,946 (24.4%)
Nationality:British
Party:Labour
Otherparty:Socialist Campaign Group (2019–present)
Children:2
Residence:South Tyneside
Occupation:Politician

Katharine Helen Osborne[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East, formerly Jarrow since 2019. [2] [3]

Career

Osborne worked for Royal Mail for 25 years. Her first foray into politics came in 2009, when she contested a by-election for Preston ward on North Tyneside Council, losing to Conservative David Sarin.[4] The following year, Osborne was elected to represent the ward at the 2010 local elections, gaining the seat from the Conservative incumbent. She was re-elected to represent Preston in 2014, and again in 2018.[5] [6] [7] Osborne did not stand at the 2022 North Tyneside elections.[8]

She was elected to the House of Commons at the 2019 United Kingdom general election, representing Jarrow, a safe seat for Labour. She succeeded the party's former MP Stephen Hepburn, who had been prevented from standing again over allegations of misconduct.[9] Osborne is a member of Labour's left-wing Socialist Campaign Group.[10]

Osborne was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Shadow Home Affairs team, led by Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott, in January 2020.[11] She served until the front bench reshuffle following Keir Stamer's election as Labour Leader in April 2020. Osborne returned as a PPS in December 2021, this time to the Shadow Northern Ireland team led by Shadow Secretary of State Peter Kyle.[12]

In 2021, she was selected for the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, assigned to the Royal Air Force.[13]

During the June 2022 rail strikes, Osborne joined a picket line with railway workers, reportedly going against orders from her party not to do so. Commenting, she said, "Solidarity to workers on strike today, they have my full support."[14]

Personal life

Osborne is an activist and campaigner in the trade union and LGBT+ movements.[15]

She was married to Pamela Brooks,[16] a former North Tyneside councillor.[17] The couple served on the council at the same time, including four years in which they both represented Preston ward.[18] Brooks gained Preston from the Conservative candidate who had defeated her partner in 2009. Osborne has two sons and lives in her Jarrow constituency.[19]

On 16 March 2020, Osborne became the second British Member of Parliament to test positive for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), after Conservative Nadine Dorries.[20] She was in self-isolation in her London flat for three weeks.[21] [22]

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Notes and References

  1. Members Sworn . Parliament of the United Kingdom . House of Commons . 10 July 2024 . 752 .
  2. Web site: Kate Osborne selected as Labour's candidate in Jarrow. 2019-11-10. LabourList. en-GB. 2020-02-05.
  3. Web site: Swales. Martin. 12 December 2019. DECLARATION OF RESULT Election of the Member of Parliament for the Jarrow Constituency. South Tyneside Council. 30 November 2020. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415110228/https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/media/42775/Declaration-of-results-Jarrow/pdf/Declaration_of_results_-_JARROW.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: 28 September 2009 . Tories hold North Tyneside Preston seat . 28 September 2009. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221210326/http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/tories-hold-north-tyneside-preston-seat-1-1598584 . 21 February 2014 . News Guardian.
  5. Web site: North Tyneside Local Election results 1973-2012. Elections Centre. 20 December 2019.
  6. Web site: North Tyneside 2014 Local Election results. NorthTyneside.gov.uk. 20 December 2019.
  7. Web site: North Tyneside local elections 2018 - results in full. Seddon. Sean. 4 May 2018. nechronicle. 20 December 2019.
  8. Web site: 2022 local election results . 22 June 2022 . North Tyneside Council.
  9. News: Jarrow parliamentary constituency - Election 2019. 20 December 2019. en-GB.
  10. Web site: Rodgers. Sienna. 28 Socialist Campaign Group MPs urge reversal of Corbyn whip decision. 28 November 2020. 15 May 2021. LabourList. en-GB.
  11. Web site: Jarrow MP Kate Osborne joins Shadow Home Office team as Diane Abbott's parliamentary private secretary. Sinclair. Sarah. 30 January 2020. 22 December 2021. Shields Gazette. en.
  12. Osborne. Kate. I am pleased to announce that I have accepted the position of Private Parliamentary Secretary (PPS) to @PeterKyle, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.. KateOsborneMP. 1473328325942722571.
  13. News: . 14 September 2021 . South Tyneside MP selected for Westminster armed services scheme . . 18 September 2021.
  14. Web site: Hordon . Daniel . 21 June 2022 . North East MP defies Labour bosses to join railway strikers on picket line . 2022-06-22 . . en.
  15. Web site: Labour members urge Corbyn to scrap election candidate who shared Theresa May gun picture. Read. Carly. 11 December 2019. Express.co.uk. en. 12 December 2019.
  16. Web site: Osborne, Kate. 2021-05-16. Politics.co.uk. en-US.
  17. Web site: North Tyneside local election results 2015: Who was elected in your area?. Sharma. Sonia. 7 May 2015. Chronicle Live. 20 December 2019.
  18. Web site: Local Elections Archive Project — Preston Ward. www.andrewteale.me.uk. 2020-04-04.
  19. Web site: About Me . 2022-06-22 . Kate Osborne MP . en-GB.
  20. News: Second MP Kate Osborne diagnosed with coronavirus following self-isolation. ITV News. 16 March 2020. 16 March 2020.
  21. News: 2020-03-16. Coronavirus: Jarrow MP Kate Osborne diagnosed with virus. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-07-30.
  22. Web site: Dickinson. Katie. 2020-03-31. Jarrow MP on how Covid-19 symptoms left her 'scared' as she struggled to breathe. 2021-07-30. ChronicleLive. en.