Tris Osborne Explained

Tris Osborne
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of Parliament
for Chatham and Aylesford
Term Start1:4 July 2024
Predecessor1:Tracey Crouch
Majority1:1,998 (4.9%)
Party:Labour Party
Alma Mater:Durham University

Tristan John Osborne is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford since 2024.

Early life

Osborne is a native of the Medway area in Kent and grew up in Rochester.[1] [2] He attended St William of Perth Catholic Primary School in Rochester before receiving a scholarship to the private King's School, Rochester due to being a chorister at Rochester Cathedral.[1] He has a Bachelor of Science degree in natural sciences (2004) and a Master of Arts degree in business management (2006) from College of St Hild and St Bede, part of Durham University.[1] [3] Osborne, who is gay, was an LGBT activist at university.[1] [4] [5]

Early career

After leaving university Osborne worked for a banking start-up specialising in financial risk from July 2006 to November 2013 and for a consultancy firm advising political parties about businesses regulation from December 2013 to July 2016.[1] Whilst working in London he was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police in Greenwich and Charlton.[6] [7] Osborne then moved back to the Medway area and obtained a teaching qualification in geography from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2017.[1] He was a geography teacher at Strood Academy from July 2017 to August 2023 and Stone Lodge School from August 2023 to July 2024.[1]

Political career

Osborne contested 2007 local elections in the Medway as one of the Labour Party candidates in the three-member Strood North Ward but was not elected.[8] He contested the 2011 local elections in Medway as one of the Labour Party candidates in the three-member Luton and Wayfield Ward and was elected.[9] [10] He was re-elected at the 2015 and 2019 local elections.[9] At the 2023 local elections he was elected from the three-member Rochester East and Warren Wood Ward.[11] [12] At the election Labour gained control of Medway Council and Osborne was appointed Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement.[1] [13]

Osborne contested the 2015 general election as the Labour Party candidate in Chatham and Aylesford but was defeated by Conservative incumbent Tracey Crouch.[1] [14] He contested the 2016 police and crime commissioner elections as the Labour Party candidate in Kent but was defeated by Conservative Matthew Scott.[15] [16]

Osborne contested the 2024 general election as the Labour Party candidate in Chatham and Aylesford and was elected with a majority of 1,998.[17] [18]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=colVotesscope=colResult
2007 local[19] Medway - Strood North Ward Not elected
2011 local[20] Medway - Luton and Wayfield Ward Elected
2015 general[21] Not elected
2015 local[22] Medway - Luton and Wayfield Ward Elected
2016 police[23] Not elected
2019 local[24] Medway - Luton and Wayfield Ward Elected
2023 local[25] Medway - Rochester East and Warren Wood Ward Elected
2024 general[26] Elected

Notes and References

  1. News: Boddy . Robert . Medway politics: local democracy reporter Robert Boddy meets Labour’s Cllr Tristan Osborne . 8 July 2024 . . 22 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240213180147/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/labour-s-osborne-has-eyes-set-on-second-parliamentary-bid-292052/ . 13 February 2024 . Rochester, UK.
  2. News: Labour says diversity is stil the spice of life . 8 July 2024 . . 24 April 2016 . Ashford, UK . 23.
  3. Tris Osborne MP . cllrtrisosborne . 439162649579118594 . @BenJamminWalker Nope. Very proud of my period in office at @durhamSU and attending @durham_uni and being a @hildbedealumni.
  4. News: Horn . Jenni . Medway Council urged to display LGBT rainbow flag following Orlando nightclub shooting . 8 July 2024 . . 15 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160618032220/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/council-urged-to-display-rainbow-97411/ . 18 June 2016 . Rochester, UK.
  5. News: Gay rights campaigners stage same-sex weddings . 8 July 2024 . . 17 February 2004 . Darlington, UK.
  6. News: Massey . Lizzie . Medway Cllr Tristan Osborne eyes up Kent police and crime commissioner role . 8 July 2024 . . 22 November 2015 . Rochester, UK.
  7. News: Hignett . Adam . Police chief accused of ‘miserable record’ as the election fight begins . 8 July 2024 . Times of Tunbridge Wells . 16 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230224231614/https://issuu.com/one-media/docs/times_of_tunbridge_wells_16th_march . 24 February 2023 . Tunbridge Wells, UK . 2.
  8. Web site: Strood North Ward — Medway . Local Elections Archive Project . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230731041854/https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/2106/ . 31 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Luton and Wayfield Ward — Medway . Local Elections Archive Project . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230731041854/https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/2096/ . 31 July 2023.
  10. News: Bounds . Bob . Medway elections - results . 8 July 2024 . . 5 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150422002733/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/medway-elections---results-a75100/ . 22 April 2015 . Rochester, UK.
  11. News: Thorne . Lucy . Medway local election results 2023 in full . 8 July 2024 . . 5 May 2023 . Tunbridge Wells, UK.
  12. Web site: Rochester East & Warren Wood 4 May 2023 . Medway Elects . 8 July 2024.
  13. News: Jordan . Nicola . New Medway Council leader Vince Maple outlines what Labour plans for Towns . 8 July 2024 . . 8 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230522063949/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/new-leader-outlines-plans-after-stunning-election-win-286598/ . 22 May 2023 . Rochester, UK.
  14. News: Massey . Lizzie . Kelly Tolhurst beats Mark Reckless to lead a Tory bluewash across Medway . 8 July 2024 . . 8 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222000952/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/tories-dominate-all-three-medway-36597/ . 22 December 2019 . Rochester, UK.
  15. News: Kent PCC election: Conservative Matthew Scott wins . 8 July 2024 . . 6 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160510214632/http://www.bbc.com:80/news/election-2016-35995132 . 10 May 2016 . London, UK.
  16. News: Francis . Paul . Kent's new crime commissioner is Conservative Matthew Scott . 8 July 2024 . . 9 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170521082146/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/battle-for-kent-crime-commissioner-95474/ . 21 May 2017 . Rochester, UK.
  17. News: Election 2024: Chatham and Aylesford results . 8 July 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240706192146/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001157 . 6 July 2024 . London, UK.
  18. News: Boddy . Robert . Chatham and Aylesford general election 2024 results in full . 8 July 2024 . . 5 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240705210001/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/voters-head-to-the-polls-to-choose-their-next-mp-in-chatham-309246/ . 5 July 2024 . Rochester, UK.
  19. Web site: Local election results 2007 . . 8 July 2024 . Chatham, UK . 9.
  20. Web site: Local election results 2011 . . 8 July 2024 . Chatham, UK . 5.
  21. Web site: 2015 General election results for Chatham and Aylesford constituency . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703204641/https://www.medway.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1416/2015_general_election_results_for_chatham_and_aylesford_constituency.pdf . 3 July 2024 . Chatham, UK.
  22. Web site: Luton and Wayfield Ward local election results 2015 . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626201654/https://www.medway.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2008/luton_and_wayfield_ward_local_election_results_2015.pdf . 26 June 2024 . Chatham, UK.
  23. Web site: Election results for Kent Police Area: Kent Police and Crime Commissioner - Thursday, 5th May, 2016 . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230923231600/https://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=331&RPID=0 . 23 September 2023 . Dover, UK.
  24. Web site: Luton and Wayfield ward results - local and parish council elections 2019 . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005055822/https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200318/local_and_parish_elections_2019_results/883/luton_and_wayfield_ward_results . 5 October 2022 . Chatham, UK.
  25. Web site: Rochester East and Warren Wood ward results - local and parish elections 2023 . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240222063905/https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200670/local_and_parish_elections_2023_results/1770/rochester_east_and_warren_wood_ward_results_-_local_and_parish_elections_2023 . 22 February 2024 . Chatham, UK.
  26. Web site: General election 2024 results: Chatham and Aylesford . . 8 July 2024 . Chatham, UK.

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