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Laurence Turner (politician)

Laurence David Russell Turner is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield since 2024.

Early life and education
Turner was born in May 1988. His parents were teachers and he grew up in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. He studied at Wadham College, Oxford and Birkbeck, University of London. ==Career==
Career
Turner worked as a constituency assistant and researcher (2011–2012), then as a parliamentary assistant (2012–2015) in the House of Commons. The MPs he worked with were Chris Leslie, Lillian Greenwood and Richard Burden. He then worked for the Labour Party as a policy advisor specialising in transport from 2015 to 2016. He was also a director of the Labour Research Department from 2018 to 2024. On 29 July 2024, he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Turner has dyspraxia, and was a director of the Dyspraxia Foundation from 2020 to 2023. ==References==
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