Sam Tarry

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Sam Tarry

MP
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Tarry in 2019
Shadow Minister for Buses and Local Transport
Assumed office
7 January 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byMatt Rodda
Member of Parliament
for Ilford South
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byMike Gapes
Majority24,101 (45.1%)
Personal details
Born
Samuel Peter Tarry

(1982-08-27) 27 August 1982 (age 38)
Westminster, London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Julia Fozard
Children2
ResidenceDagenham, Essex, England

Samuel Peter Tarry (/ˈtɑːli/; born 27 August 1982)[1] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South since 2019. He is a member of the Labour Party.

Early life[]

Tarry was born in August 1982 in Westminster.[2] The eldest son of The Revd. Canon Gordon Tarry, a Church of England clergyman, he grew up on St. Andrews Road and attended Highlands Primary School in Ilford. His family later moved to Seven Kings, and Tarry completed his secondary education at St Edward's Church of England School in Romford. He got his first job at 15 as a cleaner at Redbridge College and later worked at Sainsbury's to pay for university.[3][4][5][6]

Political career[]

From 2009 to 2011, Tarry was the Chairman of Young Labour, the youth wing of the Labour Party.[7] Tarry went on to be active in anti-fascism, including working as a Community Organiser for Hope not Hate.[8][9]

Tarry served as a Labour Party councillor for Chadwell Heath ward, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, from 2010 to 2018.[10] Tarry was criticised for allegedly living in his home in Brighton, which is 70 miles away from his council seat in Barking and Dagenham.[11][12][13] Tarry was investigated by police for electoral fraud in relation to this matter. Tarry was cleared by the police investigation, as he was found to own a second home in Barking and Dagenham, and therefore was legally resident in Barking and Dagenham at the time of his election.[14]

Tarry speaking in 2016

In 2016, Tarry worked as a director under Jon Lansman's supervision of Jeremy Corbyn's successful Labour Party leadership campaign.[15]

Tarry subsequently worked as the national political officer for the TSSA trade union, and served as the president of the think tank Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS).[16]

In 2017, Tarry stood for selection to be the Labour parliamentary candidate for the Labour seat of Hull West and Hessle. He was the favourite to be selected, on account of his close relationship with party leader Corbyn.[17][18][19] However, the party instead selected Emma Hardy, a local teacher and trade union organiser.[20][21]

In 2019, Tarry stood for selection to be the Labour parliamentary candidate for the seat of Ilford South, previously held by Mike Gapes. His campaign was jointly run by GMB and Momentum.[22] On 4 October 2019, the evening before members were due to vote, rival candidate, local Redbridge Council leader Jas Athwal was suspended from the party over an allegation of sexual harassment.[23][24][25] On 22 October 2019, after a postponement of the vote, and with Athwal ineligible due to his suspension, Tarry was selected.[25] Athwal was subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing.[26][27][28]

Parliamentary career[]

Tarry was elected to represent Ilford South at the 2019 general election with a majority of 24,101 votes.[29] In recent years, it has been a safe seat for the Labour Party.

After being elected to Parliament, Tarry was appointed to the Transport Select Committee, on which he has been credited as being a "passionate advocate for public ownership".[30] In this role, he called for the introduction of a death in service payment scheme for London transport workers.[31] He also joined the Socialist Campaign Group of left-wing Labour MPs.[32]

During the 2020 Labour leadership election campaign, Tarry said that Keir Starmer would have to show how he would appeal to northern seats that had abandoned Labour, given that he was a "north London lawyer" and had opposed Brexit.[33] Tarry subsequently supported Rebecca Long-Bailey in the leadership contest.[34]

From April 2020 until January 2021, Tarry served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Miliband in the Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy team, and as part of the parliamentary team of Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, when he was appointed to the role of Shadow Minister for Buses and Local Transport.[35][36][37]

Comments on anti-Semitism[]

During the 2019 general election campaign, speaking at a hustings, Tarry said that "people associated with the Labour Party have sought to exploit the issue [of antisemitism] just because they don't agree with Jeremy Corbyn over an issue of foreign policy".[38] The Jewish Labour Movement labelled Tarry's comments "beyond disappointing".[38] Tarry later claimed that his comments had been misunderstood, releasing a statement stating that antisemitism "is something I care deeply about and would never seek to downplay" and that he "was not referring to Jewish people who have expressed genuine and serious concerns about antisemitism".[38][39]

In January 2020, Tarry faced criticism from an anonymous Labour MP who was speaking to the Jewish Chronicle for refusing to condemn a motion about the Board of Deputies of British Jews, passed at a branch of the Labour Party in Ilford South.[40] Tarry neither supported nor condemned the motion, saying that "there are conflicting accounts of what happened and what was said".[41] He subsequently further stated that "the allegations are very serious and should be looked at carefully", and "I've asked that any complaints go through the party's formal channels to ensure that this matter is dealt with thoroughly and impartially."[40] The Vice Chair, Alex Holmes, stated that members who spoke at the meeting against the motion were called "agents of a foreign power".[42] Three local Labour councillors released a joint statement, stating that "We utterly condemn this motion ... [and] expect swift action to be taken against anyone responsible."[43]

In June 2020, Tarry faced criticism from the Campaign Against Antisemitism, after he endorsed , a suspended Labour party member, standing in elections for Momentum's National Coordinating Group. Siddiqi was alleged by Barking Labour MP Margaret Hodge to have a history of controversial statements and associations in relation to antisemitism, though he was defended by Jewish Voice for Labour.[44]

Personal life[]

Tarry is married to paediatrician Dr. Julia Fozard; they have two sons.[45] He is an avid supporter of Dagenham-based football club Dagenham and Redbridge FC.[46]

References[]

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Preceded by
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