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Julie Minns
MP
Member of Parliament
for Carlisle
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byJohn Stevenson
Majority5,200 (11.3%)
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for Thornton
In office
7 May 1998 – 2 May 2002
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Julie Minns is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle since 2024.[1]

Early life and career[edit]

Minns was born in Carlisle.[2] She grew up in the Denton Holme area of the city and attended Trinity School, Carlisle[3] She is a distant cousin of Ernest Lowthian, who was the first Labour politician to stand for election to the UK parliament in the Carlisle constituency, and her great grandfather John Hodgson-Minns, was a Conservative councillor and alderman of the city[4]

Minns was elected as a Councillor onto Lambeth Council in 1998, in the Thornton ward[5][6], serving until 2002.[7]

Before entering Parliament, Minns worked as a freelance communications consultant. Prior to this, she worked as head of customer engagement at UK Power Networks, as a parliamentary adviser for the NSPCC and as a parliamentary officer for the disability rights charity Scope.[7] Minns also worked on John Smith's Labour leadership campaign, and as a parliamentary adviser to former Streatham Labour MP Keith Hill.[7] Minns held a part-time consultancy role at public relations, reputation management, and marketing company Bell Pottinger in 2014. The company went out of business in 2017 following a scandal in South Africa. In 2023 Private Eye magazine claimed that Minns had attempted to conceal her employment by the company in her online profile. Minns responded by correcting her profile and confirming that she had left the company over a year before its closure.[8]

Minns was Chair of the Friends of Carlisle Victorian and Turkish Baths community group, which aims to restore and reopen the baths.[9][10]

Parliamentary career[edit]

Minns was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Carlisle constituency in February 2023, through a local selection process.[11][12] She was elected to Parliament in the 2024 UK general election with a majority of 5,200 votes[1][13] and is the constituency's first female MP.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Carlisle results". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  2. ^ Rawlinson, Ollie (2023-02-20). "Labour selects Carlisle candidate for next general election". News and Star. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ^ "Introducing your Carlisle candidates for the 2024 General Election". Cumbria Crack. 2024-06-07. Archived from the original on 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  4. ^ Cavanagh, Gareth (2022-10-24). "Turkish Baths campaigner hopes to contest Carlisle Parliamentary seat for Labour". News and Star. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  5. ^ "LABOUR RETAKES LAMBETH". News Shopper. 16 May 1998.
  6. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). "London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Neame, Kate (20 February 2023). "Three more Labour parliamentary candidates selected over the weekend". Labourlist. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ McTaggart, Paul (21 September 2023). "Labour candidate's criticism over 'concealed' role at Bell Pottinger". News and Star. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ McTaggart, Paul (2023-04-21). "Campaign to save Carlisle's Turkish Baths marks second anniversary". News and Star. Archived from the original on 2024-07-06. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  10. ^ "Carlisle's Turkish baths shut after 113 years due to costs". BBC News. 2022-11-14. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  11. ^ Cooper, Issac (2023-01-18). "Labour begin process to find next Carlisle parliamentary candidate". News and Star. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  12. ^ "Labour Party selects Julie Minns as Carlisle candidate for next general election". ITV News. 2023-02-20. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  13. ^ "Carlisle | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  14. ^ Henrys, Rebecca (2024-07-05). "Labour's Julie Minns takes Carlisle win in General Election". News and Star. Archived from the original on 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
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