Anna Turley
Anna Turley | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Andy Burnham |
| Preceded by | Alex Norris |
| Minister without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party | |
| In office 6 September 2025 – 21 July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Ellie Reeves |
| Succeeded by | Bridget Phillipson (Chair) |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 10 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Member of Parliament for Redcar | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jacob Young |
| Majority | 3,323 (8.7%) |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Swales |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Young |
| Chair of the Co-operative Party | |
| In office 8 June 2019 – 13 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gareth Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Chris Herries |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anna Catherine Turley 9 October 1978 Dartford, Kent, England |
| Party | Labour Co-op |
| Spouse |
John Wilberforce (m. 2026) |
| Education | Greyfriars, Oxford (BA) |
Anna Catherine Turley (born 9 October 1978) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum since 2026. She previously served as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar since 2024, having previously served from 2015 to 2019.
Turley was elected as MP for Redcar at the 2015 general election, succeeding Ian Swales. Following Jeremy Corbyn's election as party leader in September 2015, she joined the frontbench as shadow civil society minister. She later became a critic of Corbyn and resigned from the role in 2016. Turley was reelected at the 2017 general election and became chair of the Cooperative party in June 2019. She then lost her seat to the Conservative Party at the 2019 general election. Outside Parliament, she worked as a sports consultant for Betting and Gaming Council and as associate director at Arden Strategies.
Turley returned to Parliament at the 2024 general election, and subsequently joined the government frontbench as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury under Keir Starmer. In the 2025 cabinet reshuffle, she was promoted to cabinet as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio.