Kate Osborne

Kate Osborne

Member of Parliament
for Jarrow
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byStephen Hepburn
Majority7,120 (17.5%)
Personal details
Born
Katharine Helen Osborne

(1966-06-09) 9 June 1966
Folkestone, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Pamela Brooks
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionRoyal Mail employee

Katharine Helen Osborne[1] is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East since the 2019 general election.[2]

Osborne is known for being a trade union and a LGBT+ activist and campaigner.[3] Osborne is married to Pamela Brooks-Osborn.

In March 2020, Osborne became the second British Member of Parliament to test positive for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), after Nadine Dorries.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  2. ↑ "Kate Osborne selected as Labour's candidate in Jarrow". LabourList. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  3. ↑ Read, Carly (11 December 2019). "Labour members urge Corbyn to scrap election candidate who shared Theresa May gun picture". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Second MP Kate Osborne diagnosed with coronavirus following self-isolation". ITV News. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.