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Karin Smyth
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Secondary Care
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAndrew Stephenson(Health and Secondary Care)
Member of Parliament
forBristol South
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byDawn Primarolo
Majority7,666 (17.7%)
2023–2024Health
2021–2022Social Care
2018–2021Northern Ireland
2017–2020Deputy Commons Leader
Personal details
Born(1964-09-08)8 September 1964(age 60)
London,England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia(BA)
University of Bath(MBA)
Websitekarinsmyth

Karin Marguerite Smyth(born 8 September 1964) is a BritishLabour Partypolitician serving asMember of Parliament(MP) forBristol Southsince 2015.[1]She has served as a Minister of State for Secondary Care since July 2024.[2][3]

Early life and career

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Karin Marguerite Smyth was born on 8 September 1964 in London.[4][5]Her parents had emigrated from Ireland to England in the 1950s. Smyth has three children.

Smyth was educated atBishopshalt School,Uxbridge College,theUniversity of East Anglia(BA, 1988) where she was President of theUnion of UEA Students,and theUniversity of Bath(MBA, 1995).[6]Smyth worked as an office manager for Bristol West MPValerie Daveyfrom 1997.[7]

Smyth worked as anNHSmanager at BristolClinical Commissioning Group.[8]She was anon-executive directorof Bristol NorthPCTfrom 2002 to 2006.[5]

Parliamentary career

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After becoming an MP at the2015 general election,Smyth became a member of thePublic Accounts Committeein July 2015.[9]

On 27 June 2016, she gave support to a series of shadow cabinet resignations aimed at ousting the Labour Leader,Jeremy Corbyn MP,in an open letter to constituents.[10]She supportedOwen Smithin the2016 Labour leadership election.[11]

From October 2016 to July 2017, Smyth wasParliamentary Private SecretarytoKeir Starmer,Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.[12]From July 2017 to December 2018, she served as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons[13]and on 30 July 2018 was appointed as a Shadow Minister in Labour's Northern Ireland team.[14]

She attacked the wave ofNHS trustsestablishing wholly owned companies in 2018, saying that this led to further fragmentation of the NHS and was done purely for tax advantages.[15]

On 28 June 2017, Matthew Niblett was jailed for 14 weeks for threatening to kill Smyth over what he felt was her failure to investigate his case.[16]

Karin Smyth is a Co-Chair of theAll-Party Parliamentary Group for Choice at the End of Life.[17]

In theSeptember 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle,she was appointedShadow Minister for Health.[18]She was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care following the election of a Labour Government in July 2024.[2]

References

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  1. ^'SMYTH, Karin', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  2. ^ab"Ministerial Appointments: July 2024".GOV.UK.Retrieved8 July2024.
  3. ^"Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care) - GOV.UK".gov.uk.Retrieved21 July2024.
  4. ^"No. 61961".The London Gazette.19 June 2017. p. 11780.
  5. ^ab"Who I am".Karin Smyth. 28 May 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 19 May 2015.Retrieved10 May2015.
  6. ^"Karin Smyth – Candidate for Bristol South".Labour Party.Archivedfrom the original on 3 May 2015.Retrieved8 May2015.
  7. ^""I am determined to improve opportunities for people in Bristol South" – Karin Smyth, Labour's new MP ".Labour South West. 3 August 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 14 October 2015.Retrieved7 June2017.
  8. ^"Karin Smyth to stand for Labour in Bristol South at next election".BBC News. 8 June 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 25 September 2015.Retrieved9 May2015.
  9. ^"Karin Smyth MP".parliament.uk.UK Parliament.Archivedfrom the original on 8 March 2017.Retrieved6 April2017.
  10. ^"Karin Smyth adds her name to growing list calling for Corbyn's resignation".ITV News.27 June 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 1 September 2016.Retrieved26 January2017.
  11. ^"Owen Smith's battlebus arrives in Bristol".Bristol 24/7.30 August 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2017.Retrieved6 April2017.
  12. ^Daly, Patrick (25 January 2017)."Jeremy Corbyn looks set to demand Labour MPs vote for Article 50 – but Bristol MPs aren't impressed".Bristol Post.Retrieved26 January2017.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^Smyth, Karin (19 July 2017)."Karin Smyth appointed Shadow Deputy Leader of the House".Karin Smyth MP.Archivedfrom the original on 17 October 2017.Retrieved16 October2017.
  14. ^"Karin Smyth and Luke Pollard get new Labour frontbench roles".Labour List. 30 July 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 31 July 2018.Retrieved15 August2018.
  15. ^"Karin Smyth: Do away with tax benefits for wholly owned companies".Health Service Journal. 17 May 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 16 August 2018.Retrieved15 August2018.
  16. ^Morris, Steven (28 June 2017)."Man jailed for threatening to kill Labour MP Karin Smyth".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 28 June 2017.Retrieved28 June2017.
  17. ^"Members".The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Choice at the End of Life.Retrieved24 August2022.
  18. ^Belger, Tom (5 September 2023)."Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state".LabourList.Retrieved6 September2023.
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