Karie Murphy
Karie Murphy is a Scottish Labour Party activist. She is Executive Director of the Leader's Office, under Jeremy Corbyn. In October 2019, she was chosen to lead the party's prospective general election campaign.
Early career
Murphy originally trained as a nurse in Glasgow, and worked for a time with HIV+ patients at Ruchill Hospital. She was a nurse for 25 years before entering trade union politics. [1]
Personal Life
In 2017, Karie Murphy revealed she had donated a kidney to save the life of a boy she didn't know.[2]
Political career
Murphy has a long career in the Labour movement, including several years on the staff of Tom Watson.
She has sought nomination as a Labour Party parliamentary candidate several times. In 2013, the selection process for Falkirk led to a party inquiry into accusations of vote-rigging. Murphy was cleared of any wrongdoing but withdrew from the contest.[3]
Since 2016, she has been Executive Director of the Leader's Office, under Jeremy Corbyn.[4][5] Along with Seumas Milne, Andrew Murray and Len McCluskey she has been identified as one of the "Four Ms" who it is claimed have significant influence on Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.[6]
In the 2017 general election, it was the Labour leadership's office team, led by Murphy, that was credited with the foresight to approach the poll in ways barely understood by most media commentators at the time, resulting in a hung parliament. [7] Among the team, Murphy was reported as having come closest to estimating the result [8]
In October 2019, she was seconded to Labour head office to lead the prospective general election campaign. She played a key role in coordinating the election campaign in 2017.[9]
References
- ^ Eaton, George, "The meaning of Corbynism", New Statesman, 5 March 2018.
- ^ Fisher, Lucy, "Corbyn aide Karie Murphy donated kidney to save boy she had never met" The Times, 27 September 2017
- ^ Syal, Rajeev (2013). "Karie Murphy withdraws as Labour candidate for Falkirk after union row". The Guardian. No. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Karie Murphy wins role in Corbyn's office | LabourList". LabourList. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Howell, Steve (2018). Game Changer - Eight Weeks That Transformed British Politics. Accent Press. p. Appendix 1. ISBN 1786155869.
- ^ "Listen: The end of no-deal Brexit and Labour's shifting stance". Financial Times. 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Stewart, Heather, "The inside story of Labour’s election shock", The Guardian, 22 Sep 2017
- ^ "Corbyn asked everyone to write down a prediction. Murphy forecast Labour would win 39 per cent of the vote. Corbyn's was the second highest prediction" Nunns, Alex, The Candidate, Jeremy Corbyn’s Improbable Path to Power (2nd Edition), OR Books, 2018.
- ^ Stewart, Heather (8 October 2019). "Karie Murphy, Corbyn's chief of staff, moved to Labour HQ after strategy spats". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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