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'''Karl William Turner''' (born 15 April 1971) is a British
==Early life and career==
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[[File:Karl Turner MP Constituency Office, Kingston upon Hull East, Jun24.jpg|thumb|left|Turner's constituency office on Holderness Road in Kingston upon Hull ahead of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]]]
Turner was selected by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] as their candidate for [[Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull East]] in March 2008.<ref name="Turner's bid for history books"/
In April 2014, Turner referred himself to the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] after complaints were made in relation to invitations to a £45-a-head Labour Party fundraising event, sent using parliamentary email accounts.<ref name="MP will not face spending probe">{{cite news|date=8 May 2014|title=MP will not face spending probe|newspaper=The Yorkshire Post|location=Leeds|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/mp-will-not-face-spending-probe-1-6604046|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> The Commissioner for Standards concluded that there should be no [[inquiry]].<ref name="MP will not face spending probe" />
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At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Turner was re-elected as MP for Kingston upon Hull East with an increased vote share of 51.7% and an increased majority of 10,319.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingston upon Hull East – 2015 Election Results |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2015-05-07/Results/Location/Constituency/Kingston%20upon%20Hull%20East |access-date=24 November 2019 |website=General Elections Online |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}</ref>
On 11 January 2016, Turner was appointed [[Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales]] to replace [[Catherine McKinnell]], who resigned following a reshuffle to the [[Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Dathan |title=Jeremy Corbyn appoints Karl Turner Shadow Attorney General after suffering latest frontbench resignation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-has-appointed-karl-turner-as-shadow-attorney-general-after-suffering-latest-frontbench-a6805796.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> On 26 June 2016, Turner resigned from the Shadow Cabinet following the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]], among a number of his colleagues unhappy with [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s leadership.<ref>{{cite news |title=East Hull MP Karl Turner quits Labour shadow cabinet as Jeremy Corbyn revolt grows |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/east-hull-mp-karl-turner-quits-labour-shadow-cabinet-as-jeremy-corbyn-revolt-grows/story-29446085-detail/story.html |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |date=26 June 2016 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Syal |first1=Rajeev |last2=Perraudin |first2=Frances |last3=Slawson |first3=Nicola |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone |title=Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> He supported [[Owen Smith]] in the [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2016 Labour leadership election]].
Turner was again re-elected at the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]] with an increased vote share of 58.3% and an increased majority of 10,396.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingston upon Hull East – 2017 Election Results |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Kingston%20upon%20Hull%20East |access-date=24 November 2019 |website=General Elections Online |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}</ref> Following the election, he was appointed as Shadow Shipping, Aviation and Road Safety Minister within the Shadow Transport team.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newsocialist.org.uk/reshuffle-2-the-ma/ |title=Reshuffle 2: The Maintenance of the Malcontents |date=8 July 2017 |website=New Socialist |access-date=10 July 2017}}</ref>
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