Feryal Clark

Feryal Demirci Clark (née Demirci) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North since the 2019 general election.

Feryal Clark

MP
Member of Parliament
for Enfield North
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJoan Ryan
Majority6,492 (14.4%)
Personal details
Born
Feryal Demirci

Turkey
Political partyLabour

Early life

Clark was born in Turkey to Alevi Kurdish parents with roots in Kürecik, Malatya Province.[1] She studied Bioinformatics at the University of Exeter.

Political career

Clark was elected as a councillor for Brownswood ward in the London Borough of Hackney in 2006, representing it until 2014 when she was elected for Hoxton East & Shoreditch ward.[2][3] She rose to become the Deputy Mayor of Hackney and Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care, Leisure and Parks.[4] As a councillor she has promoted cycling in the Hackney borough.[5]

Considered as being on the soft left of the Labour Party, she endorsed Yvette Cooper during the 2015 leadership election.[1]

In October 2019, Clark was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Enfield North, replacing Joan Ryan who had defected to Change UK earlier that year. Clark was elected during the 2019 general election, becoming Labour's first ever Kurdish MP.[6][7] She made her maiden speech in a Commons debate on Health and Social Care.[8]

Clark endorsed Lisa Nandy for Leader of the Labour Party during the 2020 leadership election.[9][10] She is a supporter of Labour Friends of Israel.[11]

References
  1. Özerim, İpek (2 November 2019). "Hackney councillor Feryal Demirci is Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Enfield North". T-VINE. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. "2006 Hackney London Borough Council election", Wikipedia, 18 September 2019, retrieved 24 April 2020
  3. "2014 Hackney London Borough Council election", Wikipedia, 11 March 2020, retrieved 24 April 2020
  4. "Councillor Feryal Clark". Hackney Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. Grossman, Sam (7 November 2019). "Feryal Clark selected as Labour Candidate for Enfield North".
  6. Grossman, Sam (7 November 2019). "Feryal Clark selected as Labour Candidate for Enfield North". Hackney Post. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. BBC Election [@bbcelection] (12 December 2019). "Enfield North: LAB HOLD #BBCElection #GE2019. Full results: www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000691 …pic.twitter.com/WXPq3zyUjf" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "Health and Social Care - Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk.
  9. "Labour Party Leader". The Labour Party. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  10. "Here are the 23 MPs backing Wigan's Lisa Nandy in the Labour Party leadership contest". www.wigantoday.net. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  11. "LFI Supporters In Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joan Ryan		 Member of Parliament
for Enfield North
2019–present		 Incumbent
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