Kerry McCarthy

Kerry McCarthy MP
Official portrait, 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	TBC
Shadow Minister for Climate Change
In office 29 June 2022 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Olivia Blake
Shadow Minister for Green Transport
In office 9 April 2020 – 4 December 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Gill Furniss
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office 13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Maria Eagle
Succeeded by	Rachael Maskell
Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 7 October 2011 – 13 September 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Emma Reynolds
Succeeded by	Diana Johnson
Shadow Treasury Minister
In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Position Abolished
Shadow Minister for Disabled People
Acting 6 May 2010 – 8 October 2010
Leader	Harriet Harman
Preceded by	Mark Harper
Succeeded by	Margaret Curran
Member of Parliament for Bristol East
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Jean Corston
Majority	6,606 (14.3%)
Personal details
Born	Kerry Gillian McCarthy (1965-03-26) 26 March 1965 (age 59) Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Political party	Labour
Residence(s)	Bristol, England London, England Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Alma mater	University of Liverpool London Guildhall University University of London
Website	Official website

Kerry Gillian McCarthy^[1] (born 26 March 1965) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, She was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2015 to 2016. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024.^[2]