Sam Tarry - Senior Advisor

Sam is‌ ‌‌a former Labour ‌MP‌ ‌for Ilford South‌,‌ ‌having‌ ‌first‌ ‌been‌ ‌elected‌ ‌to‌ ‌Parliament‌ ‌in‌ 2019‌. During his time as an MP, Sam served on the Transport Select Committee and as Shadow Minister for Transport leading on buses, Transport for London and Local Transport for several years, as well as the Shadow Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon. Ed Miliband MP and National Campaigns lead under the Deputy Leader Rt. Hon Angela Rayner MP as Labour Party Chair.

Sam was the Campaign Chair of the successful Angela Rayner for Deputy Leader campaign in the Labour Party in 2020, he was Director of Strategy, Communications & Campaigns of the successful 2016 Jeremy Corbyn for Leader campaign, and in 2015 was Campaign Strategist and Head of Trade Union Relations for Sadiq Khan for Mayor.

Prior to Parliament, Sam worked for a Transport Trade Union (TSSA) as National Political Officer for seven years, and was instrumental in securing key policies into the last four Labour election manifestos, most notably public ownership of the railways.

At NorthPoint, Sam brings his deep understanding of contemporary politics, economics, the Labour party and wider Labour movement to help organisations understand the issues and pressures shaping Government and how best to interact with those to shape policy agendas.