Tristan John Osborne is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford since

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Early life

Osborne is a native of the

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area in

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and grew up in Rochester. He attended St William of Perth Catholic Primary School in Rochester before receiving a

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to the private King's School, Rochester due to being a chorister at Rochester Cathedral. He has a

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degree in

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(2004) and a

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degree in

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(2006) from College of St Hild and St Bede, part of

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. Osborne, who is gay, was an

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activist at university, and has since continued to support local LGBT communities, representing the local Labour team at Medway Pride each year.

Early career

After leaving university Osborne worked for a banking start-up specialising in

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from July 2006 to November 2013 and for a

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firm advising political parties about businesses regulation from December 2013 to July 2016. Whilst working in

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he was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police in

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and Charlton. Osborne then moved back to the Medway area and obtained a teaching qualification in

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from

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in 2017. He was a geography teacher at Strood Academy from July 2017 to August 2023 and Stone Lodge School from August 2023 to July 2024.

Political career

Osborne contested 2007 local elections in the Medway as one of the Labour Party candidates in the three-member

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North Ward but was not elected. He contested the 2011 local elections in Medway as one of the Labour Party candidates in the three-member Luton and Wayfield Ward and was elected. He was re-elected at the

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and

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local elections. At the 2023 local elections he was elected from the three-member Rochester East and Warren Wood Ward. At the election Labour gained control of

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and Osborne was appointed Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement. On 17 December 2024, he announced his resignation as councillor for Medway via a post on X (formerly Twitter) after serving for 13 years. Osborne contested the 2015 general election as the Labour Party candidate in Chatham and Aylesford but was defeated by

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incumbent Tracey Crouch. He contested the 2016 police and crime commissioner elections as the Labour Party candidate in

but was defeated by Conservative Matthew Scott. Osborne contested the 2024 general election as the Labour Party candidate in Chatham and Aylesford and was elected with a majority of 1,998. On 12 September 2024, he made his

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in the

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during the Sir David Amess Adjournment Debate.

Electoral history

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