McCarthy-Fry is the daughter of a defence worker of Scottish descent. Fry is the surname of her first husband, McCarthy of her second. She was educated at Portsmouth High School. She worked for the multinational defence engineering company GKN Westland at Portsmouth, and later as financial controller for GKN Aerospace[1] at Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Political career
McCarthy-Fry attempted selection as the Labour candidate for the seat of Portsmouth North in 1997, and later became Syd Rapson's campaign manager. Her main political interests are trade and industry, defence and the social economy. She campaigned in favour of identity cards after a constituency survey indicated a large majority were in favour of them, and stressed her support for their introduction in her maiden speech after her election in 2005.
However, on 17 June 2009 she was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, replacing Kitty Ussher after the latter resigned.[2] She was at the Department for Communities and Local Government for just one week.
In May 2009 The Daily Telegraph revealed that McCarthy-Fry had attempted to claim on her expenses for a £100 set of hair straighteners, though the claim was refused. Items the taxpayer did fund included £333 worth of bedding and a sewing box.[3]
Later career
Soon after leaving parliament, McCarthy-Fry joined GKN Aerospace and was the company’s Financial Controller for Cowes, Isle of Wight, from 2010 to 2012, and then its Finance Director for Cowes, Isle of Wight, and Western Approach, Bristol, from 2012 to 2020, when she retired at the age of 65.[4]
Personal life
McCarthy-Fry married her first husband, Roger Fry, in 1973, and her second, Tony McCarthy, in 1997; she has four grown-up children.[4]
^ ab”McCarthy-fry, Sarah, (born 4 Feb. 1955), Finance Director, Cowes, Isle of Wight and Western Approach, Bristol, GKN Aerospace Services, 2012–20 (Financial Controller, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 2010–12)” in Who's Who online edition (subscription required)
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