Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who has been the MP for Stoke Newington and Hackney East since 1987. When Abbott won her local constituency election in 1987 she made history by becoming the first black woman ever elected to the British Parliament. [1]
In 2010 she was appointed shadow minister for public health [1] but was removed in a shadow Cabinet reshuffle three years later.
Abbott was re-elected in the 2015 general election with a majority vote of 24,008. [2]
Following new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet reshuffle in September 2015, Abbott was appointed shadow minister for international development. [3]
Secretaries and research assistants
Dana Carlin | Arron Merat | Sheyda Monshizadeh-Azar | Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy | Ayobami Sanusi | Jennifer Williams [4]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 About Diane, dianeabbott.org.uk, accessed 3 February 2012.
- ↑ Hackney North & Stoke Newington Parliamentary constituency BBC News, accessed 21 May 2015
- ↑ Who's who in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet BBC News, Accessed 16 September 2015
- ↑ Diane Abbott Members Interests secs and RAs, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 18 April 2016
