Diane Abbott
Politician
1953 –
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Who is Diane Abbott?
Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons. In 2010, Abbott became Shadow Public Health Minister after unsuccessfully standing for election as leader of the Labour Party but was removed in a reshuffle three years later.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1953
Paddington - Spouses
- David Thompson
(1991 - 1993)
- David Thompson
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Black British
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Master's Degree, Newnham College, Cambridge
History - University of Cambridge
- Master's Degree, Newnham College, Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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