Diane Abbott
Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, Diane was the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons, and has been described by the BBC as 'a maverick, a freethinker, willing to rebel against the party machine’. Currently the Shadow Minister for Public Health, she is one of Labour's most prominent front-bench politicians.
Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, Diane was the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons, and has been described by the BBC as 'a maverick, a freethinker, willing to rebel against the party machine’. Currently the Shadow Minister for Public Health, she is one of Labour's most prominent front-bench politicians.
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