| First Name |
Diane
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| Middle Name |
Julie
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| Last Name |
Abbott
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| Maiden Name |
Abbott
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| Full Name at Birth |
Diane Julie Abbott
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| Alternative Name |
Diane Abbott MP, Diane Abbott Member of Parliament, The Right Honourable Diane Abbott MP, The Right Honourable Diane Abbott Member of Parliament, @HackneyAbbott (twitter), Officialhackneyabbott (instagram), @Dianeabbott (facebook), D.AbbottMP (facebook)
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| Birthday |
27th September, 1953
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| Birthplace |
Paddington, London, England
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| Build |
Large
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Black
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| Distinctive Feature |
Short and stocky body type
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Secular Humanist
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
[????] Harrow County Grammar School for Girls in Harrow, Middlesex
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| University |
[1979] Newnham College, Cambridge (Masters degree in History)
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| Occupation Text |
Labour Party MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington, Shadow Home Secretary
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| Occupation |
Politician
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| Claim to Fame |
The first woman of Afro-Caribbean descent elected to the British House of Commons.
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| Music Genre (Text) |
1976 > 1980 (Civil Servant: The Home Office), 1980 > 1984 (TV Reporter: for TV-AM and Thames Television), 1987 > present (Member of Parliament: for Hackney North & Stoke Newington), 1991 > 1993 (Marriage to & divorce from: architect David Ayensu-Thompson), 1992 > present (Mother: of son James Abbott Thompson), ???? > ???? (Head of Press Officer: for the Greater London Council and The Lambeth Borough Council), ???? > ???? (University of the Arts London), 1982 > 1986 (Councillor: The Westminster City Council), 2008 > 2008 (Awardee: Special Prize for her support of human rights from organizations JUSTICE,Liberty, and the Law Society), 2010 > 2010 (Candidate: for Labour Party leadership), 2010 > 2013 (Shadow Minister for Public Health), 2015 > 2016 (Shadow Secretary of State for International Development), 2016 > 2016 (Shadow Secretary of State for Public Health), 2016 > present (Shadow Home Secretary), ???? > ???? (Lobbyist: for group The National Council for Civil Liberties (now Liberty)), 198? > ???? (Freelance Journalist), ???? > ???? (Public Relations Consultant: for various public sector clients), 1994 > 1997 (Member: Labour Party National Executive Committee), 1999 > present (Founder: The London Schools and The Black Child Initiative (LSBC)), 2015 > present (Founder: The Diane Abbott Foundation), ???? > present (Chair: the All Party Parliamentary British-Caribbean Group), 1995 > 1997 (Member: Treasury Committee), 1997 > 1998 (Member: Foreign Affairs Entry Clearance Sub-Committee), 1997 > 2001 (Member: Foreign Affairs Committee), 1989 > 1995 (Member: Treasury & Civil Service Sub-Committee), 1989 > 1995 (Member: Treasury & Civil Service Committee)
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| Instrument (text) |
Piano (playing), Politics, The Labour Party, Classical Music, Democratic Socialism, Trade Unionism, Journalism, Anti-Racism, Civil & Human Rights, Public Relations, International Development
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| Brand Endorsement |
The Diane Abbott Foundation
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| Official Websites |
http://www.dianeabbott.org.uk/, http://www.dianeabbott.org.uk, http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ms-diane-abbott/172, http://dianeabbott.org.uk, twitter.com/HackneyAbbott, www.instagram.com/officialhackneyabbott/?hl=en, www.instagram.com/officialhackneyabbott/tagged/?hl=en, www.facebook.com/Dianeabbott/, uk.linkedin.com/in/diane-abbott-1b929a4b, www.facebook.com/D.AbbottMP?fref=ts, /wiki/File:Diane_Abbott_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_18_May_2008_b00bbdly.flac /wiki/Desert_Island_Discs, 18 May 2008
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| Pets |
Jeremy Corbyn
(colleague & ex-partner), David P Ayensu-Thompson
(ex-husband), Jonathan Aitken
(her son's godfather), Bernie Grant
(colleague & friend)
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| Favorite People |
Paul Roberts (Professor of Piano), Ed Miliband (ex-Labour leader), Megan Moulton-Levy (sportswoman), John McDonnell (colleague), Sadiq Khan (London mayor), Seema Malhotra (colleague), Tom Watson (colleague), Andrew Gwynne MP (colleague), Carlton King (author), Laura Pidcock (colleague), Isaac Julien, Kenny Imafidon, Paul Boateng (colleague)
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| Favorite Bands |
Frédéric Chopin
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| Favorite Songs |
Frédéric Chopin's Prelude No. 4 in E minor
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| Favorite Books |
Black Ops (by Carlton King)
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| Favorite Places |
Haiti
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Diane Julie Abbott MP (born 27 September 1953) is an English politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. A member of the Labour Party, she served in Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020. The first black woman elected to Parliament, she is also the longest-serving black MP in the House of Commons.
