{"id":1984,"date":"2021-06-25T13:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?page_id=1984"},"modified":"2021-06-25T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:01:32","slug":"diane-abbott","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/british-mps\/diane-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\"Ms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name<\/strong>: Ms Diane Abbott<\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong> 27 September 1953<\/p>\n

Party<\/strong>: Labour<\/p>\n

Consistuency<\/strong>:\u00a0Hackney North and Stoke Newington<\/p>\n

Profile<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

Ms Abbott was born in Paddington, London to a Jamaican-British family. She went to Harrow County Grammar School before going on to read History at Newnham College, Cambridge.<\/p>\n

Abbott began her political career in 1982 when she was elected to Westminster City Council. She served until 1986.<\/p>\n

In 1983, she was a part of the Labour Party’s Black Sections movement alongside (Paul Boateng and Keith Vaz), campaigning for more African Caribbean and Asian representation in British politics.<\/p>\n

Ms. Abbott had an issue with the idea of Tony Blair pushing for “New Labour,” which pushed the party to take a more centrist approach during the 1990s.<\/p>\n

She was against several Blairite policies, including the start of a war in Iraq and the introduction of ID cards.<\/p>\n

She founded the London Schools and Black Child initiative, which aimed to increase educational achievement among black children.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Ms Abbott contested in the Labour leadership race. It was won by Ed Milliband, who subsequently appointed her to the role of Shadow Minister for Public Health.<\/p>\n

Links<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.dianeabbott.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Last Election Results:<\/h2>\n

Ms Abbott won 39,972 votes out of a possible 56,859. This represents a 70.3 majority in her constituency. There was a voter turnout of 61.5%.<\/p>\n\n