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  • Diane Abbott is MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
    (source: The Guardian)
  • Diane Abbott

    Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953 in Paddington, London, England) is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament, representing the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. She is the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons when she was elected in the 1987 General Election. She remained the only black woman MP for ten years until she was joined in the Commons by Oona King in 1997. She has always been considered to the left of New Labour and is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group.

    (source: Wikipedia)
  • Diane Abbott has written articles published in The Independent, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.

Most Recent article

Michael Foot, 1913-2010: adored even in defeat

The Guardian, Wednesday 3 March
He led Labour to a disastrous rout and was wary of my Bennite generation, yet Michael earned our loyalty and admiration

Previous Articles

Diane Abbott has written...

  • More about 'dna' than anything else
  • A lot about 'yarl' in the last month

Diane Abbott by numbers...

  • 22 articles (since February 2008)
  • Average article: 18 column inches (546 words)
  • Shortest article: 1 column inches (43 words)
  • Longest article: 47 column inches (1418 words)
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 blair   blears   bnp   clinton   dna   foot   hackney   labour   london   meyer   michael foot   new labour   northern ireland   obama   olympic   regexp   washington   wood   woolworths   yarl 

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