Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott was elected Britain’s first Black woman MP in 1987. Representing the London constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington.  She was also one a small group of Black MPs, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant made history by being elected that year. Abbott was born in London to Jamaican parents and then educated at […] The post Diane Abbott appeared first on The Black Presence in Britain.

Diane Abbott

Dianne Abbott MPDiane Abbott was elected Britain’s first Black woman MP in 1987. Representing the London constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington.  She was also one a small group of Black MPs, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant made history by being elected that year. Abbott was born in London to Jamaican parents and then educated at […]

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