About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Diane Abbott) represents you, and all of the people who live in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 11 Mehefin 1987 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Party was Llafur until 22 Ebr 2023; Annibynnol until 27 Mai 2024

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @hackneyabbott.bsky.social
• @HackneyAbbott
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Diane Abbott campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Home Department
• Home Office
• Department for International Development
• International Development
• Haiti
• Catering
• Mental Health
• Health
• Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Justice Committee ( 5 Ion 2022 to 29 Tach 2022)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (11 Mai 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow Home Secretary ( 6 Hyd 2016 to 5 Ebr 2020)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Health (27 Meh 2016 to 6 Hyd 2016)
• Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (14 Med 2015 to 27 Meh 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Public Health) ( 8 Hyd 2010 to 7 Hyd 2013)
• Member, Foreign Affairs: Entry Clearance Sub-Committee (25 Tach 1997 to 19 Tach 1998)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (16 Gor 1997 to 11 Mai 2001)
• Member, Treasury Committee (15 Tach 1995 to 21 Maw 1997)
• Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee ( 1 Ion 1994 to 1 Ion 1997)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Sub-Committee (17 Mai 1989 to 8 Tach 1995)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee (15 Mai 1989 to 8 Tach 1995)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ernest Roberts
• David Weitzman

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Equality Bill Committee (14 out of 20)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Personal Independence Payment: Disabled People — [Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair] 7 May 2025

  The Minister has again repeated the line that the number of people claiming PIP has shot up and that there must be something dubious about that. I ask him to look at the New Economics Foundation report that came out today, which says that the reasons why the number of people claiming has gone up are a rise in the number of disabled people, a rise in deprivation, long covid and the pressures...

• Personal Independence Payment: Disabled People — [Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair] 7 May 2025

  The Minister has again repeated the line that the number of people claiming PIP has shot up and that there must be something dubious about that. I ask him to look at the New Economics Foundation report that came out today, which says that the reasons why the number of people claiming has gone up are a rise in the number of disabled people, a rise in deprivation, long covid and the pressures...

• Personal Independence Payment: Disabled People — [Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair] 7 May 2025

  I beg to move, That this House has considered Personal Independence Payment and disabled people. I am proud to have secured this debate today, and to be able to stand up for the disabled in the light of the catastrophic effects that the proposed cut to personal independence payments will have on them. This is the week after the council elections and the Runcorn and Helsby by-election proved...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Diane Abbott