1. The first black woman MP
Daniela Caramanuta
presents
Diane Abbott
The first black woman MP

2. the little black star was born
Diane Abbott
the little black star was born

3. Diane Abbott
and her mother a nurse.
Her father
was a welder

4. Diane Abbott and then Newnham College, Cambridge.
She attended Harrow County Grammar School for Girls
Diane Abbott

5. Diane Abbott Warning : Boring stuff
Administration trainee at the Home Office
A Race Relation Officer at the National Council for Civil Liberties
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Researcher and reporter at Thames Television
A press officer at Greater London Council
Head of Press and Public Relations at Lambeth Council

6. Diane Abbott
Her political career began in 1982 when she was elected to Westminster City Council serving until 1986.
In 1987 she was elected to the House of Common as MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington.

7. Diane Abbott
She has been seen as a “maverick, a free thinker, willing to rebel against the party machine”.

8. Diane Abbott Children`s health Maternity services Tobacco
She was later appointed Shadow Minister for Public health, taking shadow responsibility for a range of issues including:
Children`s health
Maternity services
Tobacco
Sexual health
Alcohol abuse
Nursing
Obesity

9. Abbott has built up a high profile within media.
Diane Abbott
Abbott has built up a high profile within media.
Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo have known each other since school.

10. Diane Abbott
Abbott’s decision in 2003 to send her son to the private City of London School, which herself described as “indefensible” and “intellectually incoherent” caused controversy and criticism.

11. Diane Abbott
In 2004 Abbott was investigated by the Committee on Standards and Privileges regarding payment she had received from the BBC.
£17.300

12. Diane Abbott
In 1988, she claimed, at a black studies conference in Philadelphia, that “the British invented racism”.
Diane Abbott referred to David Cameron and Nick Clegg as “two posh white boys from the Home Counties” in May 2010.

13. Diane Abbott

14. She married David Thompson, a Ghanaian architect, in 1991.
Diane Abbott
She married David Thompson, a Ghanaian architect, in 1991.