Diane Abbott

Biography

Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in October 2016. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons.

Known For

Have I Got News for You

Newsnight

Question Time

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Celebrity Mastermind

World in Action

The Russell Howard Hour

All Movies (1)

• Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent2020 · as Herself

All TV Shows (12)

• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self - Labour MP
• The Russell Howard Hour2017 · as Self
• The Big Questions2007 · as Self
• Celebrity Mastermind2003
• Black Cab2000 · as MP
• Windrush1998 · as Herself
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
• The Cook Report1987
• Newsnight1980 · as Self
• Question Time1979 · as Self - Panellist
• World in Action1963
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You— · as Self - Panellist