![Diane Abbott](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fh632%2FdLMEhuQDkcIofvs6gjZ5gWb1XvD.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-09-27
Place of Birth
Paddington, London, England, UK
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](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F917ZwaLnDX5A5iVotS8NGObNtgO.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Have I Got News for You
as Self
![Have I Got a Bit More News for You](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FaOZuKQ2uWRfZPzn61bnzQT5LhMR.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
![Question Time](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FnLGgjwQNnCKuDdJMDmp02pxB0u9.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
![The Russell Howard Hour](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FyhhZyhYgLU79jx7mXlnv9kPmxWu.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
![Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fle6vaFe9E0en3znFhy8eFhP3DQV.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Labour MP
![The Big Questions](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FzVaxHUQ4uHMyn4FDWdmrj5Sp22G.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Big Questions
as Self
![Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F4tMOAbWQw4fwwLXb9oWWeENH6GR.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
as Herself
![Windrush](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F26EMR2er2bsZWdZYdeQkGfxKnpl.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Windrush
as Herself