ABSTRACT
Abbott, Diane Julie (born 1953) First black woman MP. Educated Harrow County Girls’ Grammar School and Cambridge. Civil servant; National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) race relations officer; televi sion researcher and reporter; trade union equality officer; press officer, Greater London and Lambeth Councils. Westminster City councillor, 1982-86. MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. Secret ary, Campaign Group of Labour MPs since 1992.
