UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Diane Abbott

Born: 27 September 1953

Member of Privy Council - 19 December 2016

Harrow County Girls' Grammar School

Newnham College, Cambridge

Civil Servant

11 June 1987	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	18,912	48.72
9 April 1992	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	20,083	57.84
1 May 1997	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	21,110	64.26
7 June 2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	18,081	61.04
5 May 2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	14,268	48.56
6 May 2010	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	25,553	54.97
7 May 2015	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	31,357	62.86
8 June 2017	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	42,265	75.37
12 December 2019	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	39,972	70.29
23 April 2023 The Labour whip is removed from Rt Hon Diane Abbott.
28 May 2024 The Labour whip was restored to Rt Hon Diane Abbott.
4 July 2024	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour Party	24,355	59.46
17 July 2025 The Labour whip was withdrawn from Rt Hon Diane Abbott.