website predecessor successor birth_name birth_place leader children party office birth_date term_start majority spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
-lsb- http://www.dianeabbott.org.uk official website -rsb- gillian merron ernie roberts luciana berger diane julie abbott london , united kingdom ed miliband 1 son labour shadow hackney north and stoke newington minister for public health member of parliament for 27 september 1953 9 october 2010 11 june 1987 24,016 -lrb- 48.1 % -rrb- richard thompson -lrb- 1991 -- 1993 -rrb- diane abbott , after new statesman hustings , cropped.jpg diane abbott
 8 october 2013 diane abbott newnham college , cambridge
diane abbott

diane julie abbott -lrb- born 27 september 1953 -rrb- is a british labour party politician who has been the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for hackney north and stoke newington since 1987 , when she became the first black woman to be elected to the house of commons .
in 2010 , abbott became shadow public health minister after unsuccessfully standing for election as leader of the labour party but was removed in a reshuffle three years later .
