Diana Johnson
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Diana Johnson (b. 25 July 1966, Northwich) is a Labour Party member of Parliament and former member of the London Assembly.
Johnson is a barrister and was a councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 1994 to 2002, serving as Chair of social services. She stood unsuccessfully in Brentwood and Ongar at the 2001 general election.
She became a member of the London Assembly on 1 March, 2003 after the resignation of Trevor Phillips who became chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, having been next on the list of London-wide members at the 2000 election. She did not stand for re-election in 2004. In May 2005, she was elected Labour Member of Parliament for the Hull North constituency in place of Kevin McNamara.
External links
- The Labour Party - Diana Johnson MP (http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2224) official biography
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Diana Johnson MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6326,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Diana Johnson MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/diana_johnson/kingston_upon_hull_north)