Alison Hume

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Alison Hume
MP
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Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Scarborough and Whitby
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024

Alison Louise Hume [1] is a British Labour Party politician and television writer who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2024. In television she is known for her work as creator and executive producer of the CBBC series The Sparticle Mystery and the BBC drama Rocket Man .

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Early life

Hume was born in Bushey [ citation needed ] and grew up in Essex, with her father, an accountant, being originally from York. [2] She moved back to Yorkshire with her parents, when they retired, moving to Poppleton. [2]

Writing

Hume attended the Northern Film School and trained on a Carlton new writers' course. [3] She worked as a television and film screenwriter, writing among others, the 2003 feature film Pure, [4] and the 2005 TV movie Beaten. [5] She had her own production company, through which produced the CBBC shows Summerhill and The Sparticle Mystery , both of which she wrote. [6] [7]

Politics

Following her second son being born with a rare chromosomal disorder, Hume became a disability rights campaigner, eventually co founding York Accessibility Action. It was through her activism that she entered formal politics. [2] [8] At the 2019 European Parliament election, Hume stood as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency. [9] [10] In 2019 she unsuccessfully stood to be the Labour candidate for Rother Valley [11] Hume was also a candidate in the 2021 election for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. [12] In 2023, she was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Scarborough and Whitby at the 2024 general election, a contest that she won with a majority of over 5,000. [13] [14]

Filmography

ProductionNotesBroadcaster
PureFeature film (2002)—
The Vice 2 episodes (2002–2003) ITV
New Tricks "Home Truths" (2004) BBC
BeatenTV movie (2005) BBC
Rocket Man 3 episodes (2005) BBC
Roman Mysteries 2 episodes (2007) BBC
Summerhill TV movie (2008) CBBC
The Sparticle Mystery 36 episodes (2011–2015) CBBC
Holby City 1 episode (2019) BBC
So Awkward 1 episode (2019) CBBC
Jamie Johnson 2 episodes (2020) CBBC

Awards

YearAwardCategoryRecipientsResult
2008
British Academy Children's Awards [15] Children's: DramaAlison Hume (with Stephen Smallwood and Jon East), for SummerhillNominated
Children's: WriterAlison Hume, for SummerhillWon
Royal Television Society Awards [16] Writer of the YearAlison Hume, for SummerhillWon
2015
Royal Television Society Awards – Yorkshire [17] [18] Writer – DramaAlison Hume, for The Sparticle MysteryNominated

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  11. ↑ @msalisonhume (21 October 2019). "I'm delighted to have been shortlisted to be Labour's Parliamentary Candidate in Rother Valley. Please follow me @AlisonHumeRV #alison4RV 🌹💪🏻 I pledge to stand up for Rother Valley as a proud socialist & bring Rother Valley together for Labour #ForTheMany See you Friday!" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Twitter.
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