Lyn Brown | |
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Shadow Minister for Africa | |
Assumed office 4 December 2021 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Catherine West |
Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation | |
In office 9 April 2020 –4 December 2021 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Yasmin Qureshi |
Succeeded by | Ellie Reeves |
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 12 January 2018 –9 April 2020 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Anneliese Dodds |
Succeeded by | Wes Streeting |
Shadow Home Secretary | |
Acting | |
In office 7 June 2017 –18 June 2017 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Diane Abbott |
Succeeded by | Diane Abbott |
Shadow Minister of State for Policing | |
In office 8 October 2016 –7 June 2017 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Jack Dromey |
Succeeded by | Louise Haigh |
Member of Parliament for West Ham | |
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
Preceded by | Tony Banks |
Majority | 32,388 (53.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Lyn Carol Brown 13 April 1960 London,England,UK |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | John Cullen |
Alma mater | University of Roehampton |
Website | Official website Commons website |
Lyn Carol Brown (born 13 April 1960) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Ham since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she was a Shadow Minister for the Home Office from 2015 to 2016,Shadow Policing Minister from 2016 to 2017,Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2018 to 2020,and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2020 to 2021.
Brown was born in London to Joseph and Iris Brown. She was educated at Drew Road Primary School,Silvertown and Plashet Comprehensive School before attending the Whitelands College,Putney (now part of Roehampton University). [1] In 1984 she began work as a social worker for the London Borough of Ealing. [2]
She was elected as a councillor to Newham London Borough Council in 1988. She unsuccessfully contested Wanstead and Woodford at the 1992 general election but was beaten by 16,885 votes by the Conservative James Arbuthnot. [3]
In 2005,West Ham MP Tony Banks retired and Lyn Brown was selected to contest the safe Labour seat through an all-women shortlist. [4] Lyn Brown became the seat's MP at the 2005 general election with a majority of 9,801 votes. She made her maiden speech on 23 May 2005.
In 2006,Brown became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Communities and Local Government Minister,Phil Woolas. In July 2007 she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Denham,Secretary of State for Innovation,Universities and Skills.
In June 2009 she was promoted to become an Assistant Government Whip. She remained as a whip,in opposition,following the 2010 general election. [5]
In June 2011,Brown was criticised by campaigners for recruiting an unpaid intern whilst also supporting "a living wage for all". Gus Baker of Intern Aware stated Brown had replaced a paid member of staff with an unpaid intern,accusing her of double hypocrisy and noting how such conduct denied opportunities to poorer people such as those from Brown's constituency. Brown stated she "would like to pay everyone" in her office,but "did not have the resources to do so". [6] [7]
In October 2013,Brown was appointed by Ed Miliband to serve as Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government. [8]
In September 2015,she was appointed as a Shadow Home Office Minister by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn,a position from which she resigned on 28 June 2016,before subsequently supporting Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election. [9] [10] In October 2016,Corbyn reappointed Brown to serve as a Shadow Minister,as Shadow Minister for Policing,during which time,Brown temporarily replaced Diane Abbott as Shadow Home Secretary during a period of ill health for Abbott. [11]
In May 2008 Brown married John Cullen and exercised her privilege as a member of Parliament to hold the ceremony in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. [12] The ceremony was performed by fellow Labour MP and former vicar Chris Bryant. [13]
Until May 2009,Brown rented a central London flat using the second home allowance,despite her constituency being only 6 miles from Westminster. [14]
Brown's hobbies include reading crime fiction and walking. [2]
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