29 Facts About Claudia Webbe

Claudia Naomi Webbe was born on 8 March 1965 and is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Leicester East from 2019 to 2024.

Claudia Webbe was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party from 2016 until her election to Parliament.

Claudia Webbe was suspended from the party whip in September 2020 after being charged with harassment of a woman who was having an affair with Webbe's then-partner.

Claudia Webbe was later expelled from the Labour Party on 3 November 2021 after being convicted in October 2021.

Claudia Webbe was born on 8 March 1965 in Leicester.

Claudia Webbe has described how she was born and brought up in Leicester to parents of African descent who migrated from Nevis to the UK around the time of the Windrush generation.

Claudia Webbe attended King Richard III Secondary school, now Fullhurst Community College, in south-west Leicester and Gateway Sixth Form College.

Claudia Webbe attended Lanchester Polytechnic from 1983 to 1986, gaining a BSc degree in mathematics, statistics and computers.

Claudia Webbe studied Social Science at Leicester Polytechnic, a professional qualification in community and youth work at the University of Birmingham and a postgraduate diploma in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Nottingham, followed by race and ethnic relations at Birkbeck, University of London.

Claudia Webbe is a founder and former chair of Operation Trident, a community-led initiative created in the mid-1990s to tackle the disproportionate effects of gun violence on black communities.

Claudia Webbe opposed the change, and called it "a backwards step on race".

Claudia Webbe stood for election as a councillor in the Hillrise ward of Islington in 2006, but was unsuccessful.

Claudia Webbe was elected as a Labour councillor to Islington London Borough Council in 2010, representing Bunhill ward.

Claudia Webbe served as the council's executive member for the environment and transport.

Claudia Webbe resigned as an Islington councillor in March 2021, following her election to Parliament.

In 2018, Claudia Webbe was re-elected to the NEC, finishing second in the ballot with 83,797 votes.

Claudia Webbe became ineligible to retain her NEC membership upon being elected to Parliament.

Claudia Webbe was selected as the Labour candidate for Leicester East for the 2019 general election; the party's incumbent MP, Keith Vaz, had stood down after being suspended from Parliament for six months.

Claudia Webbe's selection resulted in the resignation of the Constituency Labour Party chair, who described it as "a fix", and some in the local British Indian community were angry that one of their candidates was not interviewed.

Claudia Webbe sat on the Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons between March 2020 and April 2021.

Claudia Webbe is an "alternate member" of the UK delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

In February 2021, Claudia Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that she had broken the Code of Conduct for MPs by her late registrations of remunerations received for her role as a councillor in Islington.

In December 2023, Claudia Webbe expressed her support for South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel.

On 28 September 2020, Claudia Webbe was charged with harassment of a woman between 1 September 2018 and 26 April 2020.

Claudia Webbe was placed on unconditional bail to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Claudia Webbe was suspended from the Labour whip pending the outcome of the case.

The threats allegedly included Claudia Webbe saying "You should be acid" [sic].

Claudia Webbe appealed against the conviction, and the appeal hearing commenced at Southwark Crown Court on 19 May 2022.

The judge found that Claudia Webbe had not "made a threat to throw acid over" Michelle Merritt.