5 Facts About David Lammy

1. On 23 June 2018, David Lammy appeared at the People's Vote march in London to mark the second anniversary of the referendum to leave the European Union.

2. On 5 February 2013, David Lammy gave a speech in the House of Commons on why he would be voting in favour of the Marriage Bill 2013, critically comparing the relegation of British same-sex couples to civil partnerships to the "separate but equal" legal doctrine which justified Jim Crow laws in the 20th-century United States.

3. On 4 September 2014, David Lammy announced his intention to seek the Labour nomination for the 2016 mayoral election.

4. In 2013, David Lammy announced that he was considering entering the race to become Mayor of London in the 2016 election.

5. In 2003, David Lammy was appointed as a Minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs.