Dame Diana Ruth Johnson was born on 25 July 1966 and is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull North since the 2005 general election.
18 Facts About Diana Johnson
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Diana Johnson gained an LLB in Law from Queen Mary University of London.
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Diana Johnson was a councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 1994 to 2002, serving as Chair of Social services.
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Diana Johnson 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.
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Diana Johnson stood unsuccessfully in Brentwood and Ongar at the 2001 general election.
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In November 2005 Diana Johnson was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Pensions Reform, Stephen Timms.
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Diana Johnson took on the additional role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools in the reshuffle of June 2009.
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Diana Johnson was appointed in September 2015 by Jeremy Corbyn, shortly after he became Labour party leader, as a shadow minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth team.
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Diana Johnson supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Diana Johnson is co-chair of the APPG on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood, campaigned on the Contaminated Blood Scandal and, in November 2018, received the Political Studies Association's 'Backbencher of the Year' award in recognition of her efforts.
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In September 2019, Diana Johnson became the first Labour MP to face a full reselection process by her local party after members voted that she should face a challenge.
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In September 2020, Diana Johnson was appointed a vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.
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In July 2021, Diana Johnson proposed an amendment that would liberalise abortion in England and Wales.
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However, Diana Johnson was strongly criticised for not clarifying whether this would allow for abortion up until birth.
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Diana Johnson received no support in Parliament for the amendment and was criticised by pro-choice politicians.
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In 2017, Diana Johnson co-sponsored a Bill in Parliament that would have granted 16-year-olds the right to vote in Parliamentary elections.
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Diana Johnson was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for charitable and political service, in part for her campaigning on contaminated blood transfusions.
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Diana Johnson was appointed to the Privy Council on 10 March 2021.