Diana Ruth Johnson

Biography

Diana Johnson was re-elected MP for Kingston upon Hull North in May 2010 with a majority of 641.

She was a local authority councillor from 1994 to 2002, chairing the Social Services Committee for several years. In 2003, she became a London-wide Assembly member on the Greater London Authority.

In February 2004, she was selected as Labour's candidate in Kingston upon Hull North. She was elected to be Member of Parliament for Hull North - and Hull's first female MP - on May 5th 2005. She was appointed as a Private Parliamentary Secretary to Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP in Autumn 2005 and in July 2007 she became an assistant government whip, with responsibility for the Cabinet Office and the Minister for Women.

Herparticular areas of interest as the MP for Hull North are tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, raising education standards in our secondary schools, improving the public health of the city and the overall economic regeneration of Hull.

Constituency

Kingston upon Hull North

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Constituency Address

Diana Johnson MP Unit 8 Hull Business Centre Guildhall Road Hull HU1 1HJ

Constituency Tel

01482 319135

Date of Birth

25.07.1966

Email

johnsond@parliament.uk

Party

Labour

Personal Website

www.dianajohnson.co.uk

Westminster Address

House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel

0207 219 5647

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