Lyn Carol Brown

Biography

Lyn Brown was re-elected MP for West Ham in May 2010 with a majority of 22,534 votes.

Lyn Brown was educated at local state schools within the London Borough of Newham and the Whitelands College, Putney (now part of Roehampton University). She was elected as a councillor to Newham Borough Council in 1988. She unsuccessfully contested Wanstead and Woodford at the 1992 General Election but was easily beaten by 16,885 votes by the Conservative James Arbuthnot.

The former minister and Labour MP for West Ham Tony Banks retired and Lyn Brown was selected to contest the safe Labour seat. Lyn Brown was duly elected at the 2005 general election as the Labour MP for West Ham with a majority of 9,801 votes. She made her maiden speech on May 23, 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.

Constituency

West Ham

Constituency Address

Constituency Tel

Date of Birth

13 April 2005

Email

lyn@lynbrown.org.uk

Party

Labour

Personal Website

http://www.lynbrown.org.uk/

Westminster Address

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel

020 7219 6999