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Diane Abbott

1953 - Today

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Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020 and is an advisor to the Privy Council. She was the first black woman elected to parliament and is the longest-serving black MP. Born in Paddington to a British-Jamaican family, Abbott attended Harrow County School for Girls before reading History at Newnham College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diane Abbott has received more than 4,265,498 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Diane Abbott is the 17,950th most popular politician (down from 16,728th in 2019), the 6,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,904th in 2019) and the 669th most popular British Politician.

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  • 4.3M

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  • 38.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Diane Abbott ranks 17,950 out of 19,576. Before her are Fleur Pellerin, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Paul Sarbanes, Chen Jing, Greg Foster, and Kristin Halvorsen. After her are Mimma Zavoli, Richard M. Daley, David Axelrod, Jorge Bom Jesus, Rashida Tlaib, and John M. Berrien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Diane Abbott ranks 628. Before her are Diane Schuur, Jochen Danneberg, John Bellamy Foster, Robert Rodat, Rigoberto Cisneros, and Marcolino Moco. After her are Rodolfo Dubó, Tommy Shaw, Jürgen Straub, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Géza Szőcs, and Jerzy Rybicki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Diane Abbott ranks 6,214 out of 8,785. Before her are Jane Taylor (1783), Tommy Banks (1929), Ellen MacArthur (1976), Bruce Rioch (1947), Danny McGrain (1950), and Toby Regbo (1991). After her are Barbara Murray (1929), Bonobo (1976), Derek Redmond (1965), Michael Oliver (1985), Anthony Moore (1948), and Steve Coppell (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Diane Abbott ranks 669. Before her are Iain Duncan Smith (1954), Eoin MacNeill (1867), Jacqui Smith (1962), Barbara Castle (1910), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), and Don McKinnon (1939). After her are Penny Mordaunt (1973), Michael Fallon (1952), Grant Shapps (1968), Sophia Duleep Singh (1876), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), and David Thompson (1961).

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