Dawn Butler
Dawn Petula Butler (born 3 November 1969) is a Breetish Labour Pairty politeecian servin as Member o Pairlament (MP) for Brent Central syne 2015. She wis ane o the twa members o the Corbyn front bench wha demitit office tae vote agin Brexit in Februar 2017.[4] She wis kent for haein usied British Sign Language in pairlament an aw,[5] an later becam Corbyn's shadow meenister for weemin an equalities.[6] She wis re-electit in 2019,[7] but wisnae gien a place on Keir Starmer's front bench but haed tae thole racial abuse an closed her office.[8] She haedd mair issues wi racism[9] and harrassment frae the polis.[10]
Dawn Butler | |
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 Butler in 2020 | |
| Shaidae Secretar o State for Weemen an Equalities | |
| In office 31 August 2017 – 6 Apryle 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Precedit bi | Sarah Champion |
| Succeedit bi | Marsha de Cordova |
| Shaidae Meenister o State for Diversity | |
| In office 6 October 2016 – 1 Februar 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Precedit bi | Office established |
| Succeedit bi | Naz Shah[a] |
| Meenister o State for Youth Affairs | |
| In office 30 October 2009 – 11 Mey 2010 | |
| Prime Meenister | Gordon Brown |
| Precedit bi | Office established |
| Succeedit bi | Nick Hurd |
| Member o Pairlament for Brent Central | |
| Assumed office 7 Mey 2015 | |
| Precedit bi | Sarah Teather |
| Majority | 20,870 (42.5%) |
| Member o Pairlament for Brent Sooth | |
| In office 5 Mey 2005 – 12 Apryle 2010 | |
| Precedit bi | Paul Boateng |
| Succeedit bi | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dawn Petula Butler[1] 3 November 1969 Newham, Lunnon, Ingland[2] |
| Poleetical pairty | Labour |
| Wabsteid | Offeecial wabsteid |
| a. ^ Office vacant frae Februar 2017 tae Julie 2018. Frae Februar tae August 2017, duties war shared atween Sarah Champion, Shaidae Meenister for Weemen an Equalities, an Kate Osamor, Shaidae Internaitional Development Secretar.[3] | |
In 2022, she wis asked tae leave the Commons fir accusin the Prime Meenister for lyin, an later votit in the pairlementary vote o nae confidence in Boris Johnson.[11]
References eedit
- ↑ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 Juin 2017. p. 11776.
- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 Apryle 2018.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Two shadow ministers to take on 'diverse communities' responsibilities". Jewish News Online. 1 Mairch 2017. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2017.
- ↑ Cowburn, Ashley (1 Februar 2017). "Two Labour Shadow Cabinet members quit ahead of Article 50 vote". The Independent (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ "MP Dawn Butler praised for using sign language in Commons". BBC News (in Inglis). 16 Mairch 2017. Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ Waugh, Paul (31 August 2017). "Butler Replaces Champion In Shadow Equalities Post". HuffPost UK (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ "Brent Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News" (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ Proctor, Kate (9 Julie 2020). "Labour MP Dawn Butler closes office after receiving racist threats". the Guardian (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ "Man charged with sending offensive communication to Labour MP Dawn Butler | The Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ Williams, Zoe (9 August 2020). "Labour MP Dawn Butler stopped by police in London". the Guardian (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
- ↑ Butler, Dawn (8 Juin 2022). "How on earth can any Tory think Boris Johnson is fit to be our PM?". Metro (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
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