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Dawn Butler

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Dawn Petula Butler (born 3 November 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent Central since the May 2015 general election, having sat for Brent South from 2005 to 2010. [1]

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All-women shortlist

The use of all-women shortlists (AWS) is a positive action practice intended to increase the proportion of female Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom, allowing only women to stand in particular constituencies for a particular political party.

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Andy Burnham

Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British Labour politician who has been serving as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since May 2017.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Black people

Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.

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Brent Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent East was a parliamentary constituency in Northwest London; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election.

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Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Barry Gardiner of the Labour Party, who became Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade in 2016.

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Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent South was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament; the areas of the constituency chiefly fell into the new Brent Central for the 2010 general election which was the date of its abolition.

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British Sign Language

British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom (UK), and is the first or preferred language of some deaf people in the UK; there are 125,000 deaf adults in the UK who use BSL plus an estimated 20,000 children.

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British Youth Council

The British Youth Council (BYC) is a UK charity that works to empower young people and promote their interests.

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Buxton School, Leytonstone

Buxton School, (formerly Cann Hall Primary School and Tom Hood School), is a mixed all-through school located in Leytonstone, London, England.

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Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Costa Coffee

Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitbread.

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Despatch box

A despatch box (alternatively dispatch box) goes back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, referring to an important message for the Queen.

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Diane Abbott

Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in October 2016.

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East End of London

The East End of London, usually called the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London, and north of the River Thames.

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Education Select Committee

The Education Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017

The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 (c. 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to empower the Prime Minister to give to the Council of the European Union the formal notice – required by Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union – for starting negotiations for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

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Forest Gate

Forest Gate is a residential district in East London, England, in the London Borough of Newham.

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GMB (trade union)

The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 631,000 members.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party.

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High commissioner (Commonwealth)

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a high commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as an ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Jane Kennedy (politician)

Jane Elizabeth Kennedy (née Hodgson; born 4 May 1958) is a British Labour Party politician and the inaugural Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner.

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Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949).

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Jess Phillips

Jessica Rose Phillips (born 9 October 1981) is a British politician.

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Kate Osamor

Kate Ofunne Osamor is a British Labour Co-operative politician.

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Kay Burley

Kay Burley (born 17 December 1960) is an English television newsreader and presenter.

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Ken Livingstone

Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015

The 2015 Labour Party leadership election was won by Jeremy Corbyn with a landslide victory.

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Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016

The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.

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Leytonstone

Leytonstone is an area of East London, and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the former Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, within east London, the name being a portmanteau word reflecting its creation while combining the compass points of the old borough names.

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London Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard (or simply Evening Standard) is a local, free daily newspaper, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London.

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Maiden speech

A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected or appointed member of a legislature or parliament.

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Margaret Moran

Margaret Moran (born 24 April 1955) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Mayor of London

The Mayor of London is the head of the executive body of the Greater London Authority.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement

The post of Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement was a ministerial position in the United Kingdom, created on 30 October 2009 by prime minister Gordon Brown.

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Oona King

Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow (born 22 October 1967) is a Labour politician and former chief diversity officer of Channel 4.

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Owen Smith

Owen Smith (born 2 May 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2010.

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Parliamentary Private Secretary

A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a United Kingdom or New Zealand Member of Parliament (MP) designated by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as the minister's contact with MPs.

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Paul Boateng

Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng (born 14 June 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first mixed-race Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Sarah Champion (politician)

Sarah Deborah Champion (born 10 July 1969) is a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament for Rotherham in the House of Commons.

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Sarah Teather

Sarah Louise Teather (born 1 June 1974) is a former British Member of Parliament and Minister.

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Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons

The Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons (frequently shortened to Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee) was a temporary select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was created early in the 1997, 2001, and 2005 Parliaments.

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Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities

The Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities (previously Shadow Minister for Black and Minority Ethnic Communities) is a position in the United Kingdom's Shadow Cabinet that was created on 7 October 2016 by the Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn during a cabinet reshuffle.

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Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

The Shadow Secretary of State for International Development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to the Department for International Development (DfID), which is responsible for international aid, most notably to the third world.

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Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities

The Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (previously Shadow Minister for Women, Shadow Minister for Women and Equality and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities) is a position in the United Kingdom's Official Opposition, and sits in the Shadow Cabinet.

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Sharon Hodgson

Sharon Hodgson (born 1 April 1966) is a British Labour Party politician.

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Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour international multimedia news organisation based in the UK that started as a 24-hour television news channel.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Speech from the throne

A speech from the throne (or throne speech) is an event in certain monarchies in which the reigning sovereign, or a representative thereof, reads a prepared speech to members of the nation's legislature when a session is opened, outlining the government's agenda and focus for the forthcoming session; or in some cases, closed.

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Stratford, London

Stratford is a town and parish in London, in the London Borough of Newham.

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United Kingdom general election, 2005

The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2015

The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons.

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Waltham Forest College

Waltham Forest College (South West Essex Technical College) located in Walthamstow, North-East London, England, enrolls around 10,000+ students (14- to 19-year-olds and adults) per year.

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Warwick Agreement

The Warwick Agreement is the name of a document agreed in July 2004 to the 2005 General Election between many of Britain's main trade unions and the Labour Party, which helped form Labour's 2005 election manifesto.

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West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)

West Ham is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Lyn Brown, a member of the Labour Party.

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Withdrawal from the European Union

Withdrawal from the European Union is the legal and political process whereby a member state of the European Union ceases to be a member of the union.

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Women's Parliamentary Radio

Women's Parliamentary Radio is a website that broadcasts audio and video interviews with women MPs of all parties in the U.K. All the interviews are pre-recorded and put on the website as reports which can be streamed and listened to immediately or downloaded as podcasts so that they can be listened to later.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Butler

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