David Lammy
David Lammy | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Angela Rayner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Shabana Mahmood | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yvette Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Tottenham | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 22 June 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bernie Grant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 15,434 (38.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the London Assembly as the 10th Additional Member | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 4 May 2000 – 4 July 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jennette Arnold | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | David Lindon Lammy 19 July 1972 Archway, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nicola Green (m. 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
David Lindon Lammy PC FRSA[2] (born 19 July 1972) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2025. He was the Foreign Secretary from 2024 until 2025.[3] He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000. He was the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs from 2021 until 2024.
References
- ↑ Ram, Ryan (12 September 2017). "David Lammy is Proud of his Guyanese Roots!". The West Indian Online. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024.
- ↑ "List of members' Interests, Cabinet Office, March 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "David Lammy appointed as UK foreign secretary". Politico. Retrieved 2024-07-05.