diane julie abbott (born 27 september 1953) is a british politician. julie was born and raised in london. her parents were jamaican immigrants. she is now the member of parliament for the hackney north and stoke newington constituency in london, uk. she was oppurtune to be the first black woman to be elected to the house of common when she was elected in the 1987 general election. in 2010, abbott became shadow public health minister after unsuccessfully standing for election as leader of the labour party. abbott was made shadow home secretary by jeremy corbyn in october 2016.