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Lyn Brown is a former MP for West Ham.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for West Ham

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @lynbrownmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lyn Brown campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Prisons: Coronavirus
• Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
• Prisons: Education
• Probation
• Ministers: Official Cars

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (12 Jan 2018 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Policing) (14 Oct 2016 to 12 Jan 2018)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (10 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 18 Nov 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon John Denham, Secretary of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Jan 2009)
• PPS (Mr Phil Woolas, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government (20 Nov 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 15 Jan 2007)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee ( 5 Dec 2005 to 27 Jun 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tony Banks

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Psychoactive Substances Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Equality Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sudan: Human Rights 24 May 2024

  To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking to (a) support an extension of the mandate for the Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council, (b) support the (i) resourcing and (ii) access of that Mission’s mandate and (c) engage with African members of the Human Rights Council on that Mission.

• Business of the House 16 May 2024

  I have recently been contacted by constituents about the imminent closure of the Hall, a small community space in East Village, Stratford—one of very few in the area. As we know, such spaces are absolutely invaluable. Ours hosts loads of events, including meetings of the Brownies and the Girl Guides. I am making representations to Get Living, the developer responsible for that decision. It...

• Conflict in Sudan: El Fasher 16 May 2024

  (Urgent Question): To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary if he will make a statement on the Government’s response to atrocity risks in El Fasher, Sudan.

More of Lyn Brown’s recent appearances