Lyn Brown

Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)

Labour MP for West Ham

@lynbrownmp

Lyn Brown’s voting in Parliament

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Labour MP for West Ham

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

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

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

Currently held offices

  • Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) (since 4 Dec 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • 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, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 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)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 18 Sep 2023.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Ditchley Foundation
Address of donor: Ditchley Park, Chipping Norton OX7 4ER
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Whilst attending a conference, accommodation and hospitality for me and a member of staff, value £1,080.48
Date received: 13 October 2022
Date accepted: 13 October 2022
Donor status: other (charity, registration 309657)
(Registered 09 November 2022)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Friends of the British Overseas Territories
Address of donor: PO Box 2635, Ilford IG1 8UA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation, value £534.92
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Dates of visit: 8-10 September 2022
Purpose of visit: A parliamentary delegation to Gibraltar as a British overseas territory to celebrate Gibraltar National Day.
(Registered 23 September 2022)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
One quarter share in a rental property in Ambleside, Cumbria: (i) and (ii). (Updated 26 July 2016)
A half share in a commercial property in Munich, Germany: (i) and (ii). (Updated 3 August 2016)

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