Dawn Butler
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Dawn Butler MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities | |
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In office 6 October 2016 – 1 February 2017 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement | |
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In office 30 October 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Brent Central |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sarah Teather |
| Majority | 19,649 (41.8%) |
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Member of Parliament for Brent South |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Boateng |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 November 1969 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | Official website |
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 May 2015 general election, having sat for Brent South from 2005 to 2010. Butler has served as Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement. in the Cabinet Office.
In October 2016, she was appointed by Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities, but resigned on 1 February 2017.
Butler was born in Forest Gate in East London, to Jamaican immigrant parents into a large family with a sister and four brothers. She was educated at Tom Hood School and Waltham Forest College.
She worked as an officer of the GMB Union, including time as a national race and equality officer. She was also an adviser to the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, on employment and social issues.
Butler's first attempt at entering Parliament was in Hackney South and Shoreditch where she featured on a Labour all-women shortlist but was unsuccessful. Butler put herself forward for selection for West Ham but was not selected. Following the retirement of Paul Boateng to become British High Commissioner to South Africa, she was selected as the Labour candidate in Brent South and retained the seat for her party at the 2005 general election with a majority of 11,326. She was the third black woman to become a British MP after Diane Abbott and Oona King.
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