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Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
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Diane Abbott
British politician (born 1953)
Diane Julie Abbott is a British politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. She was the first black woman elected to the UK Parliament, and in 2024 became its longest-serving female MP, earning the title Mother of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Paul Boateng
British Labour Party politician (born 1951)
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Bernie Grant
British politician (1944–2000)
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