David Lindon Lammy (born July 19, 1972) is a British politician who has been tipped as "Britain's first Black Prime Minister" July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Lammy was born in Tottenham, a working-class area of North London, and brought up by his mother after his father left the family. He won an Inner London Education Authority choral scholarship to The King's School, Peterborough and studied for a degree in law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and then took a Masters degree at Harvard Law School, the first Black Briton to do so. This article is about the London District, for the football (soccer) team: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. For other uses, see Tottenham (disambiguation). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs, from 1965 until its abolition in 1990. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The School of Oriental and African Studies (often abbreviated to SOAS) was founded in 1916 as the School of Oriental Studies at 2, Finsbury Circus, London, England, the then premises of the London Institution. ... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ...

In 2000, he was elected as a Labour candidate on the London-wide list to the London Assembly. However, the sitting Member of Parliament for Tottenham Bernie Grant died during the campaign, and Lammy was selected to follow him. He retained the seat, on a low turnout, in a by-election held on June 22, 2000, becoming the youngest MP. He was promoted to the government in 2002 and served at the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2003 to 2005. Following the 2005 General Election, Lammy was appointed as Minister for Culture under Tessa Jowell at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. This article is about the year 2000. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main democratic socialist [1] political party in the United Kingdom. ... The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Tottenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant (17 February 1944 - 8 April 2000), known simply as Bernie Grant, was a politician in the United Kingdom, and was Labour member of Parliament for Tottenham at the time of his death. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Baby of the House is the unofficial moniker given to the youngest member of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... Rt. ... The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. ...

Lammy has stated in speeches and articles that his vision for the arts in the UK is to move towards participation for all. In February 2006 he criticised the Arts Council of England leading to a conflict with its chairman. The Arts Council of England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. ...

Personal life

Athough he is openly bisexual, Lammy was in a relationship with television presenter, June Sarpong. They split amicably in June 2003. In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... June Sarpong (born 31 May 1977) is a British television presenter. ...

Lammy met wife Nicola Green, who is comfortable with his sexual oreintation, through friends at a party in March 2004. The couple married in 2005 [1] Nicola Green is a Scottish born portrait artist, presently based in London. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• David Lammy official website
• Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: David Lammy MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com – David Lammy MP