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Labour is marking the 33rd anniversary of the first black mps – diane abbott, paul boateng and bernie grant – being elected to the uk parliament. on june 11th 1987, the mps for hackney north, tottenham and brent south, as well as keith vaz for leicester east, made history as voters returned them to the house of commons.. Bernie grant brought to parliament a long and distinguished campaigning record. he was a founder member of the standing conference of afro-caribbean and asian councillors and a member of the labour party black sections. paul boateng to the home office, keith vaz to the foreign office, and diane abbott to top-level state committees - grant. It comes 33 years to the day after bernie grant, diane abbott and paul boateng become members of parliament. in a video message on thursday, the party leader announced a set of new measures to.

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diane abbott paul boateng bernie grant Mps bernie grant and diane abbott, watched by mps paul boateng and keith vaz during the debate on the creation of separate black sections within the labour party at the annual conference in. The other two black mps elected in that poll were paul boateng and bernie grant, both also labour. ms abbott served as the shadow home secretary of the labour party during mr corbyn's leadership.