David Lammy
The Rt Hon. David Lammy has been the Labour Member of Parliament for Tottenham since June 2000. Before the Labour Party’s defeat in the 2010 General Election he served as Minister for Higher Education, following ministerial posts in the Department of Health, the Department of Constitutional Affairs, the DCMS and the Department for Innovation, University and Skills. After Labour’s 2024 election victory he was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
He is married with two young sons and lives in his constituency. His acclaimed first book, Out of the Ashes, looked at the causes and repercussions of the riots of summer 2011, and was published by Guardian Books. David’s second book, Tribes, about our need to belong, was published in 2020 by Constable / Little, Brown.
David is now working on a new project, for Allen Lane / Penguin.
