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Johnson is a Barrister and was a councillor in the London Borough Of Tower Hamlets from 1994 to 2002 , serving as Chair of Social Services . She stood unsuccessfully in Brentwood And Ongar at the 2001 General Election .

She became a member of the London Assembly on 1 March , 2003 after the resignation of Trevor Phillips who became chair of the Commission For Racial Equality , having been next on the list of London-wide members at the 2000 Election . She did not stand for re-election in 2004 .
In May 2005 , she was elected Labour Member of Parliament for the Kingston Upon Hull North constituency in place of Kevin McNamara .

In November 2005 Diana Johnson was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Pensions Reform, Stephen Timms .


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