Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
kingo@parliament.uk
miahr@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Bethnal Green and Bow 1997-2005. Contested Bethnal Green and Bow 2005 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
Stephen Timms as Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 2002-03,
Patricia Hewitt as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 2003-05
Party groups
Joint vice-chair, London Regional Group of Labour MPs 1997-2005;
Chair, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform;
Contested Labour Party London Mayor Candidacy 2010
Select committees
Member: International Development 1997-2001,
Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-02,
Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee) 2001-02
Political interests
Race relations, employment, education, health, development, equal opportunities, housing, European affairs, electoral reform, poverty
Countries of interest
Bangladesh, France, Great Lakes Region, Italy, Nicaragua, Rwanda, South Africa, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness King of Bow, of Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 2011
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Freelance Diversity Executive, Channel 4 (television)
Income from journalism, broadcasting and chairing conferences