Biography
David Lammy was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in May 2005.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Tottenham in June 2000 following the death of Bernie Grant.
Before being appointed as Minister for Culture, David Lammy was Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Constitutional Affairs and before that Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary for Rt Hon Estelle Morris at the Department for Education and a member of the Greater London Authority with a portfolio for Culture and Arts.
David Lammy was born on 19 July 1972. He studied Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in the University of London and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1995. He achieved a Masters degree in Law at the Harvard Law School in 1997. He has practised in both England and the USA.
Updated: 19 September 2005