Lyn Brown

Lyn Brown
Shadow Minister for Africa
In office
4 December 2021 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byCatherine West
Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation
In office
9 April 2020 – 4 December 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byYasmin Qureshi
Succeeded byEllie Reeves
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
12 January 2018 – 9 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byAnneliese Dodds
Succeeded byWes Streeting
Shadow Home Secretary
Acting
In office
7 June 2017 – 18 June 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byDiane Abbott
Succeeded byDiane Abbott
Shadow Minister of State for Policing
In office
8 October 2016 – 7 June 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byJack Dromey
Succeeded byLouise Haigh
Member of Parliament
for West Ham
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byTony Banks
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Lyn Carol Brown

(1960-04-13) 13 April 1960 (age 64)
London, England, UK
Political partyLabour
SpouseJohn Cullen
Alma materUniversity of Roehampton
WebsiteOfficial website
Commons website

Lyn Carol Brown (born 13 April 1960) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Ham from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was a Shadow Minister for the Home Office from 2015 to 2016, Shadow Policing Minister from 2016 to 2017, Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2018 to 2020, and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2020 to 2021. She served as the Shadow Minister for Africa until standing down from parliament.