The Baroness Brown of Silvertown | |
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| Shadow Minister for Africa | |
| In office 4 December 2021 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Catherine West |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation | |
| In office 9 April 2020 – 4 December 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Yasmin Qureshi |
| Succeeded by | Ellie Reeves |
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 12 January 2018 – 9 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Anneliese Dodds |
| Succeeded by | Wes Streeting |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
Acting | |
| In office 7 June 2017 – 18 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Diane Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Diane Abbott |
| Shadow Minister of State for Policing | |
| In office 8 October 2016 – 7 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jack Dromey |
| Succeeded by | Louise Haigh |
| Member of Parliament for West Ham | |
| In office 5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Banks |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 23 January 2025 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lyn Carol Brown 13 April 1960 London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | John Cullen |
| Alma mater | University of Roehampton |
| Website | www |
Lyn Carol Brown, Baroness Brown of Silvertown (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 in 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 in 2024, and was subsequently appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer.