Lynne Featherstone

Lynne Featherstone is MP for Hornsey and Wood Green. She was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development on 5 September 2012.

Previously, she served as Home Office minister for equalities and criminal information.

Lynne served as the Liberal Democrats' international development spokesperson in 2006, before moving on to be their youth and equalities spokesperson in 2007. 

Prior to that, she was elected to Haringey Council in 1998 (a position she held until 2006), and in 2000, she was elected to the London Assembly, where she chaired the transport committee and served on the health and standards committees and the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Before becoming involved in politics, Lynne ran her own design company, and was a strategic design consultant.

In her spare time, she has volunteered in the Royal Free Hospital.