in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election. In October 2016, Corbyn reappointed Brown to serve as a Shadow Minister, as Shadow Minister for Policing, during which time, Brown temporarily replaced Diane Abbott as Shadow Home Secretary during a period of ill health for Abbott. Personal life In May 2008 Brown married John Cullen and exercised her privilege as a member of Parliament to hold the ceremony in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. The ceremony was performed by fellow Labour MP and former vicar Chris Bryant. Until May 2009, Brown rented a central London flat using the second home allowance, despite her constituency being only 6 miles from Westminster. Brown's hobbies include reading crime fiction and walking. References External links Lyn Brown MP official constituency website Newham Labour Party |- 1960 births 21st-century British women politicians People from Silvertown Alumni of the University of Roehampton Councillors in the London Borough of Newham Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Living people People educated at Plashet School Politicians from London UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present 21st-century English women 21st-century English people Women councillors in England