Paulette Hamilton, the New MP for Birmingham Erdington After Labour Won the By-Election, Once Called for An Uprising Against the Government.
Despite its candidate once suggesting an “uprising” against the government, Labour won a by-election yesterday. Paulette Hamilton, 59, is the first black woman elected to the Birmingham City Council. The death of veteran Labour politician Jack Dromey, who had held the Erdington electorate since 2010, sparked the by-election. While the former nurse boosted her party’s … Read more