Photo: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street / OGL 3 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What impresses me most about David Lammy is the sheer durability of his career. Holding Tottenham since 2000 while rising from lawyer to Foreign Secretary, and now Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, suggests a politician who never lost touch with his constituency even as his portfolio went global. I see his legal training in how he frames arguments: methodical and precedent-minded, yet delivered with genuine heat. The honors from Ukraine and Italy hint at a diplomat who builds real relationships rather than photo opportunities. To me, he is proof that British politics still rewards conviction paired with stamina.
Overview
David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972) is a British politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Justice, and Lord Chancellor since September 2025. He previously served as Foreign Secretary from July 2024 to September 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Lammy
- Name (Japanese)
- デイビッド・ラミー
- Reading
- でいびっど・らみー
- Born
- July 19, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Whittington Hospital, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / jurist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Order of Merit, 1st class
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.