 | Emily Thornberry is Labour MP for Islington South & Finsbury and shadow attorney general. Before entering Parliament, Emily practised as a criminal and human-rights barrister at the chambers of Mike Mansfield QC. She was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2010. In 2009, she was made a ministerial aide in the Department of Energy and Climate Change and, after the 2010 election, became a shadow minister in the Department of Energy and Climate Change. In October 2010, Emily became a shadow health minister and shadow attorney general in October 2011. |
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