Alison Louise Hume is a British Labour Party politician and television writer who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since

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. In television she is known for her work as creator and executive producer of the

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series ''

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'' and the

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drama '' Rocket Man''.

Early life

Hume was born in

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and grew up in

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, with her father, an accountant, being originally from

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. She moved back to Yorkshire with her parents, when they retired, moving to Poppleton.

Writing

Hume attended the Northern Film School and trained on a Carlton new writers' course. She worked as a television and film

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, writing among others, the 2003 feature film ''Pure'', and the 2005 TV movie ''Beaten''. She had her own production company, through which produced the

shows '' Summerhill'' and ''

'', both of which she wrote.

Politics

Following her second son being born with a rare chromosomal disorder, Hume became a

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campaigner, eventually co founding York Accessibility Action. It was through her activism that she entered formal politics. At the

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, Hume stood as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency. In 2019 she unsuccessfully stood to be the Labour candidate for Rother Valley Hume was also a candidate in the 2021 election for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. In 2023, she was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Scarborough and Whitby at the

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, a contest that she won with a majority of over 5,000.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

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Alison Hume for Scarborough and Whitby
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