Diana Johnson (b. 25 July 1966, Northwich) is a Labour Party politician and former member of the London Assembly.
Johnson is a barrister and was a councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 1994 to 2002, serving as Chair of social services. She stood unsuccessfully in Brentwood and Ongar at the 2001 general election.
She became a member of the London Assembly on 1 March, 2003 after the resignation of Trevor Phillips who became chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, having been next on the list of London-wide members at the 2000 election. She did not stand for re-election in 2004.
In February 2004, she was selected as the Labour candidate for 2005 general election in the Hull North constituency in place of Kevin McNamara.
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