Alison Hume
Alison Hume | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Goodwill |
| Majority | 5,408 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bushey, Hertfordshire[citation needed] |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Northern Film School |
| Website | www |
| Writing career | |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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Alison Louise Hume[1] is a British Labour Party politician and television writer who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2024. In television she is known for her work as creator and executive producer of the CBBC series The Sparticle Mystery and the BBC drama Rocket Man.
Early life
[edit]Hume was born in Bushey[citation needed] and grew up in Essex, with her father, an accountant, being originally from York.[2] She moved back to Yorkshire with her parents, when they retired, moving to Poppleton.[2]
Writing
[edit]Hume attended the Northern Film School and trained on a Carlton new writers' course.[3] She worked as a television and film screenwriter, writing among others, the 2003 feature film Pure,[4] and the 2005 TV movie Beaten.[5] She had her own production company, through which produced the CBBC shows Summerhill and The Sparticle Mystery, both of which she wrote.[6][7]
Politics
[edit]Following her second son being born with a rare chromosomal disorder, Hume became a disability rights campaigner, eventually co founding York Accessibility Action. It was through her activism that she entered formal politics.[2][8] At the 2019 European Parliament election, Hume stood as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency.[9][10] In 2019 she unsuccessfully stood to be the Labour candidate for Rother Valley[11] Hume was also a candidate in the 2021 election for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.[12] In 2023, she was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Scarborough and Whitby at the 2024 general election, a contest that she won with a majority of over 5,000.[13][14]
Filmography
[edit]| Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|
| Pure | Feature film (2002) | — |
| The Vice | 2 episodes (2002–2003) | ITV |
| New Tricks | "Home Truths" (2004) | BBC |
| Beaten | TV movie (2005) | BBC |
| Rocket Man | 3 episodes (2005) | BBC |
| Roman Mysteries | 2 episodes (2007) | BBC |
| Summerhill | TV movie (2008) | CBBC |
| The Sparticle Mystery | 36 episodes (2011–2015) | CBBC |
| Holby City | 1 episode (2019) | BBC |
| So Awkward | 1 episode (2019) | CBBC |
| Jamie Johnson | 2 episodes (2020) | CBBC |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ||||
| British Academy Children's Awards[15] | Children's: Drama | Alison Hume (with Stephen Smallwood and Jon East), for Summerhill | Nominated | |
| Children's: Writer | Alison Hume, for Summerhill | Won | ||
| Royal Television Society Awards[16] | Writer of the Year | Alison Hume, for Summerhill | Won | |
| 2015 | ||||
| Royal Television Society Awards – Yorkshire[17][18] | Writer – Drama | Alison Hume, for The Sparticle Mystery | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Greenwood, Darren (16 April 2024). "Labour's Alison Hume forecast to win Scarborough and Whitby". York Press. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Child's play creates a world without grown-ups". The Yorkshire Post. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Battle of the British middleweights". The Daily Telegraph. 2 May 2003. p. 25. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Walton, James (15 March 2005). "Darkness in the daytime". The Daily Telegraph. p. 23. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "New CBBC drama to be filmed in Northern Ireland". 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Television Writing: Women's Work?". Writers' Guild of Great Britain. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Bryant, Miranda (19 November 2021). "York's anti-terror measures make centre a 'no go zone' for disabled people". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Labour candidates for the European elections". The Labour Party. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "2019 European elections: List of candidates for Yorkshire and the Humber". BBC News. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ @msalisonhume (21 October 2019). "I'm delighted to have been shortlisted to be Labour's Parliamentary Candidate in Rother Valley. Please follow me @AlisonHumeRV #alison4RV 🌹💪🏻 I pledge to stand up for Rother Valley as a proud socialist & bring Rother Valley together for Labour #ForTheMany See you Friday!" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner 2021: Who is standing?". BBC News. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ Buksmann, George (27 March 2023). "Labour candidate Alison Hume announced to challenge Scarborough and Whitby seat at next general election". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ French, Louise (5 July 2024). "General Election: Labour candidate Alison Hume elected as MP for Scarborough and Whitby". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Children's in 2008".
- ^ "Nominations & Winners 2008 Programme Awards". Royal Television Society. 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Rochelle Stevens & Co". 26 May 2015.
- ^ "RTS Programme Awards 2015". 17 March 2015.
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