Alison Hume | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forScarborough and Whitby | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Goodwill |
| Majority | 5,408 (12.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Northern Film School |
| Website | www |
| Writing career | |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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Alison Louise Hume[1] is a BritishLabour Party politician and television writer who has beenMember of Parliament (MP) forScarborough and Whitby since2024. In television she is known for her work as creator and executive producer of theCBBC seriesThe Sparticle Mystery and theBBC dramaRocket Man.
Hume was born inBushey[citation needed] and grew up inEssex, with her father, an accountant, being originally fromYork.[2] She moved back to Yorkshire with her parents, when they retired, moving toPoppleton.[2]
Hume attended theNorthern Film School and trained on aCarlton new writers' course.[3] She worked as a television and filmscreenwriter, writing among others, the 2003 feature filmPure,[4] and the 2005 TV movieBeaten.[5] She had her own production company, which produced theCBBC showsSummerhill andThe Sparticle Mystery, both of which she wrote.[6][7]
In 2025 Hume was one of the judges of the 'Self-Published Novel' category of theComedy Women in Print Prize.[8]
Following her second son being born with a rare chromosomal disorder, Hume became adisability rights campaigner, eventually co founding York Accessibility Action. It was through her activism that she entered formal politics.[2][9] At the2019 European Parliament election, Hume stood as a candidate for theLabour Party in theYorkshire and the Humber constituency.[10][11] In 2019 she unsuccessfully stood to be the Labour candidate forRother Valley[12] Hume was also a candidate in the2021 election for theNorth Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.[13] In 2023, she was selected as theLabour Party candidate forScarborough and Whitby at the2024 general election, a contest that she won with a majority of over 5,000.[14][15]
| 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 |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | British Academy Children's Awards[16] | Children's: Drama | Alison Hume (with Stephen Smallwood and Jon East), forSummerhill | Nominated |
| Children's: Writer | Alison Hume, forSummerhill | Won | ||
| Royal Television Society Awards[17] | Writer of the Year | Alison Hume, forSummerhill | Won | |
| 2015 | Royal Television Society Awards – Yorkshire[18][19] | Writer – Drama | Alison Hume, forThe Sparticle Mystery | Nominated |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forScarborough and Whitby 2024–present | Incumbent |