and was brand director for TopShop.
==== Politics and public affairs ====
Barbara Allimadi, Ugandan politician and human rights activist
Adel Al-Mouwdah, Deputy Speaker of Bahrain's first elected parliament and president of Salafist party, Asalah
Graham Allen, Member of Parliament (1974, City of London Polytechnic)
Candy Atherton, British journalist and former Member of Parliament (1985, BA Applied Social Studies, Polytechnic of North London)
Julie Bindel, English writer, feminist and co-founder of the group Justice For Women (Researcher)
James Brokenshire, Member of Parliament
Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the Labour Party (Trade Union Studies, North London Polytechnic: did not graduate)
Marie-Claire Faray, women's rights activist, Vice President of the UK chapter of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Kate Hoey, Member of Parliament (Economics, City of London College)
Sadiq Khan, Member of Parliament and Mayor of London (1992, Law, University of North London)
Nainendra Nand, former Solicitor-General of Fiji from 1997 to 2000
Christine Russell, former Member of Parliament
David Shaw, former Member of Parliament
Rainatou Sow, women's rights campaigner
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner (1973, BSc Sociology, Polytechnic of North London)
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Labour politician and community activist
Charlie Whelan, Gordon Brown's former spin doctor
Malcolm Wicks, Member of Parliament
Nnamdi Kanu, Nigerian-British Director of Radio Biafra and founder of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), an African separatist group
==== Royalty ====
Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, King of the Ashantiman in Ghana, attended the Polytechnic of North London
==== Sciences ====
D. Bernard Amos, professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University (1962–1993), attended Sir John Cass Technical School
Harshad Bhadeshia, professor of metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, attended City of London Polytechnic
Edward Charles Bowra, Sinologist and botanist, attended City of London College
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