Lurline Champagnie OBE, (born 1935/1936 in Jamaica), is a British politician who became the first black woman to stand as a parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in the 1992 United Kingdom general election, losing to future Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Lurline Champagnie OBE, born in Jamaica around 1935 or 1936, is a British politician who was among the first black women to run as a parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in the 1992 United Kingdom general election. She lost to Jeremy Corbyn, who later became the Labour Party leader.