Claudia Naomi Webbe (born 8 March 1965)[1] is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East from 2019 to 2024.

Born in Leicester, Webbe was a councillor in the London Borough of Islington from 2010 until her resignation in March 2021, having served as its cabinet member for environment and transport.

She has described how she was born and brought up in Leicester[4] to parents of African descent who migrated from Nevis to the UK around the time of the Windrush generation.

[6] Webbe is a founder and former chair of Operation Trident,[7] a community-led initiative created in the mid-1990s to tackle the disproportionate effects of gun violence on black communities.

[7][6] In 2018, she was shortlisted to become the Labour candidate in the Lewisham East by-election, but finished third in a vote among local party members, and was not selected.

[19] She was selected as the Labour candidate for Leicester East for the 2019 general election; the party's incumbent MP, Keith Vaz, had stood down after being suspended from Parliament for six months.

Her selection resulted in the resignation of the Constituency Labour Party chair, who described it as "a fix", and some in the local British Indian community were angry that one of their candidates was not interviewed.

[6] In February 2021, Webbe apologised after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found that she had broken the Code of Conduct for MPs by her late registrations of remunerations received for her role as a councillor in Islington.

To solve the climate crisis; the rich must be abolished", a remark that drew criticism in view of her £81,000-per-year MP’s salary.

[27][28][29] In March 2023, a man who had bombarded Webbe with racist and misogynistic abuse was convicted of sending electronic communication intended to cause distress or anxiety and three counts of racially aggravated harassment.

Additionally, she called upon the UK government, Prime Minister, and Labour party leader to reassess their stance on the matter, urging for a ceasefire.

[38] The harassment was directed at a woman who was having an affair with her partner, and allegedly based on hearsay included a threat to send 'naked' photographs of the victim to her children.

District Judge Paul Goldspring, the Chief Magistrate, said her evidence was "untruthful", and that her defence was "vague, incoherent and at times illogical".