UK Election 2024: The Labour Party wins the UK general election, gaining a majority of 326 seats in the House of Commons. Keir Starmer becomes the new Prime Minister.
Friday’s result ended 14 years of Conservative rule, which saw five prime ministers in power, with outgoing chancellor Rishi Sunak conceding defeat after several cabinet ministers lost their seats.
The previous parliament, under Rishi Sunak as chancellor, had 15 MPs of Indian origin – eight from the Labour Party and seven from the Conservative Party.
As many as 107 British Indians are contesting for 680 seats in the 2024 general election. Reports suggest that the House of Representatives is expected to have more Indian MPs than the previous one.
Notable elected British Members of Parliament of Indian descent include:
Rishi Sunak
Outgoing chancellor and Conservative leader Rishi Sunak retained his seat in the north of England after the general election loss to Labour. “Today there is a peaceful transition of power, in good faith with all parties involved,” Sunak said after the Conservative defeat.
Shivani Raja
Ms Raja, a Conservative leader, won her Leicester East constituency where she faced off against other strong candidates including former MPs Claude Webb and Keith Vaz, who ran as independents.
Born in Leicester, Raja was educated at Herrick Primary School, Soar Valley College, Wigston and Queen Elizabeth II College, before graduating with a First Class Honours in Cosmetic Science from De Montfort University.
Kanishka Narayan
Labour leader Kanishka Narayan became the first Welsh member of an ethnic minority to be elected to Parliament. He defeated former Secretary of State for Wales Alan Cairns. Born in India, Narayan moved to Cardiff when he was 12 years old. TimesHe was described as “an Old Eton scholar and a public servant for the Valley of Glamorgan”.
Suella Braverman
Conservative leader Suella Braverman won her constituency of Fareham and Waterlooville. Braverman, who is of Indian origin, replaced James Cleverley as Home Secretary in the latest reshuffle of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government. She was also sacked as Home Secretary after challenging Chancellor Sunak.
News18 reports that Ms Braverman was born Sue Ellen Fernandez in April 1980. She was named after Sue Ellen Ewing, creator of the American TV show “Dallas,” which was one of her mother’s favourite shows.
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