About 26 Indian-origin MPs, a record number, were elected to the House of Commons in the UK general election announced on Friday, after Labour won a landslide victory, ending 14 years of Conservative rule and appointing Keir Starmer as the new prime minister.
1) Rishi Sunak: Outgoing Chancellor Rishi Sunak led the Conservative Party’s British Indian MPs to retain their seats with a landslide victory in the Yorkshire constituency of Richmond and Northallerton. The victory will have been of little consolation to the Conservative leader, who lost more than 200 seats to Labour’s landslide victory.
Other notable British Indian Tory Party The following people remained in their seats:
2) Suella Braverman Suella Braverman, a 44-year-old lawyer of Indian descent with a Goan father and Tamil mother, apologized to the public for the Conservative Party’s performance over the past 14 years after winning the newly created constituency of Fareham and Waterlooville. Braverman has represented the residents of Fareham since 2015 and was re-elected in 2017 and 2019, increasing the Conservative Party’s vote share both times. She was sacked by Sunak in late 2023 after falling out with Downing Street over an article accusing the Metropolitan police of bias in policing pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
3) Priti Patel: Priti Patel won in Witham, Essex. Born in London in March 1972 to Sushil and Anjana Patel, she went to school in Watford. She studied Economics at Keele University and completed a postgraduate course at the University of Essex. Has roots in Tarapur, Anand, Gujarat Patel hails from New Jersey County, NJ, where his father Sushil Patel’s family is from. Patel is an ardent supporter of Brexit and one of the most vocal critics of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy. He was first elected as the Conservative MP for Witham, Essex, in 2010, and gained attention as a defender of Indian immigrants in the Conservative government led by David Cameron at the time. However, he was forced to resign from Theresa May’s government after it was revealed that he had secretly met with the Israeli government.
Four) Claire Coutinho: Sunak’s Goan ministerial ally, Claire Coutinho was victorious A native of East Surrey, her official website details her journey in British politics, from being first elected as the Conservative MP for East Surrey in December 2019 to eventually joining Cabinet as Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero.
She has a Masters in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University and began her career at Merrill Lynch before moving into social justice and UK policy, and has also worked as a special adviser to government departments, including the Treasury.
Five) Gagan Mohindra: Gagan Mohindra retained his seat of South West Hertfordshire for the Conservatives. Mohindra joined the Conservative Party. He joined Parliament in 2002 and was first elected as a parish councillor in June 2004. He was elected Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire in 2019. He will be appointed Assistant Government Chief Whip in September 2023. Previously, he served as Private Secretary (PPS) to the Foreign Secretary, Private Secretary to the Home Secretary and Private Secretary to the Department for Transport, from September 2022.
6) Shivani Raja: Shivani Raja increased her party’s vote lead in the hotly contested Leicester East constituency, where she was up against Indian-origin Labour candidate Rajesh Agrawal, who campaigned on preventing council budget cuts from switching off the city’s famous Diwali lights, as was former MP Keith Vaz, who ran as an independent.
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7) Seema Malhotra: Seema Malhotra comfortably retained her Feltham and Heston constituency. She is co-founder and chair of the Fabian Women’s Network. Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston Four times between 2011 and 2024, she also served as shadow minister in various ministries.
8) Valerie Vaz: Valerie Vaz, from Goa, sister of Keith Vaz, won in Walsall and Bloxwich. Qualified as a lawyer in 1984She subsequently founded the community law firm Townsend Vaz and became a Deputy District Judge. In May 2010, Valerie was elected as the Member of Parliament for Walsall South, representing the Labour Party, and was re-elected in May 2015, June 2017 and again in 2019. Valerie served as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and a Member of the Shadow Cabinet from October 2016 to May 2021. In October 2019, Valerie was appointed a Member of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, Her Majesty’s most prestigious position, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of West London.
9) Lisa Nandy: Lisa Nandy won Wigan by a large margin. She was the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and He will be elected to the National Assembly four times between 2010 and 2024. Nandi completed his degree at Newcastle University and then Master’s Degree in Politics and Public Administration A graduate of Birkbeck, she was Senior Policy Adviser at The Children’s Society from 2005 to 2010 and served as a Labour MP for Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council from 2006 to 2010. She was elected in 2010 for Wigan, becoming the constituency’s first female MP and one of the first female MPs of Asian descent.
Ten) Preet Kaur Gill: Preet Kaur Gill, British Sikh Member of Parliament She defeated Ashville Sangha, a first-time Conservative candidate in Birmingham, to become Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health in September 2023. She is the UK’s first female Sikh MP and, before becoming an MP, was a social worker, councillor and cabinet member for public health and safeguarding.
11) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi: British Sin Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Dhesi won back his Labour seat in Slough. Born in Berkshire, Dhesi received most of his primary education in Punjab before returning to the UK at the age of nine. He studied Mathematics and Business Management at University College London, a Masters in Applied Statistics at Oxford University, and a Masters in South Asian History and its Links to the UK at Cambridge University. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Slough with a majority of 17,000 votes in the 2017 general election, and was subsequently re-elected in 2019. In Parliament, Tan served as Shadow Minister for Exports.
12) Navendu Mishra: Navendu Mishra emerged victorious Originally from Stockport, Navendu Mishra was elected Member of Parliament for Stockport in the 2019 general election. Before entering politics he worked as a shop steward in Stockport and later became a trade union organiser.
13) Nadia Whittome: Nadia Whittome is one of the Labour MPs who was overwhelmingly re-elected. She won from Nottingham East. Whittome was elected to Parliament in 2019 at the age of 23, making her the youngest MP in the UK. She studied law at the University of Nottingham and worked as a carer during that time. She also worked as a hate crime officer. In 2020, she was co-recipient of Pink News’ Politician of the Year award, and in 2023, she won Diva Magazine’s Unsung Hero of the Year award.
14) Jas Athwal: Jas Athwal was elected from Ilford South. He has lived in Ilford for 52 years. Labour wins three electionsHe is the leader of Redbridge Council.
15) Baggy Shankar: Baghy Shankar won in Derby South. He has been a trade unionist in the manufacturing and civil aerospace sectors for over 30 years and is also leader of Derby City Council.
16) Satveer Kaur: Satvir Kaur won the Southampton Test. She University of Southampton She studied history and political science at Solent University, and then law. She was elected to Southampton City Council for Shirley in 2011, and is aiming to become a parliamentary candidate in 2022.
17) Harpreet Uppal: Harpreet Uppal was selected from Huddersfield. According to her LinkedIn profile:He graduated from the University of Bradford with an MA in International Politics in 2005 and entered politics in 2018 as the Labour MP for Ashbrough and chair of Kirklees Economic and Neighbourhood Watch.
18) Warinder Jas: Wallinder Yuss scores a win against Wolverhampton West. He became a member of the Labour Party. He joined the party more than 25 years ago and has held various positions within the party, including working “solely for victims” at a trade union law firm for more than 31 years.
19) Gurinder Josan: Grinder Jothan recorded a win from Smethwick. According to his LinkedIn profile:He graduated from the University of London with a BSc in Physics in 1993 and has been a member of the Labour Party since 1998.
20) Kanishka Narayan: Kanishka Narayan was elected. A native of the Vale of Glamorgan, he was educated at Oxford and Stanford universities and has worked as a senior adviser to the Cabinet Office and an expert adviser to the UK Environment Secretary, advising ministers on domestic public policy, and as head of technology policy to the Labour frontbench.
twenty one) Sonia Kumar: Sonia Kumar was elected from Dudley and is the first woman MP from Dudley.
twenty two) Sreena Brackenbridge: Sreena Brackenbridge won for Wolverhampton North East, where she will also serve as Mayor for Wolverhampton North East in 2021-2022.
twenty three) Kirsten Entwistle: Kiris Entwistle was elected for Bolton North East. She works for the charity WaveLength and is the first female Member of Parliament for Bolton North East.
twenty four) Jeven Sunder: Jeven Sunder was elected from Loughborough. He Worked as an economistA trade union representative and teacher, he holds a PhD in Political Economy from King’s College London, an MSc in Economic Development and Policy Analysis and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Nottingham.
twenty five) Sojourn Joseph: Sojan Joseph, elected from Ashford, is a nurse from Kerala who moved to the UK 20 years ago and will be the first person from Kerala to be elected to the British Parliament.
26) Munira Wilson: The Liberal Democrats performed well overall, winning over 60 seats, and Munira Wilson recaptured Twickenham.
