Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has registered a landslide victory within the UK common election with incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Social gathering being dethroned.
Within the 650-member Home of Commons, 4 British Indians have additionally registered their victory. Learn extra to seek out out who they’re.
Rishi Sunak: The incumbent Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has retained his seat from northern England, however his Conservative Social gathering conceded defeat typically elections after theLabour Social gathering cruised to victory successful 378 seats.
“To the a whole lot of Conservative candidates, hundreds of volunteers and tens of millions of voters: Thanks on your onerous work, thanks on your assist, and thanks on your vote,” wrote Sunak on X (previously Twitter) after going through the defeat.
The primary British Asian prime minister, he beforehand held two cupboard positions beneath Boris Johnson, together with Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022. Sunak served because the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) from 2015 to 2024, and has represented Richmond and Northallerton since 2024.
Preet Kaur Gill: A member of the Labour Social gathering, Gill was re-elected from from Birmingham Edgbaston. Earlier, she has served because the Shadow Minister for Main Care and Public Well being.
“A honour and a privilege to be re-elected once more as MP for Birmingham Edgbaston. Thanks to everybody who put their belief in me. I’ll proceed to serve the individuals and place I really like,” Gill wrote on X (previously Twitter).
Priti Patel: Former residence secretary Priti Patel has retained her Witham seat in Essex, taking 37.2 p.c of the vote to beat Labour Social gathering candidate into second place. The politician of Gujarati descent served as House Secretary from 2019 to 2022. Patel, a member of the Conservative Social gathering, has been an MP for Witham since 2010.
Gagan Mohindra: Born right into a Punjabi Hindu household, Mohindra is a member of the Conservative Social gathering. He has been re-elected from South West Herts within the UK common election. Gagan received with 16, 458 votes with Liberal Democrat Sally Symington coming second with 12,002. His mother and father, each from Punjab, immigrated to the UK earlier than Mohindra was born. His paternal grandfather served within the British Indian Military.
Kanishka Narayan: A Labour Social gathering member and former Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns misplaced to Labour’s Kanishka Narayan, who has change into Wales’ first MP from a minority ethnic background. Born in India, Narayan moved to Cardiff at age 12. He earned a scholarship to Eton, studied at Oxford and Stanford, after which turned a civil servant. Narayan served as a civil servant within the Cupboard Workplace beneath David Cameron and within the Surroundings Division beneath Liz Truss. He has additionally labored within the personal sector, offering monetary recommendation to companies. Moreover, Narayan has volunteered with Residents Recommendation and The Trussell Belief.
Navendu Mishra: A member of the Labour Social gathering, Mishra has received from Stockport constituency. He had secured the seat within the 2019 elections additionally. His mom comes from Gorakhpur, whereas his father is from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Navendu Mishra has been re-elected as MP with 21,787 votes. This seat has returned a Labour MP in each election since 1992.
Lisa Nandy: A labour celebration member, Nandy comfortably retained her Wigan seat, which she has held since 2014, with 19,401 votes. The Reform UK candidate, Andy Dawber, got here in second with 9,852 votes. It was a dismal evening for the Conservatives, with their candidate Henry Mitson receiving solely 4,310 votes. She is the daughter of Dipak Nandy, a famend Kolkata-born tutorial identified for his work in race relations in Britain. A member of the Labour Social gathering, she has represented Wigan since 2010.
Suella Braverman: The Indian-origin politician has received from Fareham and Waterlooville seats. Over the past cupboard rejig of Sunak-led authorities, Braverman had stoked controversy together with his assertion that Metropolitan Police had been lenient with pro-Palestine protesters. Nevertheless, she was changed by James Cleverly as inside minister.
A member of the Conservative Social gathering, she served as chair of the European Analysis Group from 2017 to 2018 and as Legal professional Basic for England and Wales from 2020 to March 2021, and once more from September 2021 to 2022. She was the MP for Fareham from 2015 till 2024.
Shivani Raja: Shivani Raja received the Leicester East seat, taking it from the Labour Social gathering. The competition included notable candidates corresponding to former MPs Claude Webbe and Keith Vaz, who ran as Independents.
Raja, a Leicester native, studied at Herrick Main, Soar Valley School, and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I School. She graduated with First Class Honours in Beauty Science from De Montfort College (DMU).
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi: The Sikh chief has been re-elected as MP from Slough. In a put up on X (foremerly Twitter), he thanked individuals of Slough for re-electing him. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi is the primary ever turbaned Sikh MP of the British parliament.