London, A record number of around 26 Members of Parliament of Indian origin have been elected to the House of Commons in the UK general election when the results were announced on Friday, and several Conservatives survived a brutal result for their party .
Outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is leading the Conservative campaign for British Indians to retain their seats, with a decisive victory in his Richmond and Northallerton constituency in Yorkshire. It would have been little consolation for the Conservative leader, who saw his party lose more than 200 seats as Labour's landslide victory unfolded.
“On this difficult night, I would like to express my gratitude to the people of the Richmond and Northallerton constituency for their continued support. Since I moved here a decade ago, you and my family have made us feel at home and I look forward to serving you in the years to come,” Sunak said, in a message clearly aimed at dismissing pre-election rumors about his future plans. as a politician.
Other prominent British Indian Conservatives who retained their seats included former home secretaries Suella Braverman and Priti Patel, as well as Claire Coutinho, a Goan-born Sunak cabinet ally. Gagan Mohindra retained his seat for the Conservatives in south-west Hertfordshire, and Shivani Raja recorded a victory for the party in the closely watched Leicester East constituency, where he was running against Indian-origin Labor candidate Rajesh Agrawal. Both had explored the issue of how to save the city's famous Diwali lights from going out due to council budget cuts, as had former MP Keith Vaz, who was contesting as an independent this time.
Among the big losses on the Conservative side were Shailesh Vara, who narrowly lost his north-west Cambridgeshire seat to Labour, and first-timer Ameet Jogia, who also lost the Conservative-held London seat of Hendon to Labour. .
Reflecting the overall tally of election results, it was Labor that saw the maximum number of winning candidates from the Indian diaspora, starting with party veterans like Seema Malhotra, who held her Feltham and Heston constituency with a comfortable margin. Valerie Vaz, originally from Goa and sister of Keith Vaz, won in Walsall and Bloxwich, as did Lisa Nandy by a large margin in Wigan.
British Sikh MPs Preet Kaur Gill, who defeated Conservative first-termer Ashvir Sangha, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi regained their Labor seats in Birmingham Edgbaston and Slough respectively. Navendu Mishra (Stockport) and Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East) were among the other Labor MPs re-elected with convincing majorities.
It was among the newcomers that British Indians made a big mark for the Labor Party, with Jas Athwal (Ilford South), Baggy Shanker (Derby South), Satvir Kaur (Southampton Test), Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield), Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West). ), Gurinder Josan (Smethwick), Kanishka Narayan (Vale of Glamorgan), Sonia Kumar (Dudley), Sureena Brackenbridge (Wolverhampton North East), Kirith Entwistle (Bolton North East), Jeevun Sandher (Loughborough) and Sojan Joseph (Ashford) among those who will take their seats in Parliament next week.
For the Liberal Democrats, who had a good election overall and won over 60 seats, Munira Wilson won back her Twickenham constituency.
One of the seats on Labour's watch list was Islington North, where suspended former party leader Jeremy Corbyn ran as an independent to defeat his British Indian Labor rival Praful Nargund.
Outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is leading the Conservative campaign for British Indians to retain their seats, with a decisive victory in his Richmond and Northallerton constituency in Yorkshire. It would have been little consolation for the Conservative leader, who saw his party lose more than 200 seats as Labour's landslide victory unfolded.
“On this difficult night, I would like to express my gratitude to the people of the Richmond and Northallerton constituency for their continued support. Since I moved here a decade ago, you and my family have made us feel at home and I look forward to serving you in the years to come,” Sunak said, in a message clearly aimed at dismissing pre-election rumors about his future plans. as a politician.
Other prominent British Indian Conservatives who retained their seats included former home secretaries Suella Braverman and Priti Patel, as well as Claire Coutinho, a Goan-born Sunak cabinet ally. Gagan Mohindra retained his seat for the Conservatives in south-west Hertfordshire, and Shivani Raja recorded a victory for the party in the closely watched Leicester East constituency, where he was running against Indian-origin Labor candidate Rajesh Agrawal. Both had explored the issue of how to save the city's famous Diwali lights from going out due to council budget cuts, as had former MP Keith Vaz, who was contesting as an independent this time.
Among the big losses on the Conservative side were Shailesh Vara, who narrowly lost his north-west Cambridgeshire seat to Labour, and first-timer Ameet Jogia, who also lost the Conservative-held London seat of Hendon to Labour. .
Reflecting the overall tally of election results, it was Labor that saw the maximum number of winning candidates from the Indian diaspora, starting with party veterans like Seema Malhotra, who held her Feltham and Heston constituency with a comfortable margin. Valerie Vaz, originally from Goa and sister of Keith Vaz, won in Walsall and Bloxwich, as did Lisa Nandy by a large margin in Wigan.
British Sikh MPs Preet Kaur Gill, who defeated Conservative first-termer Ashvir Sangha, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi regained their Labor seats in Birmingham Edgbaston and Slough respectively. Navendu Mishra (Stockport) and Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East) were among the other Labor MPs re-elected with convincing majorities.
It was among the newcomers that British Indians made a big mark for the Labor Party, with Jas Athwal (Ilford South), Baggy Shanker (Derby South), Satvir Kaur (Southampton Test), Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield), Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West). ), Gurinder Josan (Smethwick), Kanishka Narayan (Vale of Glamorgan), Sonia Kumar (Dudley), Sureena Brackenbridge (Wolverhampton North East), Kirith Entwistle (Bolton North East), Jeevun Sandher (Loughborough) and Sojan Joseph (Ashford) among those who will take their seats in Parliament next week.
For the Liberal Democrats, who had a good election overall and won over 60 seats, Munira Wilson won back her Twickenham constituency.
One of the seats on Labour's watch list was Islington North, where suspended former party leader Jeremy Corbyn ran as an independent to defeat his British Indian Labor rival Praful Nargund.
