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| Westminster’s new intake – with some notable firsts | Westminster’s new intake – with some notable firsts |
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| The first female Sikh MP, the first female Lib Dem from a minority background | |
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| Sat 10 Jun 2017 16.11 BST | |
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| PREET GILL | PREET GILL |
| She became the first female Sikh MP after winning Birmingham Edgbaston for Labour, a seat vacated by Gisela Stuart after 20 years. Gill, 44, the daughter of a bus driver, was born and raised in the constituency and has been a councillor since 2012. She works in children’s services and has worked in India for the United Nations children’s agency Unicef, carrying out research on street children. She campaigned on a platform of opposing cuts to the NHS and schools and recruiting more police. | She became the first female Sikh MP after winning Birmingham Edgbaston for Labour, a seat vacated by Gisela Stuart after 20 years. Gill, 44, the daughter of a bus driver, was born and raised in the constituency and has been a councillor since 2012. She works in children’s services and has worked in India for the United Nations children’s agency Unicef, carrying out research on street children. She campaigned on a platform of opposing cuts to the NHS and schools and recruiting more police. |
| Majority: 6,917 | Majority: 6,917 |
| KEMI BADENOCH | KEMI BADENOCH |
| The former London assembly member won the safe Tory seat of Saffron Walden, Essex, which has been held since 1977 by Alan Haselhurst, who retired at the end of the last parliament. A party member since 2005, Badenoch, born in Wimbledon, south London, says she has a “global perspective on life” because she lived in the US and Nigeria as she grew up. Before joining the assembly, she was head of digital at the Spectator and Apollo magazines and has worked on technology change programmes in public sector organisations including the NHS. | The former London assembly member won the safe Tory seat of Saffron Walden, Essex, which has been held since 1977 by Alan Haselhurst, who retired at the end of the last parliament. A party member since 2005, Badenoch, born in Wimbledon, south London, says she has a “global perspective on life” because she lived in the US and Nigeria as she grew up. Before joining the assembly, she was head of digital at the Spectator and Apollo magazines and has worked on technology change programmes in public sector organisations including the NHS. |
| Majority: 24,966 | Majority: 24,966 |
| MARSHA DE CORDOVA | MARSHA DE CORDOVA |
| Registered as blind after being born with the eye condition nystagmus, Battersea’s first Labour MP since 2010 overcame a large Tory majority to capture the south London seat. A former chief executive of the South East Vision charity, which helps those with visual impairments, she has combined disability rights campaigning with being a councillor. She promised voters in her Remain-leaning constituency that she would prioritise a fight against a “hard Brexit” along with a focus on new homes and tackling rent levels. | Registered as blind after being born with the eye condition nystagmus, Battersea’s first Labour MP since 2010 overcame a large Tory majority to capture the south London seat. A former chief executive of the South East Vision charity, which helps those with visual impairments, she has combined disability rights campaigning with being a councillor. She promised voters in her Remain-leaning constituency that she would prioritise a fight against a “hard Brexit” along with a focus on new homes and tackling rent levels. |
| Majority: 2,416 | Majority: 2,416 |
| TANMANJEET SINGH DHESI | TANMANJEET SINGH DHESI |
| The first turban-wearing Sikh MP, the 38-year-old councillor and former mayor of Gravesham, Kent, won Slough, Berkshire, with an increased majority for Labour. The son of the owner of a building company, Dhesi studied maths at University College London and applied statistics at Oxford University. | The first turban-wearing Sikh MP, the 38-year-old councillor and former mayor of Gravesham, Kent, won Slough, Berkshire, with an increased majority for Labour. The son of the owner of a building company, Dhesi studied maths at University College London and applied statistics at Oxford University. |
| Majority: 16,998 | Majority: 16,998 |
| BEN LAKE | BEN LAKE |
| Now the youngest MP in Wales, Lake, 24, captured the Lib Dems’ only Welsh seat for Plaid Cymru when he won Ceredigion, last held by the Welsh nationalists in 2000. Formerly employed to work for Plaid in the Welsh Assembly and as a press officer for one of the party’s assembly members, he is a Welsh speaker from the market town of Lampeter and an Oxford history graduate. “We never thought that we would be able to capture the seat,” said Lake, who added that his campaign had received a “jolt of energy” from young voters in the final furlong. | Now the youngest MP in Wales, Lake, 24, captured the Lib Dems’ only Welsh seat for Plaid Cymru when he won Ceredigion, last held by the Welsh nationalists in 2000. Formerly employed to work for Plaid in the Welsh Assembly and as a press officer for one of the party’s assembly members, he is a Welsh speaker from the market town of Lampeter and an Oxford history graduate. “We never thought that we would be able to capture the seat,” said Lake, who added that his campaign had received a “jolt of energy” from young voters in the final furlong. |
| Majority: 104 | Majority: 104 |
| JARED O’MARA | JARED O’MARA |
| A seasoned disability rights campaigner who has cerebral palsy, O’Mara, 35, delivered election night’s “Portillo moment” when he ousted Nick Clegg from Sheffield Hallam, a seat held by the former Liberal Democrat leader since 2005. Before his election, he worked as an event organiser and, before that, as a press, parliamentary and campaigns officer for a national disability rights charity.“Having a disability can make us more passionate, resilient, empathetic and hard working,” O’Mara said in an interview last year. A staunch Corbyn supporter, O’Mara said the Labour leader would have become prime minister if not for the media’s “unfair treatment”. | A seasoned disability rights campaigner who has cerebral palsy, O’Mara, 35, delivered election night’s “Portillo moment” when he ousted Nick Clegg from Sheffield Hallam, a seat held by the former Liberal Democrat leader since 2005. Before his election, he worked as an event organiser and, before that, as a press, parliamentary and campaigns officer for a national disability rights charity.“Having a disability can make us more passionate, resilient, empathetic and hard working,” O’Mara said in an interview last year. A staunch Corbyn supporter, O’Mara said the Labour leader would have become prime minister if not for the media’s “unfair treatment”. |
| Majority: 2,125 | Majority: 2,125 |
| BEN BRADLEY | BEN BRADLEY |
| A former Conservative leader at district council level, he has become the first Tory MP for Mansfield, the Nottinghamshire seat held by Labour since the 1920s, following a narrow win. At 27, he has worked in hotels, for the Aldi supermarket and for the Tory MPs Mark Spencer and Nick Boles. A married father of two, Bradley had campaigned strongly on delivering Brexit in a Leave-voting constituency where the incumbent, Alan Meale, had advocated a Remain vote during last year’s referendum. | A former Conservative leader at district council level, he has become the first Tory MP for Mansfield, the Nottinghamshire seat held by Labour since the 1920s, following a narrow win. At 27, he has worked in hotels, for the Aldi supermarket and for the Tory MPs Mark Spencer and Nick Boles. A married father of two, Bradley had campaigned strongly on delivering Brexit in a Leave-voting constituency where the incumbent, Alan Meale, had advocated a Remain vote during last year’s referendum. |
| Majority: 1,057 | Majority: 1,057 |
| LAYLA MORAN | LAYLA MORAN |
| The daughter of a Christian Palestinian Arab mother from Jerusalem and a former British EU ambassador, Moran gained Oxford West and Abingdon from Nicola Blackwood following a swing of almost 15 points away from the Conservatives. Moran’s campaign focused on opposing Brexit in a Remain-leaning constituency, where she finished behind Blackwood in 2015, and had benefited from an endorsement by the Green party. A physics and maths teacher, she is the first MP of Palestinian descent and the first female Lib Dem MP from a minority background. She grew up in Greece, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Jordan and elsewhere. | The daughter of a Christian Palestinian Arab mother from Jerusalem and a former British EU ambassador, Moran gained Oxford West and Abingdon from Nicola Blackwood following a swing of almost 15 points away from the Conservatives. Moran’s campaign focused on opposing Brexit in a Remain-leaning constituency, where she finished behind Blackwood in 2015, and had benefited from an endorsement by the Green party. A physics and maths teacher, she is the first MP of Palestinian descent and the first female Lib Dem MP from a minority background. She grew up in Greece, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Jordan and elsewhere. |
| Majority: 813 | Majority: 813 |
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