{"id":4405,"date":"2015-05-09T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2015-05-09T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T11:24:56","slug":"number-of-uk-muslim-mps-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/number-of-uk-muslim-mps-doubles\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of UK Muslim MPs Doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UK<\/a>Making a new record in British parliament, A record of 13 Muslim MPs, up from 8 in 2010, have been elected in one of the most unpredictable and extraordinary general elections in Britain. Eight of the Muslim MPs are women.
\n\u201cIt is great news that there are more Muslim MPs elected than ever before. However, the House of Commons still does not reflect the diversity of the population,\u201d said Editor of The Muslim News, Ahmed J Versi. He added that it was a welcome sign that more Muslim women have been elected this year, six Labour, one Conservative and one SNP.
\nThe election included the first Muslim SNP MP, Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh, elected in the landslide by the nationalist party in Scotland as well as the first female Muslim Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani.
\nWhile Labour votes fell away, four Muslim candidates won seats for the first time for the opposition party and added to five who were re-elected. Anas Sarwar in Glasgow was the only sitting Muslim MP not re-elected after falling victim of the sweeping SNP victories.
\nOne of the most surprising was mental health campaigner Naz Shah winning Bradford West back for Labour with a majority of 11,420 against Respect party leader George Galloway who had won the seat in a landslide bi-election in 2012.
\nOn party numbers, Labour has nine Muslim MPs, the Tories three and the SNP one. Despite fielding 24 Muslim candidates all in unwinnable seats, the Lib Dems have yet to have a Muslim MP. Of the total of 13 Muslim MPs, eight are women.
\nList of new Muslim MPs
\nTasmina Ahmed Sheikh (SNP, Ochil_and_South_Perthshire)
\nRupa Huq (Labour, Ealing Central and Acton)
\nTulip Rizwana Siddiq (Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn)
\nNusrat Ghani (Conservatives, Wealden)
\nNaz Shah (Labour, Bradford West)
\nImran Hussein (Labour, Bradford East)<\/p>\n

Incumbent Muslim MPs
\nKhalid Mahmood (Labour)
\nShabana Mahmood (Labour)
\nRushanara Ali (Labour)
\nYasmin Qureshi (Labour)
\nSadiq Khan (Labour)
\nSajid Javid (Conservative)
\nRehman Chisti (Conservative)<\/p>\n

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