New Delhi: Indian stars born on Indian soil or with Indian roots have created a stir on British soil. Yes, many British Indian candidates of Indian origin have won British general elections. The results of the general election held in Britain are in. The Labor Party’s 14-year exile is over. The Conservative Party was blown away by the storm of the Labor Party. Keir Starmer has returned the Labor Party to power after 14 years. Now he is all set to become the new Prime Minister of Britain. Rishi Sunak himself congratulated him and took responsibility for the Conservative defeat. There are a total of 650 seats in the House of Commons in Britain. This time 107 Indian origin candidates tried their luck. So let’s find out who has won among them.
Rishi Sunak: Rishi Sunak has won his election, but he has failed to bring victory to the party. Britain’s current Prime Minister Sunak has retained his victory in the Northern England seat. The Conservatives have won 119 seats in UK elections so far. Sunak is the first Asian Prime Minister of Britain. He was also a cabinet minister in Boris Johnson’s government.
Preet Kaur Gill: Labor Party candidate Preet Kaur Gill has also won the election. Preet Kaur Gill has won the Birmingham Edgbaston seat. However, Preet Kaur Gill is known for her anti-India statements. He supported the farmers’ movement. He alleged in the House of Commons that agents with ties to India were targeting Sikhs in Britain.
Priti Patel: Priti Patel has defeated the Labor Party candidate on the Conservative Party ticket. This politician of Gujarati origin has served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. Priti Patel of the Conservative Party has been an MP since 2010.
Gagan Mohindra: Gagan Mohindra belongs to a Punjabi Hindu family. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He won the UK general election from South West Herts. Gagan got 16,458 votes. His parents were from Punjab. He went to UK before Gagan Mohindra was born.
Kanishk Narayan: Labor Party member Kanishk Narayan has won the British general election. Kanishk Narayan was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He went to UK to study at the age of 12. He studied at Oxford and then Stanford. He has been a civil servant. He has also worked in the private sector.
King of Shiva: Conservative Party leader Shivani Raja has won Leicester East. He defeated Labor Party’s Rajesh Aggarwal and former MPs Claude Webb and Keith Vaz who ran as independents.
Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi: Sikh leader Tanmanjit Singh has again become MP from Dhesi Sloi. Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi is the first Sikh MP to wear a turban in the British Parliament.
Navendu Mishra: Labour’s Navendu Mishra has won the Stockport seat. He also hoisted the flag on this seat in 2019 elections. His mother hails from Gorakhpur, while his father hails from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Navendu Mishra is re-elected as MP with 21,787 votes. A Labor Party MP has won the seat in every election since 1992.
Lisa Nandy: Labor Party member Lisa Nandy has held the Wigan seat since 2014 with 19,401 votes. She is the daughter of Deepak Nandy, a prominent Kolkata-born academic known for his work on race relations in Britain. She has been representing Wigan since 2010.
Suella Braverman: Indian-origin Suella Braverman won the Fareham and Waterlooville seats. During the last cabinet reshuffle of the Sunak-led government, Braverman sparked controversy by saying that the Metropolitan Police was getting soft on pro-Palestinian protesters. However, James Chaturai was made the Home Minister in his place. She was the MP for Farham from 2015 to 2024.
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First published: July 5, 2024, 14:51 IST