{"id":8229,"date":"2015-05-08T13:17:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/05\/08\/record-asian-mps-in-parliament\/"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:17:56","slug":"record-asian-mps-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/08\/record-asian-mps-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Asian MP\u2019s in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Election Sees Conservative Majority <\/h3>\n

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A record number of South Asian Member of Parliament\u2019s (MP\u2019s) have been elected\u00a0to the House of Commons. With a majority Conservative government, David Cameron looks set to stay as the next Prime Minister. <\/div>\n

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On a shocking night, exit polls gave the Tories a lead of 316. The results of the 2015 General Election saw Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, and UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, resign. <\/div>\n

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Asian MP\u2019s are as follows:- <\/div>\n

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Sadiq Khan \u2013 Tooting (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Rishi Sunak \u2013 Richmond (Yorkshire) <\/div>\n

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Keith Vaz \u2013 Leicester East (Labour) <\/div>\n

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Valerie Vaz \u2013 Walsall South (Labour) <\/div>\n

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Alok Sharma \u2013 Reading West (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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Sajid Javid \u2013 Bromsgrove (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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Priti Patel \u2013 Witham (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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Rupa Huq \u2013 Ealing Central and Acton (Labour) <\/div>\n

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Rehman Chishti \u2013 Gillingham and Rainham (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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Naseem Shah \u2013 Bradford West (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Shailesh Vara – Cambridgeshire North West (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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Tulip Siddiq – Hampstead and Kilburn (Labour) <\/div>\n

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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh – Ochil and South Pershire (SNP)<\/div>\n

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Virendra Sharma – Ealing Southall (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Seema Malhotra – Feltham and Heston \u2013 (Labour) <\/div>\n

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Lisa Nandy \u2013 Wigan \u2013 (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Yasmin Qureshi – Bolton South East (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Shabana Mahmood \u2013 Birmingham Ladywood (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Khalid Mahmood \u2013 Birmingham Perry Barr (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Rushanara Ali – Bethnal Green and Bow (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Ranil Jayawardena – Hampshire North East (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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Imran Hussain – Bradford East (Labour)<\/div>\n

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Nusrat Ghani \u2013 Wealden (Conservative)<\/div>\n

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Seema Kennedy \u2013 South Ribble (Conservative) <\/div>\n

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