Dominance of Punjabis in British elections; House of Commons gets 9 Sikh MPs
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, July 5, 2024: In the general elections held in Britain, around nine people of Punjabi origin managed to win the election.
Most of the leaders have won elections on the ticket of the ruling Labor Party. Among all these, the prominent name is Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi of the Labor Party. He is originally from Jalandhar. He has become a Member of Parliament for the third time. This victory is also being celebrated in Punjab.
As per information, the political parties there had fielded more than 20 people of Indian origin with most of them Punjabis.
Here are the details:
1. Slough: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
of Labour Party, polled 14666 votes
(runner up: 'Independent Network'Party candidate Azhar Chohan 11019 votes; Moni Kaur Nanda of Conservative Party 7457 votes).
2. Sandwell: Gurinder Singh Josan
of Labour Party polled 16858 votes;
(runner up: Durnell Pete of 'Reform UK' Party 5670 votes, and Kate Lauren Fairhurst of Conservative Party 4546 votes)
3. Ilford South
Jas Athwal, of Labour Party 16537 votes, [runner up: Noor Begum Independent candidate 6142 votes]
4. Wolverhampton West
Warinder Singh Juss of Labour Party 19331 [runner up: Mike Newton of Conservative Party 11463].
*Besides, there will be 4 women Sikhs MPs in the BRITISH House of Commons (Parliament)
1. Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham Edgbaston) of Labour Party 16599 votes [runner up Ashvir Sangha of Conservative Party 8231 votes]
2. Satvir Kaur in Southampton Test, of Labour Party 15945 votes [runner up: Ben Burcombe-Filer of Conservative Party 6612 votes]
3. Harpreet Kaur Uppal in Huddersfield of Labour Party 15101 votes [runner up: Andrew Cooper of Green Party 10558 votes]
4. Sonia Kaur Kumar (Dudley) of Labour Party 12215 votes [runner up: Marco Longhi of Conservative Party 10315 votes]