In the recent UK general elections, three Labour Party candidates of Pakistani descent won seats. Yasmin Qureshi and Afzal Khan were re-elected for a third time, and Naz Shah also won. Mohammad Afzal Khan, a British-Pakistani, got 15,050 votes for his third term as a Member of Parliament.
Several British Pakistani and Kashmiri candidates ran for different parties in this election. The exact number of winners will be known once all results are out.
Many British Pakistani candidates competed in places like Birmingham, Greater Manchester, Bradford, Bedford, Dewsbury, London, the Southeast, and Scotland.
Here is a list of important Pakistani and Kashmiri candidates who were in strong positions, likely to win, or major candidates for their parties:
- Shabana Mahmood (Labour) in Birmingham – Ladywood
- Khalid Mahmood (Labour) in Birmingham – Perry Barr
- Tahir Ali (Labour) in Birmingham – Hall Green & Moseley
- Naz Shah (Labour) in Bradford West
- Imran Hussain (Labour) in Bradford East
- Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) in Bolton South and Walkden
- Zarah Sultana (Labour) in Coventry South
- Rehman Chishti (Conservative) in Gillingham and Rainham
- Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) in London – Tooting
- Afzal Khan (Labour) in Manchester – Rusholme
- Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) in Meriden and Solihull East
- Nusrat Ghani (Conservative) in Sussex Weald
- Mohammad Yasin (Labour) in Bedford
- Dr. Zubir Ahmed (Labour) in Glasgow South West, Scotland
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