A total of seven Nigerians have
been elected into the UK parliament after Thursday’s election.
Most of them retained their
constituencies, having secured victory in the 2015 general election.
They are:
1. Chi Onwurah: The 52-year-old
has been the Shadow Minister (department for business, energy and industrial
strategy) (Industrial Strategy). She contested in 2010 under the Labour Party
and got elected as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central,
replacing the previous Labour MP Jim Cousins, who decided to step down. She is
Newcastle’s first black MP.
2. Kate Osamor: In 2014, the
48-year-old was elected a member of the national executive committee of the
Labour Party. In June 2016, Osamor was appointed shadow secretary of state for
international development.
3. Kemi Badenoch: She has been a
member of the parliament since September 2015. Badenoch, 38, is the GLA
Conservative’s spokesman for the Economy and also sits on the Transport
Committee and Policing and Crime Committee.
4. Chuka Umunna: He has been a
member of the Parliament for Streatham since 2010. The 38-year-old was adopted
as the Labour party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Streatham in 2008
and polled a majority of 3,259 votes at the 2010 general election, to become an
elected member of Parliament for Streatham.
5. Bim Afolami: A conservative
politician in the parliament and works as a corporate lawyer. Winning the
election, Afolami told Comet: “I’m feeling completely over the moon to be the
new MP for Hitchin and Harpenden. It’s such a great feeling. I’m completely
honoured. I would like to pay tribute to my opponents who fought a fair and
democratic fight.”
6. Fiona Onasanya: She ran on the
platform of Labour Party and beat Stewart Johnson of Conservative Party to
Peterborough seat in the election. Until her election, she was the deputy
leader of the Labour group on the Cambridgeshire County as well as its
councillor.
7. Helen Grant: She has served as
the Member of Parliament for Maidstone and The Weald since 2010. Grant, who is
55, is the first black woman to be selected to defend a Tory seat and her
election in 2010 also made her the Conservatives’ first female black MP.
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