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With the 2010 general election, the Parliament of the United Kingdom reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs increased by nearly three-quarters, to a total of 26. [12] The first three Muslim female MPs were elected. [12] All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour (15) or Conservative (11). [12]
This was the first time that someone from an ethnic minority had been succeeded in one of the Great Offices of State by another person from that category. [15] First South Asian Member of the Welsh Assembly. Mohammad 'Oscar' Asghar, Conservative AM for South Wales East 2007–20 [16] First South Asian Member of the Scottish Parliament
This is a subcategory of Category:Black British people by occupation and includes those elected or appointed to political office, trade unionists and rights campaigners. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity Labour: Mohammad Sarwar [citation needed]: Glasgow Central: 1997: 2010: Retired
This article about records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom and of England includes a variety of lists of MPs by age, period and other circumstances of service, familiar sets, ethnic or religious minorities, physical attributes, and circumstances of their deaths.
The 1991 UK census was the first to include a question on ethnicity.As of the 2011 UK Census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) allow people in England and Wales and Northern Ireland who self-identify as "Black" to select "Black African", "Black Caribbean" or "Any other Black/African/Caribbean background" tick boxes. [2]
Lists of politicians of minority groups by country. Pages in category "Lists of ethnic minority politicians by country" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Permjit Gosal MBE (born 25 April 1972) is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for West Scotland since May 2021. [1] She is one of the first women of colour elected to the Scottish parliament, alongside Kaukab Stewart, and is also the first woman of Indian descent and Sikh to serve as an elected member of the Scottish Parliament.