Who are the British-Bangladeshi candidates in the UK election?

June 20, 2024
Who are the British-Bangladeshi candidates in the UK election?

In the upcoming UK general election, more than 23 Bengali candidates have so far participated. Among them this time, at least five British Bangladeshi politicians could be elected to the British Parliament.

Candidates: 

1. Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green & Bow)

2. Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (Labour, Hampstead and Highgate)

3. Apsana Begum (Poplar & Limehouse) 

4. Dr Rupa Asha Huq (Labour, Ealing Central and Acton)

5. Nurul Hoque Ali (Labour, Gordon and Buchan)

6. Rumi Chowdhury (Labour, Witham) 

7. Rufia Ashraf (Labour, South Northamptonshire) 

8. Attic Rahman (Conservative, Tottenham)

9. Syed Shamim Ahsan (Syduzzaman Syed), (Conservative, Ilford South)

10.  Naz Anis-Miah (Scottish National Party (SNP), Dunfermline and Dollar)

11. Rabina KHAN (Liberal Democrats, Bethnal Green & Stepney)

12. Ajmal MASROOR (Independent, Bethnal Green & Stepney)

13. Sham Uddin (Independent, Bethnal Green & Stepney)

14. Ehtashamul Haque (Independent, Poplar & Limehouse)

15. Wais Islam (Independent, Holborn and St Pancras)

16. Barrister Omar Faruk (Independent, Startford and Bow) 

17. Syed Siddiqi (Green Party, Ilford South)

18. Noor Jahan Begum (Independent, Ilford South)

19. Golam Tipu (Workers Party, Ilford South)

20. Mohammed Shahed Hussain (Workers Party, Hackney South Shoreditch)

21. Raj Farhad (Reform Party, Ilford South) 

22. Najmul Hussian (Labour, Brigg and Immingham)

23. Prince Sadiq Chaudury ( Workers Party, Bedford)

24. Md Somon Ahmed (Independent, Bethnal Green & Stepney)