Dr. Akhtar Gulfam, Director News Dawn TV + Daily Dawn
London: Muslim candidates of the Labor Party also contested the elections in the United Kingdom. Pakistani-born Labor Party member Yasmin Qureshi managed to defend her seat from Bolton for the third time.
Labor Party’s Shabana Mehmood won in the Ladywood area of Birmingham by 15552 votes. Pakistani-origin candidate Naushaba Khan was declared successful on the Labor Party’s ticket.
Zubair Ahmed, a Pakistani-origin candidate from Glasgow, also won on the Labor Party ticket. British Pakistani Afzal Khan also won the seat. Tahir Ali from Birmingham once again managed to win his seat.
Labour’s Imran Hussain was also declared successful in Bradford East, while Muhammad Yasin won his seat in Bedford. Zara Sultana of the Labor Party won the Coventry South election.
Labour’s Rosina Allan Khan won London Tooting, while Pakistani-born Labor leader Naz Shah won Bradford West. On this occasion, he said that I am the daughter of Kashmir, I used to represent Kashmir and I will continue to do so.
In the 2021 census, Muslims accounted for 6.5% of the population in England and Wales. The Muslim population in Scotland is 119,872, which is 2.2% of the total population. Cities such as Birmingham, Manchester, and Bradford are among the areas in the UK that have a large number of Muslim voters.
It should be noted that the number of Muslim members was 19 in the parliament that was dissolved this year. The number of Muslim politicians will likely increase among the newly elected members of the Dar-ul-Awam.
