Friday, May 8, 2015
Breaking! Four Nigerians Elected To The UK Parliament ...see their profiles
Four Nigerians have been elected to the British Parliament, BlackBox Nigeria have gathered. They are Chuka Ummuna, Chi Onwurah, Helen Grant and Kate Osamor. They would be joining 646 others when the new parliament is inaugurated.
While Ummuna, Onwurah and Grant are returning to the parliament as they are currently incumbents, Ms Osamor who represents Labour party is a new entrant having defeated the Conservative candidate with a total of 25,388 votes to 9,969 garnered by Gonul Daniels of the Conservative party.
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| Kate Osamor |
Osamor would now represent Edmorton Constituency where her mother was denied a Labour candidacy ticket in 1989. Osamor had defeated another Nigerian, Kate Anolue(who until recently was the Mayor of Enfield) for the Labour ticket. She is 46 years.
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| Chuka Umunna |
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| Chi Onwurah |
Chi Onwurah, 50 who represents Newcastle Central was born to a Nigerian father and English mother. His father was a dentist who had gone to the UK to study where he met his wife and they gave birth to Chi. Chi was initially brought back to grow up in Anambra but her mother quickly took her back to England after the Biafra war broke out. She defeated her Labour challenger overwhelmingly getting 55% of the total vote cast.
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| Chi and APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu |
In a show of appreciation to her constituents, she posted on her official twitter page:
" Thank you Newcastle Central for re-electing me with an increased majority & 55% of the vote. I promise to work for each & every one of you."
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| Helen Grant |
Another Nigerian who returns to the British Parliament is Helen Grant who has won re-election to represent Maidstone and The Weald. The 53 year old who was born of a Nigerian father is currently the Minister for Sport, Tourism & Equalities in the UK. She was first elected in 2010 making her the first black female Conservative party member elected to the parliament.
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