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TULIP-ELECTIONS 2NDLEAD
Tulip makes hattrick in UK polls
DHAKA, Dec 13, 2019 (BSS) – Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, granddaughter of Father
of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina’s niece, recorded a hattrick in the UK general elections as she was
elected member of parliament (MP) for the three consecutive terms.
Tulip, Sheikh Rehana’s daughter, retained her Hampstead and Kilburn seat as
a Labour Party candidate in the UK general election-2019 on Thursday with a
margin of 14,188 votes. She bagged 28,080 votes against her Conservative
rival Johnny Luk.
After wining in the election, Tulip thanked voters of Hampstead and
Kilburn for supporting her.
“Thanks you Hampstead and Kilburn for electing me once again. Thanks to all
my volunteers and my family. But devastated by our national results-sorry to
lose such talented MPs. Tough times ahead, we have to work together,” she
said in a tweet message.
In the June, 2017 UK general election, Tulip was reelected from Hampstead
and Kilburn seat with a margin of 15,560 votes. She polled 34,464 against her
Conservative rival’s Claire-Louise Leyland 18,904.
Tulip was first elected to represent the constituency in the UK general
election of May 2015.
She got 23,977 votes against her Conservative counterpart Simon Marcus’
22,839 votes.
After the election, Tulip was inducted into the shadow cabinet of Labour
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and joined Shadow Minister of Education Angela
Rayner’s team of four as the Shadow Minister of Early Years education.
She, however, resigned as the shadow minister following Jeremy Corbyn’s
decision to impose a three-line whip on Labour MPs to vote in favour of
triggering Article 50.
Tulip’s maiden speech in the House of Commons was rated among top seven
memorable speeches, according to a ranking by BBC.
Born in Mitcham, London in 1982, Tulip completed two Master’s degrees – one
in English literature and another in Politics, Policy and Government – from
King’s College London.
She was a former and first Bengali woman councillor in Regent’s Park and
Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities in Camden Council, according to
Wikipedia.
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