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Tulip Siddiq reelected as MP for fourth term in UK election

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Tulip Siddiq, a granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won in her constituency Hampstead and Highgate, UK with 23,432 votes (48.3%)

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Publisted at 11:52 AM, Fri Jul 5th, 2024

Labour Party candidate and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Tulip Siddiq has been reelected as British MP for four straight terms.

Tulip Siddiq, a daught of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won in her constituency Hampstead and Highgate, UK with 23,432 votes (48.3%), reports BBC.

Meanwhile, her closest opponent Conservative candidate Don Williams won 8,462 votes.

She was first elected to Britain's House of Commons in May 2015 from London's Hampstead and Kilburn and drew global attention with her maiden speech in parliament.

Again in 2019, she became the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn. She also earned a spot among the most influential politicians of London on The Progress 1000 list of the Evening Standard in the same year.

Since then she has played important roles in the UK government including Shadow Minister for Children & Early Years, and Shadow Economic secretary

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