Twelve British Asian candidates victorious in elections

• Sarwar Alam
• 09 June, 2017

By: Sarwar Alam

Britain on Friday (9) elected two Sikh MPs as the general election results began pouring in with British Asian Labour Party candidates winning more seats than their rival Conservatives. Labour candidate Preet Kaur Gill won her Birmingham Edgbaston seat by polling 24,124 votes, defeating ruling Conservative party rival Caroline Squire by 6,917 votes. “I am delighted I have been given the opportunity to become the next MP for Edgbaston where I was born and raised. I want to engage with the people of Edgbaston and with hard work, passion and determination I think we can achieve great things together,” she…

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