UK election: Rushanara holds in Bethnal Green and Bow

Published: 9 June 2017, 04:52 AM

Bangladeshi-origin Labour Party candidate Rushanara Ali has won from Bethnal Green and Bow in the UK election 2017.

Thank you Bethnal Green & Bow from the bottom of my heart for re-electing me as your Member of Parliament. It is an honour and a privilege.
— Rushanara Ali (@rushanaraali) June 9, 2017

Apart from, Bangladeshi-origin Labour MPs Tulip Siddiq and Rupa Huq have been re-elected from their respective constituencies.

Ali was born in Bishwanath, Sylhet District, Bangladesh. With her family, Ali emigrated to the East End of London at the age of seven, where she attended Mulberry School for Girls and Tower Hamlets College.