24 South Asian origin MP's elected, British general election.

[waz]

10 of Pakistani origin

Six of the Pakistani winners belong to the Labour party, three to the Conservative party and one to the Scottish National Party.
They are: Shabana Mahmood ( Labour Birmingham Ladywood), Khalid Mahmood (Labour Birmingham Perry Barr), Yasmin Qureshi (Labour Bolton South East), Imran Hussain (Labour Bradford East), Rehman Chishti (Conservative Gillingham & Rainham), Nusrat Ghani (Conservative Wealden), Sajid Javid(Consevative Bromsgrove)Naseem Shah (Labour Bradford West), Sadiq Khan (Labour Tooting), and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (SNP Ochil & South Perthshire).

Read more:

Ten of Pakistani origin make it to British parliament - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

10 of Indian origin.

Conservative: Priti Patel, Rishi Sunak, Alok Sharma, Shailesh Vara and Suella Fernandes.
Labour: Keith Vaz, Valerie Vaz, Virendra Sharma, Seema Malhotra and Lisa Nandy.


They are: Keith Vaz (Labour Leicester East.), Priti Patel( Conservative Whitham), Valerie Vaz (Labour Walsall South), Rishi Sunak (Conservative Richmond), Alok Sharma (Reading West), Shailesh Vara ( Conservative Cambridgeshire Northwest) ,Suella Fernandes (Conservative Fareham) Lisa Nandy ( Labour Wigan).

Read more:

UK elections: First-timers Sunak, Fernandes among 10 Indian-origin MPs


3 of Bengali origin

Labour Rushanara Ali, Tulip Sadiq and Rupa Huq.

Rushanara Ali (Labour Bethnal Green & Bow), Rupa Huq (Labour Ealing Central & Acton) and Tulip Siddiq (Labour Hampstead & Kilburn). By the way Tulip is the grand-daughter of the founder of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur


1 of Sri-Lakan origin.

Conservative :Ranil Jayawardena.

Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative Hampshire North East)


Well done to all.

 

[Indus Falcon]

Well this list is completely useless! No @waz , no @Jungibaaz, no @Atanz on it!!

 

[waz]

Well this list is completely useless! No @waz , no @Jungibaaz, no @Atanz on it!!

Hahahaha. I'm not a politician bro. But I do my part to help the country.

 

[Azizam]

Thank god, the Sri Lankan one is not an LTTE punk as previous times. What a refreshing change.

 

[Hyde]

I was actually expecting more Pakistan-origin candidates winning from both Labour and Conservatives.

There is no surprise over Sadiq Khan being re-elected. Same is true for some of the other candidates. The biggest surprise for me was the Bradford-West seat where George Galloway lost to Naseem Shah.

It was also good to see Rehman Chishti winning from Gillingham & Rainham (kent) cause despite the fact there is now small but significant population of South Asians living in Kent, it is historically been the area dominated by white British so it's good to see them putting trust on candidate of South Asian origin.

 

[Hiptullha]

Disappointing knowing many of the Pakistani candidates are part of the Labour party.

 

[yuba]

I was actually expecting more Pakistan-origin candidates winning from both Labour and Conservatives.

There is no surprise over Sadiq Khan being re-elected. Same is true for some of the other candidates. The biggest surprise for me was the Bradford-West seat where George Galloway lost to Naseem Shah.

It was also good to see Rehman Chishti winning from Gillingham & Rainham (kent) cause despite the fact there is now small but significant population of South Asians living in Kent, it is historically been the area dominated by white British so it's good to see them putting trust on candidate of South Asian origin.

Im from gillingham i also voted for chishti

 

[Hyde]

Im from gillingham i also voted for chishti

I go to Kent for couple of times per week. You live in ME7/ME8 postcode or around? I have a friend who lives in Rochester and I am seriously thinking to relocate to Rochester. It's only 40 minutes drive from my home so very easy to visit relatives home in London.

Rochester, Gillingham, Sittingbourne, Chatham and Maidstone are more like my second home since past 8 months as I have to go to there for couple of times per week to deliver goods

 

[yuba]

I go to Kent for couple of times per week. You live in ME7/ME8 postcode or around? I have a friend who lives in Rochester and I am seriously thinking to relocate to Rochester. It's only 40 minutes drive from my home so very easy to visit relatives home in London.

Rochester, Gillingham, Sittingbourne, Chatham and Maidstone are more like my second home since past 8 months as I have to go to there for couple of times per week to deliver goods

I live in me7 in a area of gillingham called darland its near the big tesco in rainham

I go to Kent for couple of times per week. You live in ME7/ME8 postcode or around? I have a friend who lives in Rochester and I am seriously thinking to relocate to Rochester. It's only 40 minutes drive from my home so very easy to visit relatives home in London.

Rochester, Gillingham, Sittingbourne, Chatham and Maidstone are more like my second home since past 8 months as I have to go to there for couple of times per week to deliver goods

The thing is the housing is cheaper here you get a lot more for your money.And like you said london is only up the A2.

 

[Hyde]

I live in me7 in a area of gillingham called darland its near the big tesco in rainham

hmmm so you basically live after Chatham and Gillingham but before Rainham. Somewhere around A229. I might have seen that tesco as I know most of the areas in Kent but it's not coming in my head. I know Darland...

 

[yuba]

hmmm so you basically live after Chatham and Gillingham but before Rainham. Somewhere around A229. I might have seen that tesco as I know most of the areas in Kent but it's not coming in my head. I know Darland...

exactly if you drive from chathan up chatham hill i live by the first roundabout by the premier in

 

[Hyde]

The thing is the housing is cheaper here you get a lot more for your money.And like you said london is only up the A2.

What I like about those areas is the peaceful environment. You are never going to face long cues unless there is an accident on M-2 or you are stuck somewhere around Gravescend near the Gurdawara etc. Most of the kent especially Rochester, Gillingham and Maidstone are respectably busy but not congested. You get free parking wherever you go, cost of living is relatively cheaper and people are also a lot more friendly.

 

[Donatello]

I live in me7 in a area of gillingham called darland its near the big tesco in rainham


The thing is the housing is cheaper here you get a lot more for your money.And like you said london is only up the A2.

What's the average rent for a studio?

 

[yuba]

What I like about those areas is the peaceful environment. You are never going to face long cues unless there is an accident on M-2 or you are stuck somewhere around Gravescend near the Gurdawara etc. Most of the kent especially Rochester, Gillingham and Maidstone are respectably busy but not congested. You get free parking wherever you go, cost of living is relatively cheaper and people are also a lot more friendly.

And another plus side is the south asian community is big enough so you can get everything locally.

 

[Hyde]

What's the average rent for a studio?

It's a varied price just like anywhere in UK. It also depends on the area you plan to live.

In Maidstone, there is a posh area where each property is worth over 2 million pounds but same is true in London where you easily find properties worth over 10 million pounds. But in general, property is around 25 - 40% cheaper. You can easily rent a studio for around 500 pounds per month, again depending on the area and the condition of the studio.

3 Bedroom house is less than £1000 and would easily grab a bargain for around £700 pounds