Three Pakistani-origin candidates from the Labour Party have emerged victorious in the UK general elections.
According to reports, Yasmin Qureshi and Afzal Khan successfully defended their seats for the third time, while Naz Shah also secured a win.
As per the initial results, British-Pakistani Mohammad Afzal Khan garnered 15,050 votes, marking his third term as a Member of the British Parliament.
Around a dozen British Pakistani/Kashmiri origin parliamentarians are candidates in the recent election from different parties, however after the announcement of the complete results it will be clear how many of them have won.
Most of the potential British Pakistani candidates are standing in areas of Birmingham and West Midlands (five seats), Greater Manchester (two seats), Bradford (two seats), Bedford and Dewsbury (one seat each), London and Southeast (one seat each) and Scotland (two seats).
Below is a list of the high-profile Pakistani/Kashmiri-origin candidates who are either on safe seats, highly likely to win, or running as the main candidates from the major parties.
- Birmingham – Ladywood: Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
- Birmingham – Perry Barr: Khalid Mahmood (Labour)
- Birmingham – Hall Green & Moseley: Tahir Ali (Labour)
- Bradford West: Naz Shah (Labour)
- Bradford East: Imran Hussain (Labour)
- Bolton South and Walkden: Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)
- Coventry South: Activist and campaigner Zarah Sultana of Labour
- Gillingham and Rainham: Rehman Chishti (Conservative)
- London – Tooting: Rosin Allen Khan (Labour
- Manchester – Rusholme: Afzal Khan (Labour)
- Meriden and Solihull East: Saqib Bhatti (Conservative)
- Sussex Weald: Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
- Bedford: Mohammad Yasin (Labour)
- Glasgow South West – Scotland: Dr Zubir Ahmed is standing for Labour
