OLL-LD INDIANS 2LST

Rushnara Ali, who hailed from Bangladesh, won with a
huge majority of 11,000 defeating Abjol Miah of Respect Party
to third place in Bethnal Green and Bow. Lib Dems Ajmal
Masroor came second.
Another Muslim woman to win is Yasmin Qureshi. She
romped home from Bolton South East constituency in north-west
England by a reduced majority of 8,600 votes.
Other victorious candidates were Transport minister
in the Labour government Sadiq Khan from Tooting in south
London, Khalid Mahmood (Labour) from Birmingham Perry Bar,
Anas Sarwar (Labour) from Glasgow Central, Sajid Javid
(Conservative) from Bromsgrove constituency, Rehman Chisti
(Conservative) from Gillingham and Rainham constituency,
Nadhim Zahawi, (Conservative) from Strafford, central England
and Chuka Umunna (Labour) from Streatham constituency. PTI