Marina Ahmad
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Marina Ahmad AM | |
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মেরিনা মাসূমা আহমদ | |
Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark | |
Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Florence Eshalomi |
Constituency | Lambeth and Southwark |
Personal details | |
Born | Marina Masuma Ahmad Bangladesh |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Surrey |
Website | www |
Marina Masuma Ahmad (Bengali: মেরিনা মাসূমা আহমদ) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist who has been the London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark since 2021.[1] She represented Crystal Palace and was an education spokesperson on Bromley Council.
She contested Beckenham in three general elections.
Early life[]
Ahmad was born in Bangladesh and moved to England at six months old where she grew up on a council estate. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Surrey.[2][3]
Electoral history[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Stewart | 27,282 | 54.0 | -5.3 | |
Labour | Marina Ahmad | 13,024 | 25.8 | -4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chloe-Jane Ross | 8,194 | 16.2 | +8.3 | |
Green | Ruth Fabricant | 2,055 | 4.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 14,258 | 28.2 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,555 | 73.6 | -2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 68,671 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
References[]
- ^ "Labour holds Lambeth & Southwark London Assembly seat but we still don't know who will be mayor". Southwark News. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "About". Marina Ahmad for Lambeth and Southwark. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Bangladeshis in the UK general election". Dhaka Tribune. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Beckenham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
Categories:
- Living people
- 21st-century British women politicians
- Alumni of the University of Surrey
- Bangladeshi emigrants to England
- British politicians of Bangladeshi descent
- Labour Members of the London Assembly
- Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- Women councillors in England