UK Polls: Tulip, Rushanara, Rupa re-elected

Bangladeshi-origin candidates Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq were re-elected in UK national election, according to primary results.

From Labour Party in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, Tulip Siddiq bagged 34,464 votes while her Conservative counterpart Claire-Louise Leyland got 18, 904 votes, says BBC polls result.

She is the granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Labour Party candidate Rupa Huq retained the Ealing Central and Acton seat for Labour with 33,037 votes while her counterpart Conservative Party candidate Joy Morrissey got 19,230 votes.

Her ancestral home is in Pabna district of Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, Rushanara Ali, the first British lawmaker with roots in Bangladesh, has secured a third consecutive victory in her safe Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in east London.