A total of 29 Indo-British MPs were elected in last week’s election that saw Labour sweep to a massive majority while the Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives reduced to just over a 100 seats after appalling government record and scandals. The 29 MPs, who will be entering the House of Commons after winning seats in the general election, set a new record. In the last House of Commons there were 18 Indo-British MPs (nine Labour, eight Conservatives and one Lib Dem). By the far the greatest number are with Labour, which has got 12 new Desi MPs. In addition six Labour MPs — Lisa Nandy, Nadia Whittome, Navendu Mishra, Preet Gill, Valerie Vaz, and Seema Malhotra — held their seats with comfortable majorities. Veteran British Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi also won his Slough seat for the third straight time in a tight battle. 

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

LONDON - A total of 29 Indo-British MPs were elected in last week’s election that saw Labour sweep to a massive majority while the Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives reduced to just over a 100 seats after appalling government record and scandals.

The 29 MPs, who will be entering the House of Commons after winning seats in the general election, set a new record. In the last House of Commons there were 18 Indo-British MPs (nine Labour, eight Conservatives and one Lib Dem).

By the far the greatest number are with Labour, which has got 12 new Desi MPs. In addition six Labour MPs — Lisa Nandy, Nadia Whittome, Navendu Mishra, Preet Gill, Valerie Vaz, and Seema Malhotra — held their seats with comfortable majorities. 

Veteran British Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi also won his Slough seat for the third straight time in a tight battle. 

But in Bristol Central Labour MP Thangam Debbonaire, who was born to a father of Indian and Sri Lankan heritage and an English mother, lost her seat to the Green party.

The Conservatives will have just two new Indo-British MPs. Five Tory MPs — Priti Patel, Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman, Claire Coutinho, and Gagan Mohindra — held on to their seats. However Shailesh Vara lost his North West Cambridgeshire seat to Labour by just 39 votes. The 63-year-old, who was born in Uganda to Gujarati Indian immigrants, had been a Tory MP since 2005. Ranil Jayawardena, who is half Indian, also lost his Hampshire North East seat to the Liberal Democrats by just 634 votes.

After this election there are 19 Indo-British MPs in Labour, seven in the Conservative Party, two Independents and one Liberal Democrat.

Two MPs, Alok Sharma and Virendra Sharma, did not stand at this election. The seat of Reading West, formerly occupied by Alok Sharma, was gained from the Conservatives by Labour. The Labour seat of Ealing Southall, formerly occupied by Virendra Sharma, was held by Labour with a big majority of 15,793. It will have a new MP, Deirdre Costigan.

Green Party and Reform UK fielded 13 Indo-British candidates and won four seats but none of their candidates were elected. Workers Party of Britain did not win any seats at all.

Pro-India MP Theresa Villiers lost her Chipping Barnet seat.