Tulip Siddiq Reelected in UK General Election

Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reelected Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK general election 2019 as a candidate of Labour Party. 

Tulip was reelected from Hampstead and Kilburn parliamentary constituency for the third term.

She secured 28080 votes while Jony Luck from Conservative Party got 13,892 votes in the election.

After the win Tulip tweeted, “Thank you Hampstead & Kilburn for electing me once again. Thanks to all my volunteers & my family. But shattered by our national results- sorry to lose such talented MPs. Tough times ahead, we have to work together.”   

Source: UNB