Locals Celebrate As UP, Bihar-Origin Candidates Get Elected To British Parliament

A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons as results were announced on Friday.

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Updated on: 7 July 2024 9:55 am

Labour Part Party Leader And UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking inside the House of Commons l Photo: AP

The UK parliamentary elections may have disappointed a lot of Indians over outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak losing power, but many Indian-origin MPs to the UK Parliament brought joy to their respective hometowns.

A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons as results were announced on Friday.

Keir Starmer became the UK's new prime minister and vowed to rebuild Britain, hours after his Labour Party secured a landslide victory in a general election in which the weary voters inflicted a "sobering verdict" on Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives.

The Labour Party secured 412 seats in the 650-member House of Commons, up 211 from the 2019 elections.

From Muzaffarpur To UK Parliament: Bihar Town Celebrates Local Boy's Success

A north Bihar town is celebrating the success of a son of the soil, Kanishka Narayan. The MP of the winning Labour Party has his roots in Muzaffarpur, situated about 70 km from the state capital.

"The mood is upbeat in our housing complex, where many distinctly remember having seen Kanishka as a toddler," said Jayant Kumar, Director of the city-based Shri Krishna Law College.

On my first full day as the Vale’s MP, I was delighted to get to work on my three key campaign priorities for our community.

???????????????? ?????????? ??????????????. Full of ideas after discussing our shared hopes for tackling child poverty in the Vale with @slloydselby, who… pic.twitter.com/mixkej0OJK
— Kanishka Narayan (@KanishkaNarayan) July 6, 2024

Kumar's younger brother Santosh is the father of the 33-year-old MP representing Vale of Glamorgan, who entered politics after giving up a career in the British civil services.

"We hail from a village in Goraul block of adjoining Vaishali district. A passion for law runs in our blood. Our late father Krishna Kumar had founded the law college here," said the proud uncle.

UP-Origin Navendu Mishra Wins Seat For Winning Labour Party In UK General Elections

A Labour Party candidate's landslide victory in the UK general elections sparked celebrations thousands of kilometres away in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and Gorakhpur.

Navendu Mishra, elected to the House of Commons for a second consecutive term from the Stockport constituency, was born in Kanpur in 1989. His mother's paternal home is in Gorakhpur.

It's an honour to be officially nominated as the Labour candidate for Stockport constituency.

Since 2019, I have always put the priorities of local residents first. If re-elected, I will continue to work hard for Brinnington, Edgeley, Davenport, the Heatons and Reddish. pic.twitter.com/Ctv1CHn58F
— Navendu Mishra (@NavPMishra) June 5, 2024

Mishra's maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey, a social worker and businessman who now lives in Lucknow, told PTI that some people in Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Kanpur celebrated his victory by distributing sweets and setting off crackers.

Pandey said Mishra left for the UK with his parents when he was four years old. His father was a marketing manager for Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and moved to the UK after taking charge of a British company.

He entered politics after completing his studies in London and was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 elections on a Labour Party ticket from Stockport.

Political experts claimed that Mishra's victory and his connection with India would strengthen bilateral relations and cultural, political and social ties between the two nations.

(With PTI Inputs)