Naz Shah
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Naz Shah MP |
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Member of Parliament for Bradford West |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | George Galloway |
| Majority | 11,420 (28.4%) |
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13 November 1973 Bradford, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Bradford |
| Religion | Islam |
Naseem "Naz" Shah (Urdu: نسیم ناز شاہ; born 13 November 1973) is a British politician and Member of Parliament. She was elected at the 2015 general election as the MP for the constituency of Bradford West after her selection as the Labour Party candidate and gained the seat from George Galloway of the Respect Party. In April 2016, she was suspended from the Labour Party following the emergence of a Facebook post she had shared from Norman Finkelstein suggesting the relocation of Israel to the US and was reinstated in July 2016.
Born in Bradford, Shah was abandoned by her father when six years old after he ran off with their neighbour's sixteen-year-old daughter. At age 12, she was sent to Pakistan to avoid her mother, Zoora's, violent partner, whom Zoora fatally poisoned because she believed he was planning to sexually abuse her daughters. She served 14 years in prison for his murder. While in Pakistan, Shah was forced into an arranged marriage.
Before being elected as an MP, Shah was the chair of mental health charity, Sharing Voices Bradford, and had previously worked as a carer for disabled people, as an NHS Commissioner and a director for a regional association supporting local councils. She has said that she voted for George Galloway at the Bradford West by-election in 2012.
Shah won the Bradford West constituency with a majority of 11,420 over George Galloway in May 2015. She was chosen to stand for the Labour party in March 2015 after the original candidate had stood down. On 10 May 2015, Galloway announced an intention to challenge the result, alleging that false statements and malpractice related to postal votes during the campaign meant that the result of the election should be set aside, but did not launch a legal challenge. In July 2015 Jeremy Corbyn, commenting on how Galloway had acted during the election, said "I thought the tactics he used against our candidate, were appalling. I was quite shocked; it was appalling."
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