Rosena Allin-Khan
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Rosena Allin-Khan MP |
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Member of Parliament for Tooting |
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Assumed office 17 June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Sadiq Khan |
| Majority | 6,357 (19.8%) |
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| Born | 1977 (age 39–40) Tooting, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
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Brunel University University of Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Rosena Allin-Khan (born 1977) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting since 17 June 2016. She won the seat at the 2016 by-election, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sadiq Khan after his election in May 2016 as Mayor of London. Allin-Khan is also the Shadow Minister for Sport, a post she has held since October 2016.
Allin-Khan was born in Tooting. Her Polish mother had been a singer in the Polish girl-band Filipinki, who met her father, originally from Pakistan, while the band was on tour in London. The couple separated after having two children, and Allin-Khan's mother worked three jobs to support Rosena and her brother.
She was educated at Trinity St Mary School, a local comprehensive. She wanted to be a doctor, but could not afford medical school, so she took a degree in medical biochemistry at Brunel University in London, funding her education through a series of part-time jobs.
After further studies funded by scholarships, she was accepted at the age of 24 to study medicine at Cambridge University.
After qualifying as a doctor, Allin-Khan worked at the Royal London and Homerton Hospitals.
Prior to her election to Parliament, she worked as a junior doctor in the accident and emergency department at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
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