Rupa Huq
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Rupa Huq MP |
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Member of Parliament for Ealing Central and Acton |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Angie Bray |
| Majority | 274 (0.5%) |
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Rupa Asha Huq 2 April 1972 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater |
Newnham College, Cambridge University of East London Marc Bloch University |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | Official website |
Rupa Asha Huq (Bengali: রাবেয়া "রূপা" আশা হক; born 2 April 1972) is a British Labour Party politician, writer, and columnist. She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton at the 2015 general election. She was formerly a lecturer in sociology with a special interest in suburban culture and deputy mayor of the London Borough of Ealing.
Huq's father, Muhammad Huq, and mother, Roshan Ara Huq, emigrated to Britain in the 1960s to enable their children to have better opportunities and a higher level of education than was available in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Huq's father (also known as Fazlul) came from Maksedpur in Pabna city, while her mother (also known as Dulali Biswas) is from Kuthipara. Huq's father was training to become an actuary for The Prudential, however, he gave it up to start an Indian restaurant in Soho, London. After the recession of the early 1990s, the council did not renew the restaurant's lease, so the business folded. He started another restaurant in Harrow but later retired.
Huq was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, London. She attended Montpelier Primary School in Ealing. In 1980, at the age of eight, Huq was featured in the BBC Schools programme Look and Read when the programme visited the school.
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