Seven Nigerian have been elected into the United Kingdom
parliament in the election held on Thursday. Two are representing the
Conservative party and five the Labour Party.
The winners are: Chuka Umunna representing
Streatham; Bim Afolami, Hitchin and Harpenden; Fiona Onasanya,
Peterborough; Chi Onwurah, Newcastle; Kate Osamor, Edmonton; Kemi
Badenoch, Saffron Walden; and Helen Grant, Maidstone and The Weald.
Fiona Onasanya, a first timer, beat by 607 votes the
Conservative candidate, Tory Stewart Jackson, who had been Peterborough’s MP
for 12 years.
Umunna, Chi Onwurah, Kate Osamor and Helen Grant were all
re-elected to represent their constituencies. Helen Grant like Umunna and
Onwurah was first elected in 2010. Osamor was elected in 2015 to represent
Edmonton.
Kemi Badenoch and Bim Afolami are the new faces in
parliament and were elected on the Conservative platform. The rest are members
of the opposition Labour Party.
Badenoch, nee Adegoke, will represent Saffron Walden and has
served as a London-wide member of the London Assembly since 16 September 2015
following the resignation of Victoria Borwick upon her election to the House of
Commons in the 2015 general election.
Bim Afolami, a corporate lawyer, will represent Hitchin and
Harpenden constituency. He had stood in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in
the previous 2015 general election, but did not succeed.
Afolami comes from Crowthorne, Berkshire. His father is a
Nigerian consultant doctor who works for the National Health Service. He was
educated at Bishopsgate School, Eton public school and Oxford University where
he studied modern history. He was also vice president of the Oxford Union
Society. He won by a majority of 12,000 votes.
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