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| name = Preet Kaur Gill
| name = Preet Kaur Gill
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| office = [[Department for International Development|Shadow Minister for International Development]]
| office = Shadow Minister for International Development
| leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| predecessor = [[Roberta Blackman-Woods]]
| predecessor = [[Roberta Blackman-Woods]]
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| term_start = 12 January 2018
| term_start = 12 January 2018
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] <br/> for [[Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]]
| office2 = Member of Parliament<br/> for [[Birmingham, Edgbaston]]
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| majority2 = 6,917 (15.8%)
| majority2 = 6,917 (15.8%)
| predecessor2 = [[Gisela Stuart]]
| predecessor2 = Gisela Stuart
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| term_start2 = 8 June 2017
| term_start2 = 8 June 2017
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| office3 = [[Home Affairs Select Committee|Home Affairs Select Committee Member]]
| office3 = Home Affairs Select Committee Member
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| successor3 = [[John Woodcock (politician)|John Woodcock]]
| successor3 = John Woodcock
| term_start3 = 11 September 2017
| term_start3 = 11 September 2017
| term_end3 = 5 February 2018
| term_end3 = 5 February 2018
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'''Preet Kaur Gill''' (born 21 November 1972)<ref name=Who/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/ckzloZBB32laPIDKMRuIJnVgjE8/appointments|title=Preet Kaur Gill|publisher=Companies House|accessdate=26 November 2017}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Co-operative]] politician. She is the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]] since the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]]. She is the first female British [[Sikh]] MP.
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==Early life==
Preet Kaur Gill was born on 21 November 1972 in [[Edgbaston]], Birmingham, to Daljeet Singh Shergill and Kuldeep Kaur Shergill.<ref name=Who/><ref name=Mail/> Her father was a foreman and later a bus driver and her mother worked as a seamstress.<ref name=Post>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/daughter-indian-bus-driver-becomes-13160044|title=Daughter of Indian bus driver becomes UK's first female Sikh MP|work=Birmingham Post|date=9 June 2017|last=Stacey|first=Alison}}</ref><ref name=Dream>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/central/2017-07-06/dream-big-think-big-the-story-of-britains-first-female-sikh-mp/|title='Dream big, think big': The story of Britain's first female Sikh MP|publisher=ITV News|date=6 July 2017|last=Sidhu|first=Balvinder}}</ref> Daljeet Singh was the longest serving president of the [[Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick]]. Gill credits her father and [[Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich|Lord King]] (first Sikh life peer in the [[House of Lords]]) as her main inspiration for her ambition to enter politics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.easterneye.eu/preet-gills-reveals-father-inspired-become-first-female-sikh-mp/|title=Preet Gill's reveals her father inspired her to become first female Sikh MP|work=Eastern Eye|date=12 June 2017|last=Badshah|first=Nadeem}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://elle.in/elle-mentors/preet-kaur-gill-britain-mp/|title=Preet Kaur Gill is now Britain's first female Sikh MP|work=Elle India|date=9 June 2017|last=Mubarak|first=Salva}}</ref>


'''Preet Kaur Gill''' (born 21 November 1972) is the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Birmingham, Edgbaston]] since the 2017 general election. She is the first female British Sikh MP.
She has six younger siblings. Her early education was at [[Lordswood Girls' School]] and [[Bournville College]]. At the latter Gill was elected as student president.<ref name=Dream/> Gill graduated from the [[University of East London]] with a first class BSc. degree in Sociology and Social Work.<ref name=UEL>{{cite web|url=https://www.uel.ac.uk/news/2017/06/alumna-preet-gill-becomes-first-female-sikh-mp|title=UEL graduate Preet Kaur Gill becomes first female Sikh MP|publisher=University of East London|accessdate=3 November 2017|date=9 June 2017}}</ref> After graduating, she worked as a social worker in a [[kibbutz]] in Israel and with street children in India.<ref name=Dream/> She was elected as a councillor for [[Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council]] in 2012 and was re-elected in the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2016|2016 local election]]. On the council she has served as the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Protection.<ref name=Dream/><ref name=UEL/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2017/06/13/new-mp-preet-gill-set-to-stay-on-as-councillor/|work=Express & Star|title=New MP Preet Gill set to stay on as councillor|date=13 June 2017|last=Madeley|first=Pete}}</ref> Gill supported remaining within the [[European Union]] (EU) in the [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|2016 EU membership referendum]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/british-indian-councillors-want-to-stay-in-eu/story-ciizeFThxlEjm1Suo1WpYK.html|title=British Indian councillors want to stay in EU|work=Hindustan Times|date=22 June 2016|last=Sonwalkar|first=Prasun}}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
Gill was selected by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] to contest the [[Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]] seat on 28 April 2017.<ref name=Mail>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/labour-selects-preet-gill-birmingham-12957938|title=Labour selects Preet Gill as Birmingham Edgbaston candidate|work=Birmingham Mail|date=28 April 2017|last=Walker|first=Jonathan}}</ref> Her selection followed the constituency's previous Labour MP [[Gisela Stuart]] decision not to seek re-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39644473|title=Election 2017: Which MPs are standing down, and who might be standing?|publisher=BBC News|date=2 May 2017}}</ref> Stuart had represented Birmingham Edgbaston since 1997.<ref name=Post/> In the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]], Gill stood as the [[Labour and Co-operative]] candidate and was elected as MP with 24,124 (55.3%) votes and a majority of 6,917 (15.8%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000560|publisher=BBC News|title=Birmingham Edgbaston|accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=Parl>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/preet-kaur-gill/4603|title=Preet Kaur Gill MP|publisher=parliament.uk|accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref> She is the first female British Sikh MP.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preet Gill elected as first female Sikh MP|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40212954|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=9 June 2017|date=9 June 2017}}</ref> In July, she was elected as a member of the [[Home Affairs Select Committee]].<ref name=Parl/> Gill is the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mentoring and Sikhs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/171108/register-171108.pdf|title=Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups|date=8 November 2017|format=PDF|publisher=parliament.uk|pages=622, 770}}</ref> On 12 January 2018, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet as International Development Minister (role shared with [[Dan Carden]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn reshuffles his front bench and promotes two North East MPs|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-reshuffles-14150254|work=Evening Chronicle|date=12 January 2018|last=Eden|first=Tom}}</ref>
Gill was selected by the Labour Party to contest the Birmingham Edgbaston seat on 28 April 2017. Her selection followed the constituency's previous Labour MP Gisela Stuart decision not to seek re-election. Stuart had represented Birmingham Edgbaston since 1997. In the 2017 general election, Gill stood as the Labour and Co-operative candidate and was elected as MP with 24,124 (55.3%) votes and a majority of 6,917 (15.8%). She is the first female British Sikh MP. In July, she was elected as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Gill is the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mentoring and Sikhs. On 12 January 2018, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet as International Development Minister (role shared with Dan Carden).

==Personal life==
Preet has been married to Sureash Singh Chopra since 2009 and they have two daughters.<ref name=Who>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/search?q=Gill,%20Preet%20Kaur,%20(born%2021%20Nov.%201972),%20MP%20(Lab%20Co-op)%20Birmingham%20Edgbaston,%20since%202017|title=Who's Who (online edition)|date=1 December 2017|accessdate=11 February 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> He works as a social worker.<ref name=Dream/> In addition to her parliamentary duties, Gill continues to be a councillor on the Sandwell council as well as a non executive director for the Spring Housing Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/171023/171023.pdf|title=Register of Members' Financial Interests as at 23 October 2017|publisher=parliament.uk|accessdate=3 November 2017|format=PDF|page=176}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 13:38, 28 July 2018



Preet Kaur Gill
MP
Shadow Minister for International Development
Assumed office
12 January 2018
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by Roberta Blackman-Woods
Member of Parliament
for Birmingham, Edgbaston
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded by Gisela Stuart
Majority 6,917 (15.8%)
Home Affairs Select Committee Member
In office
11 September 2017 – 5 February 2018
Succeeded by John Woodcock
Personal details
Born (1972-11-21) 21 November 1972 (age 51)
Website Official


Preet Kaur Gill (born 21 November 1972) is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham, Edgbaston since the 2017 general election. She is the first female British Sikh MP.

Parliamentary career

Gill was selected by the Labour Party to contest the Birmingham Edgbaston seat on 28 April 2017. Her selection followed the constituency's previous Labour MP Gisela Stuart decision not to seek re-election. Stuart had represented Birmingham Edgbaston since 1997. In the 2017 general election, Gill stood as the Labour and Co-operative candidate and was elected as MP with 24,124 (55.3%) votes and a majority of 6,917 (15.8%). She is the first female British Sikh MP. In July, she was elected as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Gill is the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mentoring and Sikhs. On 12 January 2018, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet as International Development Minister (role shared with Dan Carden).

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