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Bethnal Green and Bow is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Rushanara Ali of the Labour party.
The Bethnal Green and Bow constituency has a total population of 128,269, of which 101,667 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.3%).
Bethnal Green and Bow ranks 625th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 21th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Rushanara Ali (Bengali: রুশনারা আলী; born 14 March 1975) is a British Labour Party politician and Associate Director of the Young Foundation, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bethnal Green and Bow since 2010. Previously Shadow Minister for International Development, in the 2013 Labour reshuffle, Ali joined the Shadow Education team. She resigned from the Labour frontbench in order to abstain on a House of Commons motion permitting military action in Iraq in September 2014.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushanara_Ali
| MP DETAILS | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rushanara Ali MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA |
| Phone Number | 020 7219 4272 |
| Political Party | Labour |
| Email Address | rushanara@rushanaraali.org |
| Constituency | Bethnal Green and Bow |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14/03/1975 |
| Website | Website |
| Twitter Profile | |
| Wikipedia Page | Visit Wiki |
| 15.2% | 61.2% | 4.5% | 9.3 % | 6.1% |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat | Green Party UKIP |
Election turnout for the Bethnal Green And Bow constituency in 2015 was 63.90%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
| Candidate | Party | Gender | Date of Birth | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alasdair Henderson | The Whig Party | Male | 22 January 1986 (38) | - | - |
| Alistair Polson | Green | Male | - | - | https://alistairforbethnalgreenandbow.wordpress.com/ |
| Elliot Ball | The 30-50 Coalition | Male | 29 October 1991 (33) | - | http://30-50.co.uk/ |
| Glyn Robbins | Left Unity - Trade Unionists and Socialists | Male | - | - | - |
| Jason Pavlou | Red Flag - Anti-Corruption | Male | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Dewey | Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol | Male | 26 November 1965 (59) | - | http://cista.org/constituency/Bethnal_Green_and_Bow |
| M Rowshan Ali | Communities United Party | Male | - | - | - |
| Matthew Smith | Conservative | Male | 01 February 1983 (41) | - | http://www.mattsmith.org.uk/ |
| Pauline McQueen | UK Independence Party | Female | - | - | - |
| Rushanara Ali | Labour | Female | 14 March 1975 (49) | - | http://www.rushanaraali.org/ |
| Teena Lashmore | Liberal Democrat | Female | - | - | http://about.me/teena.lashmore |
| 13.94% | 42.94% | 20.13% | % | % | 1.69% | 2.77% | % |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Scottish National | Plaid Cymru Green Party BNP UKIP |
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|
| Turnout | 62.4% |
| Conservative | Khan, Zakir |
| Labour | Ali, Rushanara |
| Liberal Democrat | Masroor, Ajmal |
| Green | Bakht, Farid |
| BNP | Marshall, Jeffrey |
Election turnout for the Bethnal Green And Bow constituency in 2010 was 62.4%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
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