UK Labour Party: Tulip shadow minister for early years education

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq has been inducted into the shadow cabinet of UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

She will be joining Shadow Minister for Education Angela Rayner's team as the shadow minister for early years education.

“Delighted to join the brilliant @AngelaRayner in Shadow Education team - we will battle to hold gov to account on education and early years,” tweeted Tulip.

Her appointment comes after a shadow cabinet shake-up by Corbyn following his re-election as the Labour leader.

Tulip is the daughter of Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and a niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

She was elected an MP in last year's election from Hampstead and Kilburn, the top of the 10 most contested seats in London. She bagged 23,977 votes against her Conservative counterpart Simon Marcus' 22,839.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday offered her heartiest congratulations to Tulip on her induction into the shadow cabinet.

In a message, she wished success of Tulip, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.

Born in Mitcham, London in 1982, Tulip took two master's degrees -- one in English literature and another in politics, policy and government -- from King's College London.

She was a former councillor in Regent's Park and a cabinet member for culture and communities in Camden Council, according to Wikipedia.

Tulip, who became the first Bangalee woman councillor in Camden Council in May 2010, first contested the parliamentary polls last year.

Earlier, Rushanara Ali, the first British lawmaker with roots in Bangladesh, served as the shadow minister of international development and education.

The debut of Rushanara, who hails from Biswanath in Sylhet, in the House of Commons was made through the previous UK polls in 2010. The Oxford-educated Rushanara won that election with a margin of around 12,000 votes.

With her victory, she entered the UK parliament as the first Bangladesh-origin MP. She retained her seat from East London's Bethnal Green and Bow constituency with a majority of 24,317 votes.

Another Bangladesh-origin candidate Rupa Huq, also from Labour Party, was elected in last year's UK general elections. She was elected from Ealing Central and Acton constituency by bagging 22,002 votes.

Rupa is a senior lecturer at the sociology department of the Kingston University. Her ancestral home is in Pabna.

For the first time in the history of Britain, 11 Bangladesh-origin candidates vied for seats in the House of Commons through the last election. Seven candidates were nominated by the main opposition Labour Party, while three from Liberal Democrats and one from the Conservative Party.

Of them, Tulip, Rushanara and Rupa, who were described as "three daughters" of Bangladesh, became victorious.