Rushanara Ali | |||||||||||||
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রওশন আরা আলী | |||||||||||||
 Official portrait, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping[a] | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lee Rowley (Building Safety) Felicity Buchan (Homelessness) | ||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney Bethnal Green and Bow (2010–2024) | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Galloway | ||||||||||||
| Majority | 1,689 (3.5%) | ||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1975 Bishwanath, Sylhet, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford (BA) | ||||||||||||
| Website | rushanaraali | ||||||||||||
Rushanara Ali (Bengali: রওশন আরা আলী; born 14 March 1975) is a British politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping since July 2024.[a] A member of the Labour Party, she was the first British Bangladeshi elected to Parliament.
Ali was initially elected to represent Bethnal Green and Bow in 2010, and represented the constituency until its abolition in 2024. She currently represents the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency, having won it in the 2024 general election.
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