Salma Yaqoob

Salma Yaqoob
Yaqoob in May 2013
Leader of the Respect Party
In office
8 August 2005 – 11 September 2012
Preceded byLinda Smith
Succeeded byArshad Ali
Personal details
Born
Salma Sultana Yaqoob

(1971-08-15) 15 August 1971 (age 53)[1]
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyLabour (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Respect (2004–2012)
Alma materAston University
OccupationPsychotherapist[2]

Salma Yaqoob (born 15 August 1971)[3] is a British political activist[4] and psychotherapist[5] who served as the Leader of the Respect Party from 2005 until 2012, representing the party on Birmingham City Council.

She led the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and is a patron of Stop the War Coalition UK. She unsuccessfully stood to be the Labour Party candidate for Mayor of the West Midlands in the 2021 mayoral election, finishing third out of three candidates.

She has been a spokesperson for Birmingham Central Mosque.[6]

Yaqoob has also contributed to news outlets, including HuffPost,[7] The Guardian[8] and the New Statesman.[9]

  1. ^ "Birmingham Bin Workers Support Group Launched on Tuesday 3rd October 2017". 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Booktopia: Salma Yaqoob (formally Jacob)". Red Pepper. 28 September 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Birmingham Bin Workers Support Group Launched on Tuesday 3rd October 2017". 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ^ Betts, Hannah (5 February 2019). "Oxbridge needs fewer poshos, and more of us peasants". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ^ "9 Inspiring People Told Us What Equality Means To Them". HuffPost UK. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ^ Yaqoob, Salma (25 October 2005). "Rumours and riots". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Don't Blame Muslims For Britain Refusing Asia Bibi Asylum". HuffPost UK. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Salma Yaqoob". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Writers". New Statesman. Retrieved 26 February 2019.