Manzila Uddin, Baroness Uddin

The Baroness Uddin
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
21 July 1998
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Manzila Pola Khan

(1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 65)
Rajshahi, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
NationalityBritish
Political partyNon-afflliated[1]
SpouseKomar Uddin
Children5
ParentMatin Khan (Father)
Residence(s)Wapping, Tower Hamlets, London, England
Alma materUniversity of North London
OccupationCommunity activist
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.baronessuddin.com

Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin (née Khan; born 17 July 1959) is a British non-affiliated life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent. In 2009 she was included on The Guardian's Muslim Women Power List for Britain.[2] She previously sat for Labour when, in 2012, Uddin was required to repay £125,349, the largest amount in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal.

  1. ^ "Baroness Uddin". UK Parliament.
  2. ^ "Muslim Women Power List | Society". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2015.