Shockat Adam

Shockat Adam
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Leicester South
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byJonathan Ashworth
Majority979 (2.3%)
Personal details
Born
Shockat Hussain Adam Patel

November 1972 (age 51–52)
Malawi[1]
Political partyIndependent (part of the Independent Alliance)
Alma materUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Websiteshockatadam.org

Shockat Hussain Adam Patel[2] (born November 1972)[3] is a British businessman, optometrist, and independent politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Leicester South since 2024.[4][5]

Since September 2024 he has been a member of the Independent Alliance.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jones2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "'This is for people of Gaza': Shockat Adam takes Labour's Jonathan Ashworth's Leicester South seat". Sky News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Shockat Adam PATEL personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Leicester South | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ^ Siddique, Haroon (7 July 2024). "Who are the pro-Gaza independents who unseated Labour MPs?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2024.