Tan Dhesi

Tan Dhesi MP
ਤਨਮਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਢੇਸੀ
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
Assumed office
11 September 2024
Preceded bySir Jeremy Quin
Shadow Minister for Exports
In office
27 November 2023 – 7 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAfzal Khan
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
6 September 2023 – 27 November 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAbena Oppong-Asare
Succeeded byThe Lord Livermore
Shadow Minister for Rail
In office
9 April 2020 – 5 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byRachael Maskell
Succeeded byStephen Morgan
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
In office
7 January 2020 – 6 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byKate Hollern
Succeeded byCarolyn Harris
Member of Parliament
for Slough
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byFiona Mactaggart
Majority3,647 (8.4%)
Personal details
Born (1978-08-17) 17 August 1978 (age 46)[1]
Slough, Berkshire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity College London
Keble College, Oxford
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
WebsiteOfficial website

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Punjabi: ਤਨਮਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਢੇਸੀ; born 17 August 1978), commonly known as Tan Dhesi, is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough since 2017.[2]

He is the UK's first turbaned MP.

  1. ^ "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. ^ "How Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Became UK's First Turbaned Member Of Parliament". Huffington Post India. Retrieved 9 June 2017.