UK gets 1st female Sikh, 1st turbaned MPs in General Election

London : Britain on Friday got its first female Sikh and first turban-wearing MPs as the General Election results began pouring in with Indian-origin Labour Party candidates winning more seats than their rival Conservatives.
Labour Party candidate Preet Kaur Gill won her Birmingham Edgbaston seat by polling 24,124 votes, defeating ruling Conservative party rival Caroline Squire by 6,917 votes. “I am delighted I have been given the opportunity to become the next MP for Edgbaston where I was born and raised.
I want to engage with the people of Edgbaston and with hard work, passion and determination I think we can achieve great things together,” she said.
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, known as Tan, won his Slough seat decisively polling 34,170 votes, to become Labour’s first turban-wearing MP.
He defeated his Conservative party rival by a whopping 16,998 votes.