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UK elects first female Sikh MP

| | Jun 09, 2017, at 08:57 pm
London, June 9 (IBNS): The UK has elected its first female Sikh MP.

Preet Gill received 24,124 votes to win the Birmingham Edgbaston seat.

She hold the seat for Labour with a majority of 6,917.

"The seat had previously been held by Gisela Stuart who stepped down when the election was called," BBC reported.

Gill was quoted as saying by BBC: "It's a real honour to be representing the people and the place where I was born and raised."

Image: Preet Gill Twitter page

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