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Imran Hussain (born 7 June 1978) is a British Labour Party politician and a barrister. He became the
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(MP) for the constituency of Bradford East after gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats at the 2015 general election. He was re-elected to Parliament in
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and
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. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary
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.


Early life

Hussain was born and raised in
Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 201 ...
,
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. He attended local state-funded schools and as a teenager worked in
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supermarket, sweeping floors and stacking shelves.


Political career


Councillor

Hussain was a Labour councillor in the
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, ...
having first been elected in 2002. In 2003, Hussain brought forward a motion to Bradford Council opposing the
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. In 2008, he was elected as Deputy Leader of the council's Labour Group. In 2010, when Labour took control of the council, he became Deputy Leader of Bradford Council and remained in that position for five years until the 2015 general election when he was elected to the
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. Following his election to Westminster, Hussain rejected his council allowance, which he was entitled to, stating it was a "principled decision" as it would be wrong "to get two salaries" from public office.


Bradford West by-election

In 2012, Hussain was selected by Labour to contest Bradford West in the by-election caused by the resignation of the Labour incumbent,
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, due to "serious illness".
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of the
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chose to stand at this by-election. Shortly before polling day, a leaflet was distributed in the constituency which asserted: "God KNOWS who is a Muslim. And he KNOWS who is not." It continued: "Let me point out to all the Muslim brothers and sisters what I stand for. I, George Galloway, do not drink alcohol and never have. Ask yourself if the other candidate mran Hussainin this election can say that truthfully." The leaflet contained no identifying party logo or indication of the agent or printer, as required by law. Although a connection to the
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candidate was initially denied, it was later confirmed that the document had been approved by Galloway. The election was unexpectedly won by Galloway with a large majority.


Member of Parliament

In 2014, Bradford East
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opened its parliamentary selection process. In the final selection meeting held on 1 November 2014, Hussain was chosen over three other candidates, including the
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to become Labour's candidate for the seat. During his 2015 general election campaign for Bradford East, Hussain rejected a £1,000 donation from
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citing his own opposition to the
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as the reason. He was subsequently elected to
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in
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by gaining the seat from David Ward of the Liberal Democrats with a 13.8% swing to Labour and a majority of 7,084. On 15 May 2015, Hussain was one of 10 newly elected Labour MPs who signed an open letter calling for a Leader of the Labour Party who will not "draw back to the ‘New Labour’ creed of the past" and will oppose austerity. On 20 July 2015, Hussain was one of 48 Labour MPs who voted against the Welfare Bill and therefore rebelled against the Labour Party's position of abstaining on the vote. He described the bill as "cruel and unfair" and said it would be "attacking hard working families, the poorest and children". Hussain was one of 36 Labour MPs who nominated
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as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015. He fully supported Corbyn's leadership campaign. On 14 January 2016, Hussain was appointed Shadow Minister of State for International Development by
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. On 3 July 2017, he was appointed Shadow Minister of State for Justice. Hussain nominated
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as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2020 and nominated
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for the deputy leadership. On 9 April 2020 he was appointed by
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as Shadow Minister of State for Employment Rights.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussain, Imran 1978 births Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from Bradford UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present British politicians of Pakistani descent