Molly Irene Samuel-Leport

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(born 12 September 1961) is a British

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, community leader and political candidate. She has a 6th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships. Samuel-Leport received the 1989 Sunday Times International Sports Woman of the Year and 1987 Jamaican Jubilee Award for Excellence. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the

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for services to karate.

Achievements

* 1986 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal * 1986 World Karate Championships Kumite Silver Medal * 1987 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal * 1989 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal * 1990 World Karate Championships Kumite Bronze Medal * 1991 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal * 1992 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal * 1992 World Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal * 1993 World Games Gold Medal

Politics

Samuel-Leport was the Conservative

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for

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in the 2015 general election. She polled 5,584 votes, which was 13.4% of the overall vote. This was the first time the Conservatives had finished in second place in the constituency since 2001. At the

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, she was selected again to contest the seat where she finished in second again, increasing her vote share to 14.1%. She stood as the Conservative Party candidate for

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for the

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, coming second, and as a Conservative Party candidate for Upper Walthamstow ward in the

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, coming fourth in the two-member ward.

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* 1961 births Living people British female karateka Karate coaches Isshin-ryū practitioners Martial artists from London Black British sportswomen Members of the Order of the British Empire British sportsperson-politicians Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Black British women politicians English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent World Games gold medalists for Great Britain World Games medalists in karate Medalists at the 1993 World Games {{UK-karate-bio-stub