Neeraj Patil (
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
: ಡಾ. ನೀರಜ್ ಪಾಟೀಲ್) is a British politician from The Labour Party who was currently selected by the Labour party to re-connect British Hindu community and organisations to the Labour party based on mutual respect and shared values, Dr Patil is the Chair and founder of Hindus for labour. A doctor of Indian origin who has served as A&E Consultant in the National Health Service for 28 years, he served as the
Mayor
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of the
London Borough of Lambeth from 2010 to 2011. A member of the
Labour Party, he was the borough's first mayor of Asian origin. He is a member of FIRD Forum for International Relations Development and is engaged in promoting community cohesion between Indian and Pakistani communities in UK.
He is a consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine who completed his
fellowship
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at the
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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. He served as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Worthing Hospital and was a member of KWASH campaign to save the Emergency services at Worthing General Hospital. He was first elected as a
Councillor
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Canada
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for the
Larkhall
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ward in 2006 and reelected in 2010. He was elected to serve as Mayor of Lambeth from 2010-2011.
He received
Pope Benedict XVI
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during his official visit to London on 18 September 2010.
Career
Patil is from the Indian state of
Karnataka
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. In 2008 he was awarded the "
Rajyotsava Award
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" by the
Government of Karnataka
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for promoting Accountable Democracy in India. Patil took the initiative to erect the statue of the 12th century philosopher and founder of Indian Democracy,
Lord Basavanna installed at the
Albert Embankment Gardens in the London Borough of Lambeth with the support of the London-based Pakistani-Muslim community and British Indian community of
South London.
In 2017 Neeraj Patil was the first Kannadiga to run for the British House of Commons. He fought in
Putney
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and lost to Education Secretary
Justine Greening
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by 1,554 votes. Patil achieved a swing of 10.2% in favour of the Labour Party.
In 2018 Patil complained to the House of Commons authorities about improper use of parliamentary facilities by Labour MP
Virendra Sharma
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. His complaint was upheld although the House authorities did not consider it necessary to impose any penalty on Sharma.
In August 2022, he unsuccessfully applied to contest
Bassetlaw in
Nottinghamshire
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as the Labour Party candidate at the
next United Kingdom general election
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Background
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.
Political functions
Patil has held the following political offices since he started a career in politics:
* Mayor of the
London Borough of Lambeth (2010–2011);
* Lambeth Councillor, elected in
2006 and
2010
* Governor of Kings College Hospital (2006–2007);
* Governor of St Thomas Hospital (2008–2010);
* Member of the National Policy Forum, Labour Party (2013–2015);
* Member of National Executive BAME Labour (2009–2013);
* Member of NRI Forum Karnataka (2007–2010).
References
External links
*
CV of Cllr Dr Neeraj Patil
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Mayors of places in Greater London
Indian emigrants to England
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Councillors in the London Borough of Lambeth
People from Kalaburagi
Living people
1968 births
Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2008
Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
21st-century British politicians
21st-century Indian politicians