Birmingham election result: Labour's Preet Gill wins Edgbaston seat to become first female Sikh MP

Adam Withnall
Friday 09 June 2017 04:08 BST
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Preet Gill has become the first ever female Sikh MP
Preet Gill has become the first ever female Sikh MP

The marginal seat of Birmingham Edgbaston has elected the UK's first ever female Sikh MP.

Labour's Preet Gill claimed an emphatic victory, taking 24,124 votes, a majority of almost 7,000 ahead of the Conservatives' Caroline Squire, up 10 per cent from 2015.

In 2015, the veteran MP Gisela Stuart won the seat for Labour with a majority of only 2,706. She stood down at this election.

A Labour councillor in Sandwell, Ms Gill said when she was selected: “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.”

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