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| birth_place = [[Hammersmith]], London, England |
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| residence = [[Ealing]], London, England |
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| relations = Mohammed Huq (father)<br />Rowshan Ara Huq (mother)<br />Nutun Huq (sister)<br />[[Konnie Huq]] (sister) |
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| education = [[Notting Hill and Ealing High School]] |
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| thesis_title = Too much too young: British 1990s youth culture |
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| occupation = Writer, columnist, politician, [[senior lecturer]], music DJ |
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'''Rupa Asha Huq''' ( |
'''Rupa Asha Huq''' (born 2 April 1972) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician, [[columnist]] and [[Academy|academic]]. She has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton]] since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life and education== |
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Huq was born in [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital|Queen Charlotte's Hospital]], [[Hammersmith]] |
Rupa Huq was born on 2 April 1972 in [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital|Queen Charlotte's Hospital]], [[Hammersmith]],<ref name="getwestlondon1">{{cite news |last=Gates|first=James|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/blue-peter-stars-sister-new-5996362|title=Blue Peter star's sister is new deputy mayor|location=London|publisher=Get West London|date=3 June 2010|access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> and grew up on Brunswick Road in [[Ealing]].<ref name="ealingtoday2">{{cite news |url=http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/shared/electionecaprofile002.htm|title=Rupa Huq will be hoping to hold the seat for Labour|location=Ealing|work=Ealing Today|date=17 May 2017|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> Huq's father, Muhammad Huq (also known as Abedul),<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8053988/Konnie-Huq-my-family-wanted-me-to-marry-a-Muslim.html|title=Konnie Huq: my family wanted me to marry a Muslim|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=10 October 2010|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> and mother, Rowshan Ara Huq (also known as Dulali Biswas), moved to Britain in 1962 from [[East Pakistan]].<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite news |last=Lewis|first=Roz|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/8597181/Konnie-Huq-talks-about-money.html|title=Konnie Huq talks about money|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=26 June 2011|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq's father came from Maksedpur in [[Pabna]] and her mother from Kuthipara in Pabna.<ref name="bdnews241">{{cite news |last=Asad|first=Saikat Afroz|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/10/rupa-huqs-relatives-at-pabna-overjoyed-at-her-win-in-uk-polls|title=Rupa Huq's relatives at Pabna overjoyed at her win in UK polls|location=Bangladesh|work=[[Bdnews24.com]]|date=10 May 2015|access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> Huq's father was training to become an [[actuary]] for [[Prudential plc|Prudential]], but gave that up to open an [[Indian cuisine|Indian restaurant]] in [[Soho]], London. After the [[Early 1990s recession|recession of the early 1990s]], the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. He opened another restaurant in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] and later retired.<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last=Iziren|first=Adeline|url=https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/29/konnie-huq-family-values|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 May 2010|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> |
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Huq attended Montpelier Primary School in Ealing. In 1980, at the age of eight, Huq was featured in the [[BBC Schools]] programme ''[[Look and Read]]'' when the programme visited the school.<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> She then attended the independent girls' school [[Notting Hill and Ealing High School]]. |
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She attended [[Notting Hill & Ealing High School]]. In 1993, she graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper second-class honours|2:1]] in BA Political and Social Sciences and Law from [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies thesis on youth culture at the [[University of East London]],<ref name="fass.kingston">{{cite web |url=http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/faculty/staff/cv.php?staffnum=328|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> comparing young people in [[East London]] and the [[Alsace]] region of France,<ref name="gdc">{{cite web |url=http://gdc.cch.kcl.ac.uk/speakers/|title=Dr Rupa Huq |publisher=Girls & Digital Culture|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> which included being a post-graduate at [[Marc Bloch University|Strasbourg II University]] in France during which time she also worked at the [[European Parliament]] for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]],<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rupa-huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> shadowing Labour [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Carole Tongue]].<ref name="manchestereveningnews">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/spin-doctor-rupa-aims-to-be-no-1146663|title=Spin doctor Rupa aims to be No 1|work= |location=Manchester|publisher=''[[Manchester Evening News]]''|date=10 August 2004|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> |
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In 1993, she graduated with an [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper Second Class Honours|upper second]] in Political and Social Sciences and Law from [[Newnham College, Cambridge]], for a BA. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies with a thesis on youth culture at the [[University of East London]], comparing young people in [[East London]] and the [[Alsace]] region of France.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Huq |first=Rupa |date=August 1999 |title=Too Much Too Young: British Youth Culture in the 1990s |type=PhD |publisher=University of East London |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311611 |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="gdc">{{cite web |url=http://gdc.cch.kcl.ac.uk/speakers/|title=Dr Rupa Huq |publisher=Girls & Digital Culture|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> This included being a post-graduate at [[Marc Bloch University|Strasbourg II University]] in France, during which time she also worked at the [[European Parliament]] for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]],<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rupa-huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> shadowing Labour [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Carole Tongue]]. In October 2017, Huq told [[Sky News]] that she had been sexually harassed by a male MEP at this time.<ref name="sky">{{cite news |last=McGuinness|first=Alan|url=https://www.news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-rupa-huq-says-she-was-sexually-harassed-by-mep-11105926|title=Labour MP Rupa Huq: I was sexually harassed by MEP in my 20s|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=30 October 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="manchestereveningnews">{{cite news |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/spin-doctor-rupa-aims-to-be-no-1146663|title=Spin doctor Rupa aims to be No 1|location=Manchester|newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=10 August 2004|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="sky2">{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-rupa-huq-says-she-was-sexually-harassed-by-mep-11105926|title=Labour MP Rupa Huq: I was sexually harassed by MEP in my 20s | Politics News|work=Sky News|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref> |
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Huq's father, Muhammad Huq,<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8053988/Konnie-Huq-my-family-wanted-me-to-marry-a-Muslim.html|title=Konnie Huq: my family wanted me to marry a Muslim|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=10 October 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="dailymail4">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1319297/X-Factor-2010-Xtra-Factor-host-Konnie-Huq-says-father-wanted-marry-Muslim--TVs-Charlie-Brooker.html|title=Xtra Factor host Konnie Huq says her father wanted her to marry a Muslim|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=11 October 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> and mother, Rowshan Ara Huq, emigrated to [[Great Britain|Britain]] in 1962 to enable their children to have better opportunities and a higher level of education than was available in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite news |last=Lewis|first=Roz|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/8597181/Konnie-Huq-talks-about-money.html|title=Konnie Huq talks about money|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=26 June 2011|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq's father (who was also known as Abedul) came from Maksedpur in [[Pabna]] city, while her mother (who was also known as Dulali Biswas) was from Kuthipara.<ref name="bdnews241">{{cite news |last=Asad|first=Saikat Afroz|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/10/rupa-huqs-relatives-at-pabna-overjoyed-at-her-win-in-uk-polls|title=Rupa Huq's relatives at Pabna overjoyed at her win in UK polls|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=''[[Bdnews24.com]]''|date=10 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> Huq's father was training to become an [[actuary]] for [[Prudential plc|The Prudential]], but gave that up to start an [[Indian cuisine|Indian restaurant]] in [[Soho]], London. After the [[Early 1990s recession|recession of the early 1990s]], the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. He started another restaurant in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] but later retired.<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last=Iziren|first=Adeline|url=https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/29/konnie-huq-family-values|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> |
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==Academic career== |
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In 1998, Huq moved to [[Manchester]].<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/> From 1998 to 2004, she was a lecturer at the [[Victoria University of Manchester]],<ref name="fass.kingston"/> during which time she held a [[Leverhulme Trust]] Fellowship.<ref name="fass.kingston"/><ref name="kingston">{{cite web |url=http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pressoffice/findanexpert/profile/25/Rupa-Huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|date |
In 1998, Huq moved to [[Manchester]].<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/> From 1998 to 2004, she was a lecturer at the [[Victoria University of Manchester|University of Manchester]],<ref name="fass.kingston">{{cite web |url=http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/faculty/staff/cv.php?staffnum=328|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> during which time she held a [[Leverhulme Trust]] Fellowship.<ref name="fass.kingston"/><ref name="kingston">{{cite web |url=http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pressoffice/findanexpert/profile/25/Rupa-Huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> |
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From September 2004 until 2015,<ref name="bbwhoswho">{{cite book |last1=Karim|first1=Mohammed Abdul|last2=Karim|first2=Shahadoth|title=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/images/Publication.pdf|date=November 2015|publisher=British Bangla Media Group|page=14| |
From September 2004 until 2015,<ref name="bbwhoswho">{{cite book |last1=Karim|first1=Mohammed Abdul|last2=Karim|first2=Shahadoth|title=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/images/Publication.pdf|date=November 2015|publisher=British Bangla Media Group|page=14|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> Huq was a senior lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at [[Kingston University]]<ref name="gdc"/> in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<ref name="kingston"/> She has also taught Media and Cultural Studies.<ref name="gbnews24">{{cite news |last=Ahmed|first=Syed Shah Salim|url=http://www.english.gbnews24.com/legendary-researcher-rupa-will-win-the-next-election-2015/|title=Legendary researcher Rupa will be win the next Election 2015|publisher=GBNEWS24.com|date=1 December 2013|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> |
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==Writing and media career== |
==Writing and media career== |
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Huq has contributed to ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''Progress magazine''<ref name="makejusticework">{{cite news |
Huq has contributed to ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''Progress magazine''<ref name="makejusticework">{{cite news |url=http://www.makejusticework.org.uk/ambassador/rupa-huq/|title=Make Justice Work Ambassador: Rupa Huq|publisher=Make Justice Work|year=2012|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> and ''[[The Times Higher Education Supplement]]''.<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> Huq's research specialism has chiefly been youth culture and pop music.<ref name="gdc"/> She has a particular interest in [[David Bowie]].<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |last=Ahmed|first=Samira|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/entries/f253c63e-cc50-341e-bec5-cc5ee8884568|title=The Story of 'I Dressed Ziggy Stardust'|publisher=The BBC Radio 4 Blog|date=13 March 2013|access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2006, her book ''Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world''<ref name="timeshighereducation">{{cite |
In 2006, her book ''Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world''<ref name="timeshighereducation">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/on-the-edge-the-contested-cultures-of-english-suburbia-by-rupa-huq/2003347.article|title=On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia by Rupa Huq|magazine=[[Times Higher Education]]|date=25 April 2013|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> on these themes was published. It was subsequently one of five titles shortlisted for the 2007 British Sociological Association [[Philip Abrams Memorial Prize]].<ref name="huffingtonpost1"/><ref name="kingston"/> Huq was a contributor to the 2011 book ''What Next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation'', published by Queensferry Publishing. In June 2013, her second book ''Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture'' was published.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781780932248|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215163233/http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781780932248|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2013|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bloomsburyacademic">{{cite web |url= https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/making-sense-of-suburbia-through-popular-culture-9781780932248/|title= Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> Also in 2013, her third book ''On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia After 7/7'' was published. |
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Huq has appeared on [[Channel S]] and [[Bangla TV]] as well as ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' and [[BBC News 24]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> On radio, she has been on the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' programme]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[BBC Asian Network]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> |
Huq has appeared on [[Channel S]] and [[Bangla TV]] as well as ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' and [[BBC News 24]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> On radio, she has been on the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' programme]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[BBC Asian Network]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> |
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Huq says that she has been a part-time DJ, saying in 2004, "I first started DJing for a hospital radio station when I was about 17 and now I DJ in clubs and bars in Manchester".<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/><ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6103102.stm|title=Blue Peter links of aspiring MP|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 November 2006|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ealing MP takes to the turntables for her birthday bash |url=https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/20235326.ealing-mp-takes-turntables-birthday-bash/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |publisher=Ealing Times |date=24 June 2022}}</ref> |
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==Early political career== |
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[[File:Rupa 2006.JPG|thumb|upright|Huq in 2006]] |
[[File:Rupa 2006.JPG|thumb|upright|Huq in 2006]] |
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Huq was a researcher for [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]] and [[Patricia Hewitt]]. In 2004, she stood as a candidate for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in the [[European Parliament election |
Huq was a researcher for [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]] and [[Patricia Hewitt]]. In 2004, she stood as a candidate for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in the [[2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Parliament election]] in [[North West England (European Parliament constituency)|North West England]], but failed to be elected.<ref name="huffingtonpost1"/><ref name="independent1">{{cite news |last=Jarvis|first=Alice-Azania|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-blue-peter-konnies-sister-takes-red-corner-1939665.html|title=Pandora: 'Blue Peter' Konnie's sister takes red corner|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=9 April 2010|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> |
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In 2005, she stood as the Labour [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] in |
In 2005, she stood as the Labour [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] in [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]].<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news |last=Roy|first=Amit|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070429/asp/7days/story_7710878.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921081040/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070429/asp/7days/story_7710878.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2008|title=Bangla babes rule Britannia|location=Calcutta|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=29 April 2009|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> She finished in third with 14% of the vote behind the incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP [[Cheryl Gillan]] and the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] candidate.<ref name="electoralcalculus2005">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref> |
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In 2008, she served on a UK government [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign and Commonwealth]] "Understanding Islam" delegation to Bangladesh.<ref name="bbwhoswho"/> |
In 2008, she served on a UK government [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign and Commonwealth]] "Understanding Islam" delegation to Bangladesh.<ref name="bbwhoswho"/> |
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[[2010 Ealing London Borough Council election|In 2010]], Huq was one of three Labour candidates standing for a council seat in Walpole in the constituency of Ealing, but failed to be elected.<ref name="independent1"/> |
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[[Ealing London Borough Council election, 2010|In 2010]], Huq was one of three Labour candidates standing for a council seat in Walpole in the constituency of Ealing.<ref name="independent1"/> In 2010, after the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2010|local elections]], she became the deputy mayoress of the [[London Borough of Ealing]] for the municipal year 2010<ref name="guardian3">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/28/mayoress-ealing-local-government|title=Why a ceremonial figurehead can mean progress|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=28 June 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>–2011.<ref name="guardian4">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/13/ealing-suburbs-riots|title=In Ealing, the sound of the suburbs shedding their leafy reputation|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=13 August 2011|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> |
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==Parliamentary career== |
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In November 2013, Huq was chosen by Labour as their prospective parliamentary candidate for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton constituency]] to challenge Conservative MP [[Angie Bray]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]].<ref name="gbnews24"/><ref name="chiswickw41">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/shared/eaecaseat001.htm|title=Labour pick candidate for Ealing Central and Acton seat|work= |location=Chiswick|publisher=''Chiswickw4.com''|date=4 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondon2">{{cite news |last=Russell|first=Michael|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Labour pick TV star's sister as their General Election candidate|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=7 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> In January 2015, she was one of 15 Labour candidates each given financial support of £10,000 by [[Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay|Lord Matthew Oakeshott]], the former [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]].<ref name="newstatesman1">{{cite news |last=Eaton|first=George|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/former-lib-dem-lord-oakeshott-donates-300000-labour-candidates|title=Former Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott donates £300,000 to Labour candidates|work= |location= |publisher=''[[New Statesman]]''|date=21 January 2015|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref> During the election campaign, Huq was manhandled by the former vice-chairman of the local Conservative branch, Karim Sacoor, who was caught on video repeatedly attempting to drag her away from [[Boris Johnson]], who was campaigning with her Conservative rival Angie Bray.<ref name="getwestlondon4">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa|first=Danya|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/conservative-activist-stands-down-after-9186131|title=Conservative activist stands down after 'manhandling' Rupa Huq|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=5 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa|first=Danya|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/02/labour-rupa-huq-grabbed-boris-johnson_n_7194912.html|title=Tory who 'manhandled' Labour candidate on walkabout with Boris Johnson told to step down|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Ward|first=Alexander|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/labour-candidate-manhandled-by-tory-activist-as-she-questions-boris-johnson-on-the-campaign-trail-10222221.html|title=Tory activist asked to step down after Labour candidate Rupa Huq is 'manhandled' while questioning Boris Johnson on the campaign trail|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=3 May 2015|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="mirror2">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa|first=Danya|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-who-manhandled-labour-candidate-5644172|title= Tory who 'manhandled' Labour candidate on walkabout with Boris Johnson told to step down |work= |location= |publisher=''[[Daily Mirror]]''|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="bdnews242">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/world/2015/05/04/rupa-huq-manhandled-by-a-tory-activist|title=Rupa Huq 'manhandled' by a Tory activist|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=''[[Bdnews24.com]]''|date=10 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> |
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In November 2013, Huq was chosen by Labour as their [[prospective parliamentary candidate]] for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton]] at the next general election.<ref name="gbnews24" /><ref name="chiswickw41">{{cite news |date=4 November 2013 |title=Labour pick candidate for Ealing Central and Acton seat |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/shared/eaecaseat001.htm |access-date=1 March 2014 |publisher=Chiswickw4.com |location=Chiswick}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondon2">{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=7 November 2013 |title=Ealing Labour pick TV star's sister as their General Election candidate |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362 |access-date=1 March 2014 |publisher=Get West London |location=London}}</ref> In January 2015, she was one of 15 Labour candidates each given financial support of £10,000 by [[Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay|Lord Matthew Oakeshott]].<ref name="newstatesman1">{{cite magazine |last=Eaton |first=George |date=21 January 2015 |title=Former Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott donates £300,000 to Labour candidates |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/former-lib-dem-lord-oakeshott-donates-300000-labour-candidates |access-date=1 February 2015 |magazine=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref> During the election campaign, Huq was manhandled by the former vice-chairman of the local Conservative branch, Karim Sacoor, who was caught on video repeatedly attempting to drag her away from [[Boris Johnson]], who was campaigning with her Conservative rival Angie Bray.<ref name="getwestlondon4">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa |first=Danya |date=5 May 2015 |title=Conservative activist stands down after 'manhandling' Rupa Huq |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/conservative-activist-stands-down-after-9186131 |access-date=7 June 2015 |publisher=Get West London |location=London}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa |first=Danya |date=2 May 2015 |title=Tory who 'manhandled' Labour candidate on walkabout with Boris Johnson told to step down |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/02/labour-rupa-huq-grabbed-boris-johnson_n_7194912.html |access-date=7 June 2015 |work=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Alexander |date=3 May 2015 |title=Tory activist asked to step down after Labour candidate Rupa Huq is 'manhandled' while questioning Boris Johnson on the campaign trail |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/labour-candidate-manhandled-by-tory-activist-as-she-questions-boris-johnson-on-the-campaign-trail-10222221.html |access-date=8 June 2015 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref name="mirror2">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa |first=Danya |date=2 May 2015 |title=Tory who 'manhandled' Labour candidate on walkabout with Boris Johnson told to step down |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-who-manhandled-labour-candidate-5644172 |access-date=7 June 2015 |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]}}</ref><ref name="bdnews242">{{cite news |date=10 May 2015 |title=Rupa Huq 'manhandled' by a Tory activist |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/world/2015/05/04/rupa-huq-manhandled-by-a-tory-activist |access-date=7 June 2015 |work=[[Bdnews24.com]] |location=Bangladesh}}</ref> |
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At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Huq was elected as MP for Ealing Central and Acton with 43.2% of the vote and a majority of 274 votes.<ref name="getwestlondon3">{{cite news |last1=Bazaraa|first1=Danya|last2=De-Keyzer|first2=Amy|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Central & Acton constituency results|location=London|publisher=Get West London|date=8 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="ealingtimes">{{cite news |last=Farag|first=Maryse|url=http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/12938792.Labour_snatch_Ealing_Central_and_Acton_seat_from_Tories/|title=Rupa Huq brings some cheer to party on national night of woe|location=Ealing|publisher=Ealing Times|date=8 May 2015|access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="dhakatribune1">{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2015/may/08/british-bangladeshi-rupa-wins-uk-polls|title=British-Bangladeshi Rupa wins UK election|location=Dhaka|newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=8 May 2015|access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref> |
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In October 2016, Huq was appointed as a member of the Shadow Home Affairs team in the [[Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn|Labour Party's frontbench in Parliament]]. She is Shadow Home Office Minister for Crime Prevention.<ref name="getwestlondon6">{{cite news |last=Rivers |first=David |date=21 October 2016 |title=Labour front bench sees appointment of west London MPs including Andy Slaughter and Rupa Huq |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/west-london-mps-appointed-labours-12054771 |access-date=1 April 2017 |publisher=Get West London |location=London}}</ref> Huq led from the frontbench on the bill before the House of Commons to equalise Civil Partnerships to include heterosexual couples.<ref name="chiswickherald1">{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Paul |date=22 January 2017 |title=MP champions campaign for opposite sex couple Civil Partnerships |url=http://www.chiswickherald.co.uk/mp-champions-campaign-for-opposite-sex-civil-partnerships-p6155-95.htm |access-date=22 January 2017 |publisher=Chiswick Herald |location=Chiswick}}</ref> |
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In April 2016, Huq criticised BBC and ITV productions for demonstrating inferiority to other races, claiming that some areas of television had yet to move forward from the sitcoms of the 1970s. She also criticised ''[[Citizen Khan]]''{{'}}s "[[Islamophobic]]" depiction of a "quite backward" family of Muslims.<ref name="bbc3">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36048059|title=BBC sitcom Citizen Khan 'Islamophobic', says MP|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=14 April 2016|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="theweek">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/71584/citizen-khan-bbc-sitcom-is-islamophobic-says-mp|title= Citizen Khan: BBC sitcom is 'Islamophobic', says MP|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Week]]''|date=15 April 2016|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="birminghammail">{{cite news |last=Cartledge|first=James|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/mp-blasts-islamophobic-citizen-khan-11189456|title=MP blasts 'Islamophobic' Citizen Khan - and predicts hand being CUT OFF in future episodes|work= |location=Birmingham|publisher=''[[Birmingham Mail]]''|date=15 April 2016|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="expressandstar">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/showbiz-news/2016/04/14/beardy-weirdy-citizen-khan-branded-islamophobic-by-mp-rupa-huq/|title='Beardy, weirdy' Citizen Khan branded Islamophobic by MP Rupa Huq|work= |location=Birmingham|publisher=''[[Express & Star]]''|date=14 April 2016|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> In the same month, Huq defended suspended Labour MP [[Naz Shah]] during an interview on BBC's [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'']] programme by comparing "alleged anti-Semitic" posts about [[Israel]] shared by Shah on social media to a photo Huq shared of [[Boris Johnson]] on a [[Zip-line|zip-wire]] next to [[Barack Obama]]. She also stressed the fact that Shah's comments were made before she became an MP and that some online comments should not be taken seriously. Subsequently, Huq was accused of "trivialising racism".<ref name="getwestlondon5">{{cite news |last=Rivers|first=David|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-mp-rupa-huq-under-11256824|title=Ealing MP Rupa Huq under fire for defending MP Naz Shah's anti-semitic Facebook posts about Israel|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=29 April 2016|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Simons |first=Ned|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/naz-shah-subjected-to-trial-buy-twitter-says-labour-mp-rupa-huq-amid-antisemitism-row_uk_5721bc86e4b0a1e971cb073d|title=Naz Shah Subjected To 'Trial By Twitter' Says Labour MP Rupa Huq Amid Antisemitism Row|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref> Huq later apologised claiming she was not "fully aware" of Shah's comments before defending her.<ref name="spectator1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/rupa-huq-performs-a-u-turn-over-her-disastrous-naz-shah-interview/|title=Rupa Huq performs a u-turn over her disastrous Naz Shah interview|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Spectator]]''|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref> |
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In April 2017, the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] decided not to contest her seat in the next general election, commenting, "By and large we quite like Rupa. She has made quite prominent statements on [[proportional representation]] and [[Expansion of Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]], as well as [[Climate change in the United Kingdom|climate change]] and [[Environmental issues in the United Kingdom|environmental issues]] in regards to [[Brexit]]."<ref name="independent3">{{cite news |last=Bulman|first=May|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-party-pulls-general-election-seat-ealing-help-labour-beat-tories-rupa-huq-a7701081.html|title=Green Party pulls out of crucial general election seat to help Labour beat Tories|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=28 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> In May 2017, [[Vince Cable]] commented how he gave Huq a lift home from a joint speaking engagement, saying, "We talked for a couple of hours, and it was very clear that on almost every issue our views were almost identical. And so I would find it difficult to vote against somebody like that, and I hope that our people around the country are discriminating and think and act in a constructive way."<ref name="chiswickherald2">{{cite news |last=Williams|first=Paul|url=http://chiswickherald.co.uk/vince-cable-endorses-rupa-huq-p6596-95.htm|title=Vince Cable endorses Rupa Huq|location=Chiswick|publisher=Chiswick Herald|date=12 May 2017|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="spectator2">{{cite magazine |url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/listen-vince-cable-urges-lib-dem-voters-to-back-labour-mp/|title=Listen: Vince Cable says he would find it difficult not to vote for Labour MP|magazine=[[The Spectator]]|date=5 May 2017|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="telegraph4">{{cite news |last=Hughes|first=Laura|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/08/revealed-sir-vince-cable-urges-lib-dem-supporters-back-labour/|title=Revealed: Sir Vince Cable urges Lib Dem supporters to back Labour candidates in general election|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 May 2017|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Huq was re-elected as MP for Ealing Central and Acton with an increased vote share of 59.7% and an increased majority of 13,807 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General election 2017: latest updates |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003183545/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news |archive-date=2019-10-03 |access-date=2018-06-21 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{citation |author=Robin de Peyer |title=Ealing Central & Acton 2017 result |date=9 June 2017 |newspaper=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ealing-central-and-acton-election-results-who-is-the-mp-for-the-constituency-after-the-general-a3547221.html |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225211117/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ealing-central-and-acton-election-results-who-is-the-mp-for-the-constituency-after-the-general-a3547221.html |archive-date=25 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election 2017: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602022928/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-02 |access-date=2021-06-25}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondon7">{{cite news |last=Rivers|first=David|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/general-election-labour-candidates-ealing-13160424|title=General Election: All Labour candidates in Ealing hold seats and boost majorities|location=London|publisher=Get West London|date=9 June 2017|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref> |
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In October 2016, Huq was appointed as a member of the Shadow Home Affairs team in the [[Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn|Labour Party's frontbench in Parliament]]. She is Shadow Home Office Minister for Crime Prevention.<ref name="getwestlondon6">{{cite news |last=Rivers|first=David|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/west-london-mps-appointed-labours-12054771|title=Labour front bench sees appointment of west London MPs including Andy Slaughter and Rupa Huq|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=21 October 2016|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> Huq led from the frontbench on the bill before the House of Commons to equalise Civil Partnerships to include heterosexual couples.<ref name="chiswickherald1">{{cite news |last=Williams|first=Paul|url=http://www.chiswickherald.co.uk/mp-champions-campaign-for-opposite-sex-civil-partnerships-p6155-95.htm|title=MP champions campaign for opposite sex couple Civil Partnerships|work= |location=Chiswick|publisher=''Chiswick Herald''|date=22 January 2017|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref> Huq is a member of the [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref name="thejc">{{cite news |last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/mps-%EF%AC%82ock-to-support-labour-israel-group-1.53362|title=MPs flock to support Labour Israel group|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''|date=22 September 2016|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> |
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At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Huq was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 51.3% and a decreased majority of 13,300 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Ealing |title=Ealing Council download - Statements of persons nominated and notice of poll: UK Parliamentary General Election 12 December 2019 {{!}} Council and local decisions {{!}} Elections |url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/downloads/download/5511/statements_of_persons_nominated_and_notice_of_poll_uk_parliamentary_general_election_12_december_2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927084416/https://www.ealing.gov.uk/downloads/download/5511/statements_of_persons_nominated_and_notice_of_poll_uk_parliamentary_general_election_12_december_2019 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |access-date=2019-11-19 |website=www.ealing.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> |
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In April 2017, the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] decided not to run a candidate to contest her seat in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|general election]]. They said "By and large we quite like Rupa. She has made quite prominent statements on [[proportional representation]] and [[Expansion of Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]], as well as [[Climate change in the United Kingdom|climate change]] and [[Environmental issues in the United Kingdom|environmental issues]] in regards to [[Brexit]], so for those reasons we won't tell our members to vote for her, but we will say we're not going to stand against her."<ref name="independent3">{{cite news |last=Bulman|first=May|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-party-pulls-general-election-seat-ealing-help-labour-beat-tories-rupa-huq-a7701081.html|title=Green Party pulls out of crucial general election seat to help Labour beat Tories|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=28 April 2017|accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref> Huq said of the [[Progressive alliance (UK)|Progressive alliance]],<ref name="ealingtoday1"/> "I welcome the decision and indeed offers of help from anyone who'll lend a hand in a tight race. The local Green Party knows that I am an MP who is a resolute remainer that I will continue to fight for the UK to stay in the EU and vote accordingly. For me this is respecting the will of the people in Ealing, Acton and Chiswick."<ref name="ealingtoday1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/15268853.Rupa_Huq_responds_to_decision_of_Green_candidate_to_stand_aside_in_Ealing_Central_and_Acton_race/|title=Rupa Huq responds to decision of Green candidate to stand aside in Ealing Central and Acton race|work= |location=Ealing|publisher=''Ealing Today''|date=5 May 2017|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref> In May 2017, [[Vince Cable]], who went on to be Liberal Democrat leader, commented that if he lived in Ealing Central and Acton he would not vote for his own party but would support Huq. In a recording of a public meeting Cable commented how he gave Huq a lift home from a joint speaking engagement saying, "We talked for a couple of hours, and it was very clear that on almost every issue our views were almost identical. And so I would find it difficult to vote against somebody like that, and I hope that our people around the country are discriminating and think and act in a constructive way."<ref name="chiswickherald2">{{cite news |last=Williams|first=Paul|url=http://chiswickherald.co.uk/vince-cable-endorses-rupa-huq-p6596-95.htm|title=Vince Cable endorses Rupa Huq|work= |location=Chiswick|publisher=''Chiswick Herald''|date=12 May 2017|accessdate=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="spectator2">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/listen-vince-cable-urges-lib-dem-voters-to-back-labour-mp/|title=Listen: Vince Cable says he would find it difficult not to vote for Labour MP|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Spectator]]''|date=5 May 2017|accessdate=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="telegraph4">{{cite news |last=Hughes|first=Laura|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/08/revealed-sir-vince-cable-urges-lib-dem-supporters-back-labour/|title=Revealed: Sir Vince Cable urges Lib Dem supporters to back Labour candidates in general election|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=8 May 2017|accessdate=1 October 2017}}</ref> In June 2017, in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|general election]], Huq retained her seat with an increased majority of 13,807,<ref name="bbc4">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000674|title=Ealing Central & Acton Parliamentary constituency|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=9 June 2017|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="standard7">{{cite news |last=De Peyer|first=Robin|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2017-may-underestimated-the-british-public-says-tulip-siddiq-a3560716.html|title=Ealing Central and Acton election results: Labour's Rupa Huq wins at General Election|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[London Evening Standard]]''|date=9 June 2017|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondon7">{{cite news |last=Rivers|first=David|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/general-election-labour-candidates-ealing-13160424|title=General Election: All Labour candidates in Ealing hold seats and boost majorities|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=9 June 2017|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> which represented a 16% vote increase from 2015 and a 60% share of the total vote. |
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Huq was appointed vice-chair of the [[All-party parliamentary group|All-Party Parliamentary]] Music Group and All-Party Parliamentary on [[Crossrail]]. She chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on London, with specific reference to planning and the built environment.<ref name="bbwhoswho"/> |
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In January 2018, she said that the [[GCE Advanced Level|A Level]] history syllabus was biased against Labour because it misses out the [[Attlee ministry|1945-51 Labour government]], ends just before [[Tony Blair]]'s [[New Labour|Labour government in 1997]] and asks students to list Conservative strengths and Labour weaknesses.<ref name="bbc5">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-42861501/huq-history-a-level-is-biased-towards-conservatives|title=Huq: History A Level 'is biased towards Conservatives'|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=29 January 2018|accessdate=1 February 2018}}</ref> In February, in personal film for the ''[[Daily Politics]]'' series, Huq claimed it was "dangerous to deny that these things <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Blair ministry|Blair]]–[[Brown ministry|Brown administrations]], or the post-war Labour government which brought in the [[Welfare state in the United Kingdom|welfare state]] and [[National Health Service]]<nowiki>]</nowiki><!-- closing bracket of unspoken phrase --> ever happened" and she argued there was a pro-Conservative bias to what was being taught with a risk of "brainwashing our kids".<ref name="bbc6">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-42951664/labour-mp-rupa-huq-on-history-lessons-in-schools|title=Labour MP Rupa Huq on history lessons in schools|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=5 February 2018|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref> |
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On 22 June 2020 Huq joined the [[Panel of Chairs]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rupa Huq MP, Ealing Central and Acton - TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25284/rupa_huq/ealing_central_and_acton |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=They work for you}}</ref> |
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In March 2018, Huq received a suspicious package containing an [[Islamophobia|anti-Islamic]] letter and sticky liquid. The substance was later found to be harmless. Similar packages were received by fellow Labour MPs [[Mohammad Yasin (politician)|Mohammad Yasin]], [[Rushanara Ali]] and [[Afzal Khan (British politician)|Afzal Khan]].<ref name="bbc7">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43387152|title=Third MP gets Islamophobic letter|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=13 March 2018|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="theguardian2">{{cite news |last=Elgot|first=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/13/police-investigate-new-suspicious-package-sent-mp-rupa-huq-westminster|title=Four Muslim MPs receive suspicious packages at Westminster|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=13 March 2018 |accessdate=1 April 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, whilst writing for ''[[Business Insider]]'' Huq said, Brexit is "not carved into concrete, untouchable and unchangeable" arguing that "If the cost of Brexit reaches a point where the British people decide it's not worth it, then they're perfectly entitled to change their minds about whether it's the right path."<ref name="businessinsider">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/rupa-huq-public-should-get-final-say-on-brexit-2018-4|title='This myth about the irreversible nature of Brexit must be confronted' — Rupa Huq MP writes for Business Insider|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Business Insider]]''|date=4 April 2018|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> In May 2018, Huq told colleagues in [[Westminster Hall]]<ref name="standard">{{cite news |last=Grafton-Green|first=Patrick|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-rupa-and-tulip-in-racist-security-row-a3847451.html|title=The Londoner: Rupa and Tulip in racist security row|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[London Evening Standard]]''|date=24 May 2018|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> that BAME MPs regularly have their access to the House of Commons estate questioned.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wearmouth|first=Rachel|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/british-bangladeshi-mp-rupa-huq-stopped-by-westminster-security-on-daily-basis_uk_5b053cc8e4b05f0fc8433d16?guccounter=1|title=The Londoner: Rupa and Tulip in racist security row|work= |location= |publisher=''[[HuffPost]]''|date=23 May 2018|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> She said: "I have been stopped more times in this place since my election in 2015, than in 43 years outside." Furthermore, Huq and fellow Labour MP [[Tulip Siddiq]] are mistaken for one another, though they do not look alike. Huq added: "I imagine most BME MPs have encountered it in some form or other."<ref name="standard"/> |
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She has been a member of the Commons [[Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee]] since March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Rupa Huq |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4511/career |website=UK Parliament |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> |
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In December 2018 she accused UK Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] of having "a sort of premature parliamentary [[ejaculation]]—that has put the lie to the claim that she sticks to her guns."<ref>{{cite Hansard|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-12-10/debates/45B04B71-E595-4C17-AA41-686E96BF70E3/ExitingTheEuropeanUnion|title=Exiting the European Union|work= |location= London|publisher=''[[Hansard]]''|date=10 Dec 2018|accessdate=10 Dec 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=McKiernan|first=Jennifer |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-accused-premature-parliamentary-202424496.html?guccounter=1|title=Theresa May accused of 'premature parliamentary ejaculation|work= |location= London|publisher=''[[Yahoo News]]''|date=10 Dec 2018|accessdate=10 Dec 2018}}</ref> over her decision to delay a parliamentary vote on the government's [[Brexit]] deal. May responded with "I think she will see that I am not capable of a parliamentary ejaculation."<ref>{{cite Hansard|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-12-10/debates/45B04B71-E595-4C17-AA41-686E96BF70E3/ExitingTheEuropeanUnion|title=Exiting the European Union|work= |location= London|publisher=''[[Hansard]]''|date=10 Dec 2018|accessdate=10 Dec 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=McKiernan|first=Jennifer |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-accused-premature-parliamentary-202424496.html?guccounter=1|title=Theresa May accused of 'premature parliamentary ejaculation'|work= |location= London|publisher=''[[Yahoo News]]''|date=10 Dec 2018|accessdate=10 Dec 2018}}</ref> which was followed by raucous laughter in the House of Commons. |
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In August 2022, Huq was re-selected as the Labour candidate for Ealing Central and Acton at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2022 |title=Ealing Central & Acton MP, Rupa Huq reselected to be Labour candidate for next General Election |work=EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall. |url=https://ealing.news/politics/ealing-central-acton-mp-rupa-huq-reselected-to-be-labour-candidate-for-next-general-election/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |publisher=Ealing.News}}</ref> |
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==Political views== |
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===Labour Party=== |
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In June 2015, she was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a candidate in the [[2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|Labour leadership election]],<ref name="newstatesman3">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election|title=Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?|magazine=[[New Statesman]]|date=15 June 2015|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref> although she later supported [[Yvette Cooper]].<ref name="telegraph3">{{cite news |last=Hope|first=Christopher|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11756688/Half-of-the-Labour-MPs-who-backed-Jeremy-Corbyn-desert-him.html|title=Half of the Labour MPs who backed Jeremy Corbyn desert to rival candidates|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=22 July 2015|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="newstatesman4">{{cite magazine |last=Vaz|first=Keith|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/07/theres-only-one-candidate-me-yvette-cooper|title=There's only one candidate for me: Yvette Cooper|magazine=[[New Statesman]]|date=9 July 2015|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> |
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She supported [[Owen Smith]] in his unsuccessful attempt to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2016 Labour Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=21 July 2016|website=LabourList|language=en-GB|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> |
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She nominated [[Keir Starmer]] as a candidate in the [[2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2020 Labour leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Huq |first=Rupa |user=RupaHuq |number=1215585018770264064 |title=After attending hustings and speaking to the candidates I have nominated Keir Starmer}}</ref> |
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===Racial issues=== |
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In April 2016, Huq defended suspended Labour MP [[Naz Shah]] during an interview on BBC's [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'']] programme by comparing "alleged anti-Semitic" posts about [[Israel]] shared by Shah on social media to a photo Huq shared of [[Boris Johnson]] on a [[Zip-line|zip-wire]] next to [[Barack Obama]]. She also stressed the fact that Shah's comments were made before she became an MP and that some online comments should not be taken seriously. Subsequently, Huq was accused of "trivialising racism".<ref name="getwestlondon5">{{cite news |last=Rivers|first=David|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-mp-rupa-huq-under-11256824|title=Ealing MP Rupa Huq under fire for defending MP Naz Shah's anti-semitic Facebook posts about Israel|location=London|publisher=Get West London|date=29 April 2016|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Simons">{{cite news |last=Simons |first=Ned|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/naz-shah-subjected-to-trial-buy-twitter-says-labour-mp-rupa-huq-amid-antisemitism-row_uk_5721bc86e4b0a1e971cb073d|title=Naz Shah Subjected To 'Trial By Twitter' Says Labour MP Rupa Huq Amid Antisemitism Row|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=28 April 2016|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> Huq later apologised, saying she was not "fully aware" of Shah's comments before defending her.<ref name="spectator1">{{cite magazine |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/rupa-huq-performs-a-u-turn-over-her-disastrous-naz-shah-interview/|title=Rupa Huq performs a u-turn over her disastrous Naz Shah interview|magazine=[[The Spectator]]|date=28 April 2016|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> |
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In April 2016, Huq claimed that some areas of television had yet to move forward from the racially insensitive sitcoms of the 1970s. She specifically criticised the BBC comedy ''[[Citizen Khan]]''{{'}}s "[[Islamophobic]]" depiction of a "quite backward" family of Muslims. The BBC responded that "We've also had positive comments from members of the Muslim community for the show and for creator [[Adil Ray]] who, like the family portrayed, is a British Pakistani Muslim. As with all sitcoms the characters are comic creations and not meant to be representative of the community as a whole".<ref name="bbc3">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36048059|title=BBC sitcom Citizen Khan 'Islamophobic', says MP|work=[[BBC News]]|date=14 April 2016|access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="theweek">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/71584/citizen-khan-bbc-sitcom-is-islamophobic-says-mp|title= Citizen Khan: BBC sitcom is 'Islamophobic', says MP|magazine=[[The Week]]|date=15 April 2016|access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="birminghammail">{{cite news |last=Cartledge|first=James|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/mp-blasts-islamophobic-citizen-khan-11189456|title=MP blasts 'Islamophobic' Citizen Khan – and predicts hand being CUT OFF in future episodes|location=Birmingham|newspaper=[[Birmingham Mail]]|date=15 April 2016|access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="expressandstar">{{cite news |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/showbiz-news/2016/04/14/beardy-weirdy-citizen-khan-branded-islamophobic-by-mp-rupa-huq/|title='Beardy, weirdy' Citizen Khan branded Islamophobic by MP Rupa Huq|location=Birmingham|newspaper=[[Express & Star]]|date=14 April 2016|access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> |
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In March 2018, Huq received a suspicious package containing an [[Islamophobia|anti-Islamic]] letter and sticky liquid. The substance was later found to be harmless. Similar packages were received by fellow Labour MPs [[Mohammad Yasin (politician)|Mohammad Yasin]], [[Rushanara Ali]] and [[Afzal Khan (British politician)|Afzal Khan]].<ref name="bbc7">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43387152|title=Third MP gets Islamophobic letter|work=[[BBC News]]|date=13 March 2018|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="theguardian2">{{cite news |last=Elgot|first=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/13/police-investigate-new-suspicious-package-sent-mp-rupa-huq-westminster|title=Four Muslim MPs receive suspicious packages at Westminster|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 March 2018 |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> |
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In May 2018, Huq told colleagues in [[Westminster Hall]]<ref name="standard">{{cite news |last=Grafton-Green|first=Patrick|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-rupa-and-tulip-in-racist-security-row-a3847451.html|title=The Londoner: Rupa and Tulip in racist security row|location=London|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|date=24 May 2018|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> that [[Black, Asian and minority ethnic|BAME]] MPs regularly have their access to the House of Commons estate questioned.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wearmouth|first=Rachel|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/british-bangladeshi-mp-rupa-huq-stopped-by-westminster-security-on-daily-basis_uk_5b053cc8e4b05f0fc8433d16?guccounter=1|title=The Londoner: Rupa and Tulip in racist security row|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=23 May 2018|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> She said: "I have been stopped more times in this place since my election in 2015, than in 43 years outside." Furthermore, Huq has said that she and fellow Labour MP [[Tulip Siddiq]] are mistaken for one another. Huq added: "I imagine most BME MPs have encountered it in some form or other."<ref name="standard"/> |
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In June 2019, Huq was the subject of formal complaints to the Labour Party by two former employees for alleged anti-Semitic behaviour. The [[Jewish Labour Movement]] called for her to have the party whip suspended in consequence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labour-mp-rupa-huq-accused-of-taunting-employee-over-star-of-david-bag-990d2m08n|title=Labour MP Rupa Huq accused of taunting employee over Star of David bag|first=Henry |last=Zeffman|date=8 June 2019|work=The Times}}</ref> The allegations were dismissed due to insufficient evidence. Huq had resigned from [[Labour Friends of Israel]] shortly before the allegations were made.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-Semitism Complaint Against Rupa Huq Dismissed |url=http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=community&link=http://neighbournet.com/server/common/earupa005a.htm |publisher=Ealing Today}}</ref> |
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====Suspension from the Labour Party==== |
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In September 2022, Huq was accused of making racist comments during a speech at a Labour Party fringe event running parallel to the party conference. Huq said of the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Kwasi Kwarteng]], "Superficially he is a black man… if you hear him on the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' Programme]], you wouldn't know he is black". In response, figures within the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] including its chairman demanded the whip be removed from Huq and her expulsion from the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tories Demand Labour MP Rupa Huq Lose Whip For Calling Kwasi Kwarteng 'Superficially Black' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rupa-huq-kwasi-kwarteng-superficially-black_uk_6332eaa3e4b0281645228da0 |publisher=Huffington Post}}</ref> |
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Labour's [[Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Deputy Leader]] [[Angela Rayner]] called on Huq to apologise, describing her comments as "unacceptable".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=community&spage=common/earupa037.htm |title = Rupa Huq Has Labour Party Whip Suspended |date= 27 September 2022|publisher = Acton W3 |access-date = 6 October 2022 |quote= }}</ref> [[Sadiq Khan]], the Labour [[Mayor of London]] and a friend of Huq, also criticised her statement, saying "What it infers is that all black people speak a certain way and all black people are working class. Rupa is not racist but that comment was".<ref>{{cite news |title=Rupa Huq MP's Kwasi Kwarteng remarks were racist - London mayor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63052522 |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=BBC News |date=29 September 2022}}</ref> Huq was suspended from the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for her comments on 27 September.<ref>{{cite news |title=Labour MP Rupa Huq suspended from party for calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng 'superficially' black |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-rupa-huq-accused-of-making-racist-comments-about-chancellor-kwasi-kwarteng-12706333 |publisher=Sky News}}</ref> Huq went on to tweet an apology, but the suspension still remained in place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2022 |title=Suspended Labour MP apologises for calling Kwasi Kwarteng 'superficia… |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/national/22739399.suspended-labour-mp-apologises-calling-kwasi-kwarteng-superficially-black/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220928081117/https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/national/22739399.suspended-labour-mp-apologises-calling-kwasi-kwarteng-superficially-black/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-09-28 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=archive.ph}}</ref> Huq regained the whip on 3 March, in a statement she gave shortly after Huq re-iterated her apology and stated that she had undertaken and completed anti-racism and bias training.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKiernan |first=Jennifer |date=3 March 2023 |title=Labour MP Rupa Huq regains whip after Kwasi Kwarteng racism row |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64835061 |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref> |
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===Brexit=== |
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In May 2017, Huq said "I am an MP who is a resolute [[Remainer]] ... I will continue to fight for the UK to stay in the EU and vote accordingly. For me this is respecting the will of the people in Ealing, Acton and Chiswick."<ref name="ealingtoday1">{{cite news |url=http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/15268853.Rupa_Huq_responds_to_decision_of_Green_candidate_to_stand_aside_in_Ealing_Central_and_Acton_race/|title=Rupa Huq responds to decision of Green candidate to stand aside in Ealing Central and Acton race|work=Ealing Today|date=5 May 2017|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> |
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In April 2018, while writing for ''[[Business Insider]]'' Huq said, Brexit is "not carved into concrete, untouchable and unchangeable" arguing that "If the cost of [[Brexit]] reaches a point where the British people decide it's not worth it, then they're perfectly entitled to change their minds about whether it's the right path."<ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/rupa-huq-public-should-get-final-say-on-brexit-2018-4|title='This myth about the irreversible nature of Brexit must be confronted' — Rupa Huq MP writes for Business Insider|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=4 April 2018|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> |
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In December 2018, she accused UK Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] of having "a sort of premature parliamentary [[ejaculation]] – that has put the lie to the claim that she sticks to her guns"<ref name="Exiting the European Union">{{cite Hansard|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-12-10/debates/45B04B71-E595-4C17-AA41-686E96BF70E3/ExitingTheEuropeanUnion|title=Exiting the European Union|location= London|publisher=[[Hansard]]|date=10 December 2018|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McKiernan|first=Jennifer |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-accused-premature-parliamentary-202424496.html?guccounter=1|title=Theresa May accused of 'premature parliamentary ejaculation|location= London|work=[[Yahoo News]]|date=10 December 2018|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref> over her decision to delay a parliamentary vote on the government's Brexit deal. May responded, "I think she will see that I am not capable of a parliamentary ejaculation",<ref name="Exiting the European Union"/><ref>{{cite news|last=McKiernan|first=Jennifer |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-accused-premature-parliamentary-202424496.html?guccounter=1|title=Theresa May accused of 'premature parliamentary ejaculation'|location= London|work=[[Yahoo News]]|date=10 December 2018|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref> which was followed by raucous laughter in the House of Commons. |
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===Housing=== |
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In 2022, Huq opposed the construction of a 26-storey mixed-use building, which included 477 homes (half of which were affordable housing), near the [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] train station in London.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siniscalco |first=Elena |date=2023-05-16 |title=To win younger voters, Labour needs to weed out the anti-housing nimbys |url=https://www.cityam.com/to-win-young-voters-labour-needs-to-weed-out-the-anti-housing-nymbies/ |website=CityAM |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=Ealing Council scraps plans 26-storey tower at council HQ which would have created 477 homes |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ealing-council-scraps-plans-26-155815079.html |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}</ref> At an Ealing planning committee meeting, she said, "A 26-storey tower, out of all character with low-density Ealing, plonked there despite local opposition, sticking out like a sore thumb, marketed to international investors on our public land – really?"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ing |first=Will |date=2023-05-09 |title=Ealing Council ditches 'monster' tower in favour of retrofit |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/patel-taylors-monster-tower-for-ealing-council-is-ditched-in-favour-of-retrofit |website=The Architects’ Journal |language=en}}</ref> Ahead of local elections, Huq said that people do not want to live in flats and that "the skyline will be ruined forever."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haseldine |first=Lisa |date=2022-05-03 |title=New Ealing tower blocks will 'ruin skyline forever' MP warns ahead of election |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/new-ealing-tower-blocks-ruin-23852475 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, Ealing Council scrapped the plans for the building and opted for retrofitting the existing 6-storey building instead.<ref name=":0" /> |
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===A-Level History teaching=== |
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In January 2018, Huq said that the [[GCE Advanced Level|A Level]] history syllabus, Britain 1930 to 1997 was biased against Labour because it omitted the [[Attlee ministry|1945–51 Labour government]], ends just before [[Tony Blair]]'s [[New Labour|Labour government in 1997]] and asks pupils to list Conservative strengths and Labour weaknesses.<ref name="bbc5">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-42861501/huq-history-a-level-is-biased-towards-conservatives|title=Huq: History A Level 'is biased towards Conservatives'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=29 January 2018|access-date=1 February 2018}}</ref> In February, in a personal film for the ''[[Daily Politics]]'' series, Huq said it was "dangerous to deny that these things [[Premiership of Tony Blair|Blair]]–[[Brown ministry|Brown administrations]], or the post-war Labour government which brought in the [[Welfare state in the United Kingdom|welfare state]] and [[National Health Service]] ever happened" and she argued there was a pro-Conservative bias to what was being taught with a risk of "brainwashing our kids".<ref name="bbc6">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-42951664/labour-mp-rupa-huq-on-history-lessons-in-schools|title=Labour MP Rupa Huq on history lessons in schools|work=[[BBC News]]|date=5 February 2018|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Huq married in 2003 and has a son, born in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ealing-central-and-acton-election-result-victorious-rupa-huq-says-theresa-may-got-her-comeuppance-a3560896.html|title=Victorious Rupa Huq says Theresa May 'got her comeuppance'|work=Evening Standard}}</ref><ref name="bucksfreepress">{{cite news |url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/590792.chesham_amersham_rupa_huq_labour/|title=Chesham & Amersham: Rupa Huq (Labour)|publisher=Chesham and Amersham|date=25 April 2005|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="theguardian1">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/13/parliament-women-mps-sexist-mothers-westminster|title=As an MP and a mother I've found out how sexist Westminster is|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 November 2015|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> Her elder sister is an architect, and her younger sister is former ''[[Blue Peter]]'' presenter [[Konnie Huq]];<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> her brother-in-law is Konnie Huq's husband, the satirist and screenwriter [[Charlie Brooker]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Is satire dead in parliament? |url=https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/is-satire-dead-in-parliament |website=[[Politics Home]] |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref> |
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Her father died on 5 September 2014,<ref name="mirror1">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/jobs/exclusive-konnie-huq-reveals-why-she-became-397573|title=Exclusive: Konnie Huq reveals why she became a volunteer|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=3 June 2009|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> and her mother on 21 May 2017.<ref name="actonw3">{{cite news |url=http://www.actonw3.com/shared/earowshanhuq001.htm|title=Death of Rowshan Huq|location=Acton|publisher=Acton W3|date=25 May 2017|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref> |
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In October 2017, Huq told [[Sky News]] that she was sexually harassed when she was in her 20s by a male MEP at the European Parliament when she was a post-graduate student in the 1990s.<ref name="sky">{{cite news |last=McGuinness|first=Alan|url=https://www.news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-rupa-huq-says-she-was-sexually-harassed-by-mep-11105926|title=Labour MP Rupa Huq: I was sexually harassed by MEP in my 20s|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Sky News]]''|date=30 October 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> |
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Huq speaks English, [[Bengali language|Bengali]], French and [[Hindi]].<ref name="newstatesman2">{{cite |
Huq speaks [[English language|English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[French language|French]] and [[Hindi]].<ref name="newstatesman2">{{cite magazine |last=Eaton|first=George|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/war-home-battle-ealing-central-acton|title=The war at home: the battle for Ealing Central & Acton|magazine=[[New Statesman]]|date=7 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> |
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* [http://www.esrc.ac.uk/search/search-page.aspx?q=*%3A*&topic_theme=Religion+and+beliefs&items_per_page=10&filters=on&author=Rupa%20Huq&tab=outputs&sort_order=relevance Rupa Huq] on ''[[Economic and Social Research Council]]'' |
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* [http://www.e-pages.dk/source/4/25 A week in the life of...Rupa Huq] |
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* Huq, Rupa. [http://you.sagepub.com/content/11/1/29.abstract From the margins to mainstream? Representations of British Asian youth musical cultural expression from bhangra to Asian underground music]. February 2003 |
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* Burgin, Paul. [http://soundcloud.com/paul_burgin/interview-with-rupa-huq Interview with Rupa Huq]. [[SoundCloud]]. March 2012 |
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 21 December 2024
Rupa Huq | |
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Member of Parliament for Ealing Central and Acton | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Angie Bray |
Majority | 13,995 (29.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rupa Asha Huq 2 April 1972 Hammersmith, London, England |
Political party | Labour |
Relations | Konnie Huq (sister) |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Ealing, London, England |
Education | Notting Hill and Ealing High School |
Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge (BA) University of East London (PhD) Marc Bloch University |
Occupation | Writer, columnist, politician, senior lecturer, music DJ |
Profession | Politician |
Website | www |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Too much too young: British 1990s youth culture (1999) |
Rupa Asha Huq (born 2 April 1972) is a British Labour politician, columnist and academic. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton since 2015.
Early life and education
[edit]Rupa Huq was born on 2 April 1972 in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith,[1] and grew up on Brunswick Road in Ealing.[2] Huq's father, Muhammad Huq (also known as Abedul),[3] and mother, Rowshan Ara Huq (also known as Dulali Biswas), moved to Britain in 1962 from East Pakistan.[4] Huq's father came from Maksedpur in Pabna and her mother from Kuthipara in Pabna.[5] Huq's father was training to become an actuary for Prudential, but gave that up to open an Indian restaurant in Soho, London. After the recession of the early 1990s, the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. He opened another restaurant in Harrow and later retired.[6]
Huq attended Montpelier Primary School in Ealing. In 1980, at the age of eight, Huq was featured in the BBC Schools programme Look and Read when the programme visited the school.[1] She then attended the independent girls' school Notting Hill and Ealing High School.
In 1993, she graduated with an upper second in Political and Social Sciences and Law from Newnham College, Cambridge, for a BA. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies with a thesis on youth culture at the University of East London, comparing young people in East London and the Alsace region of France.[7][8] This included being a post-graduate at Strasbourg II University in France, during which time she also worked at the European Parliament for the Labour Party,[9] shadowing Labour MEP Carole Tongue. In October 2017, Huq told Sky News that she had been sexually harassed by a male MEP at this time.[10][11][12]
Academic career
[edit]In 1998, Huq moved to Manchester.[11] From 1998 to 2004, she was a lecturer at the University of Manchester,[13] during which time she held a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship.[13][14]
From September 2004 until 2015,[15] Huq was a senior lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Kingston University[8] in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.[14] She has also taught Media and Cultural Studies.[16]
Writing and media career
[edit]Huq has contributed to Tribune, The Guardian, New Statesman, Progress magazine[17] and The Times Higher Education Supplement.[1] Huq's research specialism has chiefly been youth culture and pop music.[8] She has a particular interest in David Bowie.[18]
In 2006, her book Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world[19] on these themes was published. It was subsequently one of five titles shortlisted for the 2007 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.[9][14] Huq was a contributor to the 2011 book What Next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation, published by Queensferry Publishing. In June 2013, her second book Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture was published.[20][21] Also in 2013, her third book On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia After 7/7 was published.
Huq has appeared on Channel S and Bangla TV as well as Channel 4 News and BBC News 24.[1] On radio, she has been on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Asian Network.[1]
Huq says that she has been a part-time DJ, saying in 2004, "I first started DJing for a hospital radio station when I was about 17 and now I DJ in clubs and bars in Manchester".[11][22][23]
Early political career
[edit]Huq was a researcher for Tony Banks and Patricia Hewitt. In 2004, she stood as a candidate for Labour in the European Parliament election in North West England, but failed to be elected.[9][24]
In 2005, she stood as the Labour parliamentary candidate in Chesham and Amersham at the 2005 general election.[25] She finished in third with 14% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan and the Liberal Democrat candidate.[26]
In 2008, she served on a UK government Foreign and Commonwealth "Understanding Islam" delegation to Bangladesh.[15]
In 2010, Huq was one of three Labour candidates standing for a council seat in Walpole in the constituency of Ealing, but failed to be elected.[24]
Parliamentary career
[edit]In November 2013, Huq was chosen by Labour as their prospective parliamentary candidate for Ealing Central and Acton at the next general election.[16][27][28] In January 2015, she was one of 15 Labour candidates each given financial support of £10,000 by Lord Matthew Oakeshott.[29] During the election campaign, Huq was manhandled by the former vice-chairman of the local Conservative branch, Karim Sacoor, who was caught on video repeatedly attempting to drag her away from Boris Johnson, who was campaigning with her Conservative rival Angie Bray.[30][31][32][33][34]
At the 2015 general election, Huq was elected as MP for Ealing Central and Acton with 43.2% of the vote and a majority of 274 votes.[35][36][37]
In October 2016, Huq was appointed as a member of the Shadow Home Affairs team in the Labour Party's frontbench in Parliament. She is Shadow Home Office Minister for Crime Prevention.[38] Huq led from the frontbench on the bill before the House of Commons to equalise Civil Partnerships to include heterosexual couples.[39]
In April 2017, the Green Party decided not to contest her seat in the next general election, commenting, "By and large we quite like Rupa. She has made quite prominent statements on proportional representation and Heathrow, as well as climate change and environmental issues in regards to Brexit."[40] In May 2017, Vince Cable commented how he gave Huq a lift home from a joint speaking engagement, saying, "We talked for a couple of hours, and it was very clear that on almost every issue our views were almost identical. And so I would find it difficult to vote against somebody like that, and I hope that our people around the country are discriminating and think and act in a constructive way."[41][42][43] At the snap 2017 general election, Huq was re-elected as MP for Ealing Central and Acton with an increased vote share of 59.7% and an increased majority of 13,807 votes.[44][45][46][47]
At the 2019 general election, Huq was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 51.3% and a decreased majority of 13,300 votes.[48]
Huq was appointed vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Music Group and All-Party Parliamentary on Crossrail. She chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on London, with specific reference to planning and the built environment.[15]
On 22 June 2020 Huq joined the Panel of Chairs.[49]
She has been a member of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee since March 2022.[50]
In August 2022, Huq was re-selected as the Labour candidate for Ealing Central and Acton at the 2024 general election.[51]
Political views
[edit]Labour Party
[edit]In June 2015, she was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election,[52] although she later supported Yvette Cooper.[53][54]
She supported Owen Smith in his unsuccessful attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.[55]
She nominated Keir Starmer as a candidate in the 2020 Labour leadership election.[56]
Racial issues
[edit]In April 2016, Huq defended suspended Labour MP Naz Shah during an interview on BBC's Today programme by comparing "alleged anti-Semitic" posts about Israel shared by Shah on social media to a photo Huq shared of Boris Johnson on a zip-wire next to Barack Obama. She also stressed the fact that Shah's comments were made before she became an MP and that some online comments should not be taken seriously. Subsequently, Huq was accused of "trivialising racism".[57][58] Huq later apologised, saying she was not "fully aware" of Shah's comments before defending her.[59]
In April 2016, Huq claimed that some areas of television had yet to move forward from the racially insensitive sitcoms of the 1970s. She specifically criticised the BBC comedy Citizen Khan's "Islamophobic" depiction of a "quite backward" family of Muslims. The BBC responded that "We've also had positive comments from members of the Muslim community for the show and for creator Adil Ray who, like the family portrayed, is a British Pakistani Muslim. As with all sitcoms the characters are comic creations and not meant to be representative of the community as a whole".[60][61][62][63]
In March 2018, Huq received a suspicious package containing an anti-Islamic letter and sticky liquid. The substance was later found to be harmless. Similar packages were received by fellow Labour MPs Mohammad Yasin, Rushanara Ali and Afzal Khan.[64][65]
In May 2018, Huq told colleagues in Westminster Hall[66] that BAME MPs regularly have their access to the House of Commons estate questioned.[67] She said: "I have been stopped more times in this place since my election in 2015, than in 43 years outside." Furthermore, Huq has said that she and fellow Labour MP Tulip Siddiq are mistaken for one another. Huq added: "I imagine most BME MPs have encountered it in some form or other."[66]
In June 2019, Huq was the subject of formal complaints to the Labour Party by two former employees for alleged anti-Semitic behaviour. The Jewish Labour Movement called for her to have the party whip suspended in consequence.[68] The allegations were dismissed due to insufficient evidence. Huq had resigned from Labour Friends of Israel shortly before the allegations were made.[69]
Suspension from the Labour Party
[edit]In September 2022, Huq was accused of making racist comments during a speech at a Labour Party fringe event running parallel to the party conference. Huq said of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, "Superficially he is a black man… if you hear him on the Today Programme, you wouldn't know he is black". In response, figures within the Conservative Party including its chairman demanded the whip be removed from Huq and her expulsion from the Labour Party.[70]
Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner called on Huq to apologise, describing her comments as "unacceptable".[71] Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London and a friend of Huq, also criticised her statement, saying "What it infers is that all black people speak a certain way and all black people are working class. Rupa is not racist but that comment was".[72] Huq was suspended from the Labour Party for her comments on 27 September.[73] Huq went on to tweet an apology, but the suspension still remained in place.[74] Huq regained the whip on 3 March, in a statement she gave shortly after Huq re-iterated her apology and stated that she had undertaken and completed anti-racism and bias training.[75]
Brexit
[edit]In May 2017, Huq said "I am an MP who is a resolute Remainer ... I will continue to fight for the UK to stay in the EU and vote accordingly. For me this is respecting the will of the people in Ealing, Acton and Chiswick."[76]
In April 2018, while writing for Business Insider Huq said, Brexit is "not carved into concrete, untouchable and unchangeable" arguing that "If the cost of Brexit reaches a point where the British people decide it's not worth it, then they're perfectly entitled to change their minds about whether it's the right path."[77]
In December 2018, she accused UK Prime Minister Theresa May of having "a sort of premature parliamentary ejaculation – that has put the lie to the claim that she sticks to her guns"[78][79] over her decision to delay a parliamentary vote on the government's Brexit deal. May responded, "I think she will see that I am not capable of a parliamentary ejaculation",[78][80] which was followed by raucous laughter in the House of Commons.
Housing
[edit]In 2022, Huq opposed the construction of a 26-storey mixed-use building, which included 477 homes (half of which were affordable housing), near the Ealing Broadway train station in London.[81][82] At an Ealing planning committee meeting, she said, "A 26-storey tower, out of all character with low-density Ealing, plonked there despite local opposition, sticking out like a sore thumb, marketed to international investors on our public land – really?"[83] Ahead of local elections, Huq said that people do not want to live in flats and that "the skyline will be ruined forever."[84] Subsequently, Ealing Council scrapped the plans for the building and opted for retrofitting the existing 6-storey building instead.[83]
A-Level History teaching
[edit]In January 2018, Huq said that the A Level history syllabus, Britain 1930 to 1997 was biased against Labour because it omitted the 1945–51 Labour government, ends just before Tony Blair's Labour government in 1997 and asks pupils to list Conservative strengths and Labour weaknesses.[85] In February, in a personal film for the Daily Politics series, Huq said it was "dangerous to deny that these things Blair–Brown administrations, or the post-war Labour government which brought in the welfare state and National Health Service ever happened" and she argued there was a pro-Conservative bias to what was being taught with a risk of "brainwashing our kids".[86]
Personal life
[edit]Huq married in 2003 and has a son, born in 2004.[87][88][89] Her elder sister is an architect, and her younger sister is former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq;[1] her brother-in-law is Konnie Huq's husband, the satirist and screenwriter Charlie Brooker.[90]
Her father died on 5 September 2014,[91] and her mother on 21 May 2017.[92]
Huq speaks English, Bengali, French and Hindi.[93]
Books
[edit]Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
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2006 | Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World | Bloomsbury Academic | ISBN 978-0415278157 |
2013 | Making Sense of Suburbia Through Popular Culture | Routledge | ISBN 978-1780932248 |
On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia | Lawrence and Wishart | ISBN 978-1907103728 | |
2016 | Reading the Riot Act: Reflections on the 2011 urban disorders in England | Routledge | ISBN 978-1138648388 |
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- ^ Simons, Ned (28 April 2016). "Naz Shah Subjected To 'Trial By Twitter' Says Labour MP Rupa Huq Amid Antisemitism Row". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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- ^ "Citizen Khan: BBC sitcom is 'Islamophobic', says MP". The Week. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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- ^ "Rupa Huq responds to decision of Green candidate to stand aside in Ealing Central and Acton race". Ealing Today. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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