Parmjit Singh Gill
Parmjit Singh Gill | |
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| Member of Parliament for Leicester South | |
| In office 15 July 2004 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Sir Peter Soulsby |
| Majority | 1,654 (5.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1966 Leicester, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse | Juliet Gill |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Parmjit Singh Gill (born 20 December 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. As Member of Parliament for Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP.
He was first elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Leicester City Council's Stoneygate Ward, before being elected to the House of Commons at the Leicester South by-election on 15 July 2004.[1] He contested the seat again at the 2005 general election, but this time came second to the Labour Party candidate, Sir Peter Soulsby.[2] He continued to serve as councillor for Stoneygate Ward until he was defeated in May 2011.
He was initially selected to run as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the 2011 Leicester South by-election after Soulsby stood down to run for mayor for Leicester. However, he stood down after a short time, citing family pressures and was replaced by Zuffar Haq.[3]
He works as a local authority information management and security consultant for Charnwood Borough Council. Prior to that he worked as a data protection administrator for Leicester City Council.
Gill was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2023 Leicester mayoral election.[4] He came in third place.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Juliet Gill, and the couple have a son and daughter.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lib Dems snatch Labour seat". 16 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Record number of new minority MPs". 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Duffett, Helen (23 March 2011). "Parmjit Singh Gill withdraws as Lib Dem candidate for Leicester South". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Local elections: Leicester mayor role under spotlight as vote nears". BBC News. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Leicester result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Parmjit Singh Gill profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- Leicester Liberal Democrats constituency party
- Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Parmjit Singh Gill
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Parmjit Gill
- The Public Whip - Parmjit Gill voting record
- BBC News - Parmjit Singh Gill profile 10 February 2005
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- Politicians from Leicester
- Councillors in Leicestershire
- People from Stoneygate
- 21st-century English politicians
- Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
- British people of Punjabi descent
- British people of Indian descent