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Tan Dhesi
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Exports
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 2023
Leader
Keir Starmer
Preceded by
Afzal Khan
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office 6 September 2023 – 27 November 2023
Leader
Keir Starmer
Preceded by
Abena Oppong-Asare
Succeeded by
The Lord
Livermore
Shadow Minister for Rail
In office 9 April 2020 – 5 September 2023
Leader
Keir Starmer
Preceded by
Rachael Maskell
Succeeded by
Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
In office 7 January 2020 – 6 April 2020
Leader
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by
Kate Hollern
Succeeded by
Carolyn Harris
Member of Parliament for Slough
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017
Preceded by
Fiona Mactaggart
Majority
13,640 (26.7%)
Personal details
Born
(1978-08-17) 17 August 1978 (age 45)[1] Slough, Berkshire, England
Political party
Labour
Alma mater
University College London Keble College, Oxford Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Website
Official website
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (born 17 August 1978), commonly known as Tan Dhesi is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough since 2017.[2] A member of the Labour Party, he has served as the Shadow Minister for Exports since November 2023. He is the UK's first turbaned MP.
^"Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^"How Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Became UK's First Turbaned Member Of Parliament". Huffington Post India. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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