four Nigerians elected into British parliament

Four British Nigerians won seats during Thursday May 7, 2015 Parliamentary elections in United Kingdom.



36-year-old Chuka Umunna of Labour Party won the elections to represent Streatham. He has served Streatham as Member of Parliament since 2010. Umunna is the current Shadow Business Secretary since 2011, Born in london but of mixed Nigerian, English anx Irish ancestry.


53-year-old Ms. Helen Grant won the seat for Member of Parliament representing Maidstone and The Weald in Kent.

She secured the seat for Maidstone and the Weald constituency with 23,491 votes (48.0 per cent), beating second and third runner-ups Peter Carroll, a Liberal Democrat, who garnered 17,602 votes (36.0 per cent) and Rav Seeruthun of Labour with 4,769 (9.7 per cent)
Helen Grant is a British Conservative Party politician and solicitor.


Chi Onwurah, 50, became the first African woman to win a parliamentary seat, in Newcastle Central when she was elected in 2010. Again, during the recently election held three days ago, Onwurah secured the parliamentary seat with 15,692 votes (45.9 per cent), beating Gareth Kane, a Liberal Democrat with 8,228 votes (24.1 per cent), and Conservative’s Nick Holder with 6,611 votes (19.4 per cent).

She is a British Labour Party politician and Newcastle’s first black MP. Onwurah was born to a Nigerian father and British mother.


46-year old trade union activist, Kate Osamor won Edmonton seat for Labour with a comfortable win over the Conservatives. She was born to Nigerian parents.

The Labour candidate, who is taking the reins from long-standing MP Andy Love, gained a huge 25,388 votes, beating closest rival Conservative Gonul Daniels, who gained 9,969 votes.

Ms Osamor, who has worked for the National Health Service (NHS) for 15 years, is a trade union activist, a women’s charity trustee and a member of the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee.