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Harpreet Uppal

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Harpreet Uppal
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Huddersfield
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byBarry Sheerman
Majority4,533 (11.3%)
Member of Kirklees Council
In office
May 2018 – May 2022
Personal details
Born
Harpreet Kaur Uppal

Fartown, Huddersfield, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materNottingham Trent University University of Bradford
Websiteharpreet4huddersfield.com

Harpreet Kaur Uppal is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield since 2024.

Early life and education

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Uppal was born in Fartown, Huddersfield, she attended Fartown High School where she sat on the student council and took politics at A-Level. She studied politics at Nottingham Trent University and went on to do a master's degree in international politics at Bradford.[1][2]

Career

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Uppal has been employed as Deputy Chief of Staff for Debbie Abrahams MP and she also worked on Andy Burnham's campaign to become Mayor of Manchester in 2017;[1] he later endorsed her run for parliament.[3]

Uppal was elected to Kirklees Council as a councillor for Ashbrow ward in May 2018[2] and stepped down in May 2022. During her time on the council she was the chair of the Economy and Neighbourhood Scrutiny Panel.[4]

In July 2022, Harpreet Uppal was selected by the Huddersfield local Labour party as their candidate for the next general election;[5] this was later called to take place on 4 July 2024. She won the seat with 37.6% of the vote.[6]

Personal life

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Harpreet Uppal is a Sikh.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Martin Shaw (17 July 2022). "Harpreet Uppal has been chosen as Labour's candidate to be Huddersfield's next MP and this is who she is, what she believes in and what others say about her". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Tony Earnshaw (27 June 2018). ""It was pretty cool" Kirklees' first female Sikh councillor on being elected by her home town". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  3. ^ Tony Earnshaw (21 June 2022). "Andy Burnham backs former councillor as replacement for veteran Barry Sheerman". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Cllr Harpreet Uppal". Local Government Association. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  5. ^ Tony Earnshaw (18 July 2022). "Labour selects Sikh female former councillor to replace Barry Sheerman in Huddersfield". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Huddersfield results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Huddersfield

2024–present
Incumbent