Sadik Al-Hassan
Sadik Al-Hassan | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024. | |
| Member of Parliament for North Somerset | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Liam Fox |
| Majority | 639 (1.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Bath |
Sadik Adam Al-Hassan is a British Labour Party politician and pharmacist. He has been the Member of Parliament for North Somerset since 2024. He gained the seat from Liam Fox, a Conservative.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Al-Hassan's father arrived in Britain in the 1970s.[2] Al-Hassan studied at the University of Bath. He was a store manager at Boots in Wirral for three years and worked at Well Pharmacy for over seven years as an area operations manager and a branch manager. At time of election, he worked in Cribbs Causeway as the superintendent pharmacist of the online PillTime, which has about 200,000 nominated patients all around the UK.[3][4]
Political career
[edit]Al-Hassan was 6th on Labour's list of candidates for the South West England region in the 2019 European Parliament elections and was not elected.[5]
He was selected as Labour's candidate for North Somerset in the 2024 general election and ran on a platform of rebuilding the NHS. He also expressed concern over pharmacies closing in the local area.[6] He defeated the incumbent Conservative Party candidate Liam Fox, who had been the MP for the area (North Somserset and previously Woodspring) for three decades.[7]
In November 2024, he joined a group of fellow medic MPs to call for Parliament to back assisted dying legislation[8].
Personal life
[edit]Al-Hassan is Muslim.[9] As of 2024, he has lived in Emersons Green for ten years.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Somerset North | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Simson, Pete (10 October 2024). "Net zero migration a 'gimmick' says new Labour MP". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ Trainis, Neil (11 April 2024). "Pharmacist shortlisted as Labour candidate for general election". Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Labour's Sadik Al-Hassan defeats Liam Fox in North Somerset - ending 100 years of Tory rule". ITV News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Well pharmacist: Patients 'spurred me on' to stand in EU elections". C+D. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Trainis, Neil (11 April 2024). "Pharmacist shortlisted as Labour candidate for general election". Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Harcombe, Chloe. "General election 2024: Key winners in the West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Medic MPs urge support for assisted dying bill". BBC News. 1 November 2024.
- ^ Rimi, Aisha (5 July 2024). "First-time Muslim candidates make up most diverse parliament in history". Hyphen. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Wimperis, John (2 July 2024). "Interview: North Somerset Labour candidate Sadik Al-Hassan". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Mixed fortunes for councillors". Downend Voice. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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