Rosena Allin-Khan | |
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Member of Parliament for Tooting | |
Assumed office 16 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | Sadiq Khan |
Majority | 14,307 (24.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tooting, London, England, United Kingdom | 10 May 1978
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Brunel University Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge |
Website | Official website |
Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan (born 10 May 1978) is a British politician and medical doctor.[1]
She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting since a by-election in 2016.[2] She was a Shadow Minister for Sport from October 2016 to January 2020.
In January 2020, Allin-Khan announced her candidacy for Labour Deputy Leader in the 2020 deputy leadership election.[3] It was revealed that she had finished as the runner-up (second place) of five candidates with 26.1% of the vote in the final round of voting when the results were announced on 4 April 2020.[4]
Allin-Khan left the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer on 4 September 2023. She criticised Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting's support having more private businesses involved in the National Health Service (NHS).[5] She also said that Starmer did "not see a space for a mental health portfolio in a Labour cabinet".[6][7][8]