Their win puts Nigeria on a positive light in the international community. Commentators have said that this is a positive step in the right direction as these victories are coming at about the same time Nigeria is about to have a change in leadership later this month.
1. Helen Grant
Grant won the seat for Member of Parliament representing Maidstone and The Weald in Kent. She was the first black woman to be elected as a Conservative MP, having also been the first black woman to be selected as a candidate to stand for a Conservative-held parliamentary seat. She first served in government as jointly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (from 2012 to 2015) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (2012 to 2013). She also became Minister for Sport and Tourism in 2013, a post she held until after the 2015 general election.
Grant joined the Labour Party in 2004 and was asked by a senior local party figure to consider becoming a local Councillor, but she rejected the idea. She joined the Conservatives in 2006, and later said of her membership of Labour, "It was almost looking in the biscuit barrel, not liking the look of the biscuits, and slamming the lid shut."
Grant was born on the 28th of September 1961 in Willesden, north London to an English mother and Nigerian father. Grant was a non-executive director of the Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust from January 2005 to March 2007 before stepping down to concentrate on her political career.
Grant joined the Labour Party in 2004 and was asked by a senior local party figure to consider becoming a local Councillor, but she rejected the idea. She joined the Conservatives in 2006, and later said of her membership of Labour, "It was almost looking in the biscuit barrel, not liking the look of the biscuits, and slamming the lid shut."
Grant was born on the 28th of September 1961 in Willesden, north London to an English mother and Nigerian father. Grant was a non-executive director of the Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust from January 2005 to March 2007 before stepping down to concentrate on her political career.
2. Chuka Umunna
Chuka Harrison Umunna was re-elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham under the Labour Party with a 13,934 majority, representing 53% of his constituency vote.
In March 2008, Umunna was adopted as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Streatham. At the 2010 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Streatham with a 3,259 majority. In June 2010, he was elected as a member of the Treasury Select Committee and was made Shadow Business Secretary in 2011.. He took a particular interest in economic policy and reform of the City.
In March 2008, Umunna was adopted as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Streatham. At the 2010 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Streatham with a 3,259 majority. In June 2010, he was elected as a member of the Treasury Select Committee and was made Shadow Business Secretary in 2011.. He took a particular interest in economic policy and reform of the City.
Umunna was one of 73 Labour MPs to nominate Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership election to succeed Gordon Brown as party leader. Following Labour's defeat in the 2015 general election and the resignation of leader Ed Miliband, Umunna was identified as one of the potential candidates to take over as leader of the party. He called for Labour to target Conservatives and "aspirational, middle-class voters", saying that the party needs to be "on the side of those who are doing well." On 12 May, he announced his candidature for the Labour Party leadership election. Three days later, he withdrew from the contest, stating that he had been "uncomfortable" with "the added level of scrutiny that came with being a leadership candidate
He was born in London on 17th October 1978 to Bennett Umunna and Patricia Milmo, a solicitor, is of English-Irish background. His father Bennett died in a road accident in Nigeria in 1992. His mother, Patricia, is a solicitor and daughter of Sir Helenus Milmo QC, the Anglo-Irish High Court judge. He was awarded an upper second class LLB in English and French Law from the University of Manchester. He has said that his politics and moral values come from Christianity.
Kate Osamor, a National Health Service manager won on the platform of the Labour Party. A respected trade union activist and women’s charity trustee, she made funding the NHS and standing up to government cuts the main theme of her campaign. She is the daughter of Martha Osamor, who was a political activist in the 1980s.
Emerging one of the Labour Party’s shining lights during a generally poor election outing, Osamor was declared winner in the North London seat with 25,388 votes. Her closest rival, Gonul Daniels of the Conservative Party ended up with 9,969 votes, making it an overwhelming victory for her. Kate Osamor won the seat for Edmonton in North London.
Chi Onwurah who is Newcastle’s first black MP was elected under the Labour Party replacing the previous Labour MP Jim Cousins, who decided to step down. She was elected to Parliament in 2010 with a majority of 7466. She described Parliament as a “culture shock" but also said that compared with her engineering background “parliament is the most diverse working environment I’ve ever been in, the most gender balanced”.
Onwurah was very active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, and spent many years on its National Executive, and that of its successor organisation, ACTSA. She also joined the Advisory Board of the Open University Business School. in the 2010 Labour Party leadership election. Miliband appointed Onwurah as a junior shadow minister for Business, Innovation and Skills on 10 October 2010. In 2013 she was given the role as a Shadow Minister in the Cabinet Office.
Chi Onwurah was born in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 12 April 1965. Her father, from Nigeria, was working as a dentist while he studied at Newcastle Medical School when he met and married Chi’s mother in the 1950s. The family moved to Awka, Eastern Nigeria when she was still a baby. Just two years later the Biafran Civil War broke out, forcing her family to return to Newcastle.
She enjoys music, reading and long walks in the countryside. Onwurah is also a supporter of Newcastle United FC.
He was born in London on 17th October 1978 to Bennett Umunna and Patricia Milmo, a solicitor, is of English-Irish background. His father Bennett died in a road accident in Nigeria in 1992. His mother, Patricia, is a solicitor and daughter of Sir Helenus Milmo QC, the Anglo-Irish High Court judge. He was awarded an upper second class LLB in English and French Law from the University of Manchester. He has said that his politics and moral values come from Christianity.
3. Kate Osamor
Emerging one of the Labour Party’s shining lights during a generally poor election outing, Osamor was declared winner in the North London seat with 25,388 votes. Her closest rival, Gonul Daniels of the Conservative Party ended up with 9,969 votes, making it an overwhelming victory for her. Kate Osamor won the seat for Edmonton in North London.
4. Chi Onwurah
Onwurah was very active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, and spent many years on its National Executive, and that of its successor organisation, ACTSA. She also joined the Advisory Board of the Open University Business School. in the 2010 Labour Party leadership election. Miliband appointed Onwurah as a junior shadow minister for Business, Innovation and Skills on 10 October 2010. In 2013 she was given the role as a Shadow Minister in the Cabinet Office.
Chi Onwurah was born in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 12 April 1965. Her father, from Nigeria, was working as a dentist while he studied at Newcastle Medical School when he met and married Chi’s mother in the 1950s. The family moved to Awka, Eastern Nigeria when she was still a baby. Just two years later the Biafran Civil War broke out, forcing her family to return to Newcastle.
She enjoys music, reading and long walks in the countryside. Onwurah is also a supporter of Newcastle United FC.
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