Iqbal Mohamed
Iqbal Mohamed | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and Batley | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 6,934 (18.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iqbal Hussain Mohamed 1970 or 1971 (age 54–55) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Independent Alliance (co-founder, 2024–) Your Party (2025) |
| Education | Westborough High School Huddersfield New College |
| Alma mater | Durham University (BSc) |
| Website | imohamed4mp |
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Iqbal Hussain Mohamed (born 1970 or 1971) is a British Independent politician, engineer and IT consultant who has served as the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and Batley since 2024. Mohamed, campaigning on a pro-Palestine platform, defeated Heather Iqbal of the Labour Party. He became the first independent MP to be elected to a seat in Yorkshire since 1907. On 2 September 2024, he co-founded the Independent Alliance parliamentary group. He was briefly a member of the Jeremy Corbyn-led Your Party.