Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali | |||||||||||||
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রুশনারা আলী | |||||||||||||
Official portrait, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy | |||||||||||||
| In office 9 July 2024 – 7 August 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lee Rowley (Building Safety) Felicity Buchan (Homelessness) | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alison McGovern (Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness) | ||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney Bethnal Green and Bow (2010–2024) | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Galloway | ||||||||||||
| Majority | 1,689 (3.5%) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 March 1975 Bishwanath, Sylhet, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford (BA) | ||||||||||||
| Website | rushanaraali | ||||||||||||
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Rushanara Ali (/ˌruːʃəˈnɑːrə əˈliː/; Bengali: রুশনারা আলী, romanized: Ruśnara Ali, IPA: [ˈɾuʃnaˌɾa‿ˈali]; born 14 March 1975) is a British politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010 and who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy from July 2024 to August 2025. A member of the Labour Party, she was the first British Bangladeshi elected to Parliament.
Ali was initially elected to represent Bethnal Green and Bow in 2010, and represented the constituency until its abolition in 2024. She currently represents the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency, having won it in the 2024 general election.