Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley
The Lord Khan of Burnley | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement | |
| In office 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Scott of Bybrook |
| Succeeded by | Miatta Fahnbulleh (Faith and Communities) |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 4 February 2021 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |
| In office 29 June 2017 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Afzal Khan |
| Succeeded by | Gina Dowding |
| Mayor of Burnley | |
| In office May 2020 – May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Cllr Anne Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Cllr Cosima Towneley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1979 Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Central Lancashire (LLB, LLM) |
| Awards | |
| Website | http://www.wajidkhan.org/ |
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Wajid Iltaf Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley (born 15 October 1979), is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2017 to 2019. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement from July 2024 to September 2025.
He sat on the Foreign Affairs Committee and Human Rights Committee, as well as the Arab Peninsula and South Asia delegations. His main policy interests include workers’ rights, youth empowerment and human rights.
In December 2020, it was announced he would be conferred a life peerage after a nomination by Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer.