UPDATED 10 May – Kay Isa, a new Conservative councillor in Waltham Forest, had been mistakenly left off the results. now added and total amended. Last week’s Local Elections 3 May, which took place in London and across England, not only saw a record number of candidates from the British Turkish community stand, but also […]
Enfield Southgate’s David Burrowes was one of the casualties from yesterday’s General Election. The Conservative MP had represented the constituency since 2005, but lost his seat to Bambos Charalambous following a 12.7% swing to Labour. It was one of 12 seats the Conservatives lost, bringing them eight below the 326 threshold needed to form […]
A lifelong Edmonton resident and working mum of four, Gönül Daniels believes in active citizenship. One of the issues that spurred her into politics was education – she wants to give children “the best start in life”. She helped open a new free school in North London and is the Chair of a local school […]
Local Elections held earlier this year marked a major increase in political activity from the British Turkish community, which includes those of Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Kurdish origin. A total of 83 candidates stood for election, of which a record number were elected into office on 22 May 2014. There are now a total […]
Part of T-VINE’s 2014 election special, here’s the first of five interviews with the next generation of British Turkish politicians 1) When and why did you join the Conservatives? I joined the Conservatives twelve years ago at the age of 14. My friend’s grandmother who knew the local Member of Parliament, Andrew Rosindell, also […]
