Faisal Rashid

Faisal Rashid
MP
Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017
Member of Parliament
for Warrington South
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by David Mowat
Majority 2,549 (4.1%)
Mayor of Warrington
In office
2016–2017
Preceded by Geoff Settle[1]
Succeeded by Les Morgan[2]
Personal details
Political party Labour

Mian Faisal Rashid[3] is a British Labour Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington South,[4] and was first elected at the 2017 general election.[5]

Rashid was educated at the National College of Business Administration and Economics in Lahore.[6]He was the Mayor of Warrington in 2016.[7]

He is on two parliamentary committees in the Commons, the International Trade Committee and the Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee).[8]

Mian Faisal Rashid supports referring Min Aung Hlaing, Commander in Chief of the Burmese military to the International Criminal Court for genocide.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, Robert. "The Mayor's role and history". www.warrington.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Council, Warrington Borough. "Mayor of Warrington - Warrington Borough Council". www.warrington.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11785.
  4. ↑ Parliament UK
  5. ↑ Coles, Amy (9 June 2017). "Labour gain stronghold in Warrington as Faisal Rashid snatches Tory seat". liverpoolecho.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Rashid, Faisal. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "First Muslim Mayor for Warrington". Warrington Worldwide. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Faisal Rashid MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  9. ↑ "Early day motion 1219 - REFERRAL OF BURMA TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
David Mowat		 Member of Parliament for
Warrington South
2017–present		 Incumbent
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