Sadik Al-Hassan

British politician

Sadik Al-Hassan
MP
Official portrait, 2024.
Member of Parliament
for North Somerset
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byLiam Fox
Majority639 (1.2%)
Personal details
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Bath

Sadik Adam Al-Hassan is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for North Somerset since 2024. He gained the seat from Liam Fox, a Conservative.[1]

Early life and career

Al-Hassan studied at the University of Bath. He was a store manager at Boots in Wirral for three years and worked at Well Pharmacy for over seven years as an area operations manager and a branch manager. At time of election, he worked in Cribbs Causeway as the superintendent pharmacist of the online PillTime, which has about 100 patients in North Somerset.[2]

Political career

Al-Hassan was 6th on Labour's list of candidates for the South West England region in the 2019 European Parliament elections and was not elected.[3]

He was selected as Labour's candidate for North Somerset in the 2024 general election and ran on a platform of rebuilding the NHS. He also expressed concern over pharmacies closing in the local area.[4] He defeated the incumbent Conservative Party candidate Liam Fox, who had been the MP for the area (North Somserset and previously Woodspring) for three decades.[5]

Personal life

Al-Hassan is Muslim.[6] As of 2024, he has lived in Emersons Green for ten years.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Somerset North | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ Trainis, Neil (11 April 2024). "Pharmacist shortlisted as Labour candidate for general election". Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Well pharmacist: Patients 'spurred me on' to stand in EU elections". C+D. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ^ Trainis, Neil (11 April 2024). "Pharmacist shortlisted as Labour candidate for general election". Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ^ Harcombe, Chloe. "General election 2024: Key winners in the West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ Rimi, Aisha (5 July 2024). "First-time Muslim candidates make up most diverse parliament in history". Hyphen. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ^ Wimperis, John (2 July 2024). "Interview: North Somerset Labour candidate Sadik Al-Hassan". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Mixed fortunes for councillors". Downend Voice. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Liam Fox
 Member of Parliament
for North Somerset
2024–present 		Incumbent
  • v
  • t
  • e
Labour Party members of Parliament
North East EnglandNorth West England
Yorkshire and the HumberEast MidlandsWest MidlandsEast of EnglandLondon
South East EnglandSouth West EnglandWalesScotland
  • Labour Party
  • Parliamentary Labour Party
  • List of Labour Party MPs
Labour MP stub icon Flag of EnglandPolitician icon

This article about a Labour Party member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e