Shockat Adam | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Leicester South | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Ashworth |
| Majority | 979 (2.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shockat Hussain Adam Patel November 1972 (age 52) Malawi[1] |
| Political party | Independent (part of the Independent Alliance) |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| Website | shockatadam |
Shockat Hussain Adam Patel[2][3] (born November 1972)[4] is a British businessman, optometrist, and independent politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Leicester South since 2024.[5][6]
In September 2024 he was a founder of the Independent Alliance.
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- ^ "'This is for people of Gaza': Shockat Adam takes Labour's Jonathan Ashworth's Leicester South seat". Sky News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Shockat Adam PATEL personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Leicester South | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Siddique, Haroon (7 July 2024). "Who are the pro-Gaza independents who unseated Labour MPs?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2024.