Tulip Siddiq

Tulip Siddiq
Official portrait, 2017
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
City Minister
In office
9 July 2024 – 14 January 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
ChancellorRachel Reeves
Preceded byBim Afolami
Succeeded byEmma Reynolds
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 December 2021 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byPat McFadden
Succeeded byAlan Mak
Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years
In office
7 January 2020 – 4 December 2021
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Preceded byTracy Brabin
Succeeded byHelen Hayes
In office
9 October 2016 – 26 January 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byJenny Chapman
Succeeded byTracy Brabin
Member of Parliament
for Hampstead and Highgate
Hampstead and Kilburn (2015–2024)
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byGlenda Jackson
Majority13,970 (28.8%)
Camden London Borough Councillor
for Regent's Park
In office
6 May 2010 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byTheodore Blackwell
Succeeded byNadia Shah
Personal details
Born
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq[1]

(1982-09-16) 16 September 1982 (age 42)
St Helier, London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Christian Percy
(m. 2013)
Children2
Parents
RelativesTungipara Sheikh family (maternal family)
Residence(s)Barnet, London, England
Alma mater
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.tulipsiddiq.com Edit this at Wikidata

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq FRSA (born 16 September 1982) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015. She served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 9 July 2024[2][3] until her resignation on 14 January 2025, following allegations of misconduct.[4]

She was the Camden London Borough Councillor for Regent's Park from 2010 until 2014. She is a niece of the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.[5]

  1. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11776.
  2. ^ "Tulip Siddiq". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "UK lawmaker Tulip Siddiq appointed as City Minister". Reuters. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ Uddin, Rafe; Savage, Susannah; Cook, Chris (14 January 2025). "UK City minister Tulip Siddiq resigns". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. ^ Karim, Fariha (19 January 2024). "Tulip Siddiq, Labour nieces of Bangladesh leader, represented at UN". The Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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