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''Rupa Asha Huq''' ({{lang-bn|রাবেয়া "রূপা" আশা হক}}; born 2 April 1972) is [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[politician]], [[writer]], [[columnist]], [[senior lecturer]] in sociology at [[Kingston University]] and former [[Deputy Mayor]] of the [[London Borough of Ealing]]. She was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]].
'''Rabiah''' "'''Rupa'''" '''Asha Huq''' ({{lang-bn|রাবেয়া "রূপা" আশা হক}}; born 2 April 1972) is [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[politician]], [[writer]], [[columnist]], [[senior lecturer]] in sociology at [[Kingston University]] and former [[Deputy Mayor]] of the [[London Borough of Ealing]]. She was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Huq's father, Muhammad Huq,<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8053988/Konnie-Huq-my-family-wanted-me-to-marry-a-Muslim.html|title=Konnie Huq: my family wanted me to marry a Muslim|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=10 October 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="dailymail4">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1319297/X-Factor-2010-Xtra-Factor-host-Konnie-Huq-says-father-wanted-marry-Muslim--TVs-Charlie-Brooker.html|title=Xtra Factor host Konnie Huq says her father wanted her to marry a Muslim|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=11 October 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> and mother, Roshan Ara Huq, came to [[Great Britain|Britain]] in the 1960s to enable their children to have better opportunities and a higher level of education than was available in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Lewis|first=Roz|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/8597181/Konnie-Huq-talks-about-money.html|title=Konnie Huq talks about money|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=26 June 2011|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> He came from Maksedpur in [[Pabna]] city while her mother, who is also known as Dulali Biswas was from [[Kuthipara]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rupa Huq’s relatives at Pabna overjoyed at her win in UK polls|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/10/rupa-huqs-relatives-at-pabna-overjoyed-at-her-win-in-uk-polls|accessdate=7 June 2015|publisher=bdnews 24|date=10 May 2015}}</ref> Huq's father was training to become an actuary for [[Prudential plc|The Prudential]], however, he gave it up to start an [[Indian cuisine|Indian restaurant]] in [[Soho]], [[London]]. After the [[Early 1990s recession|recession of the early 1990s]], the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. He started another restaurant in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] but has since retired.<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last=Iziren|first=Adeline|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/29/konnie-huq-family-values|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>
Huq's father, Muhammad Huq,<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8053988/Konnie-Huq-my-family-wanted-me-to-marry-a-Muslim.html|title=Konnie Huq: my family wanted me to marry a Muslim|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=10 October 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="dailymail4">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1319297/X-Factor-2010-Xtra-Factor-host-Konnie-Huq-says-father-wanted-marry-Muslim--TVs-Charlie-Brooker.html|title=Xtra Factor host Konnie Huq says her father wanted her to marry a Muslim|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=11 October 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> and mother, Roshan Ara Huq, came to [[Great Britain|Britain]] in the 1960s to enable their children to have better opportunities and a higher level of education than was available in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Lewis|first=Roz|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/8597181/Konnie-Huq-talks-about-money.html|title=Konnie Huq talks about money|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=26 June 2011|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq's father who was also known as Fazlul came from Maksedpur in [[Pabna]] city, while her mother who is also known as Dulali Biswas is from Kuthipara.<ref name="bdnews241">{{cite news |last=Asad|first=Saikat Afroz|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/10/rupa-huqs-relatives-at-pabna-overjoyed-at-her-win-in-uk-polls|title=Rupa Huq’s relatives at Pabna overjoyed at her win in UK polls|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=''[[Bdnews24.com]]''|date=10 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> Huq's father was training to become an actuary for [[Prudential plc|The Prudential]], however, he gave it up to start an [[Indian cuisine|Indian restaurant]] in [[Soho]], [[London]]. After the [[Early 1990s recession|recession of the early 1990s]], the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. He started another restaurant in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] but has since retired.<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last=Iziren|first=Adeline|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/29/konnie-huq-family-values|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>


Huq was born in [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital|Queen Charlotte's Hospital]], [[Hammersmith]], London, England. She attended Montpelier Primary School in Ealing. In 1980, at the age of eight, Huq was featured in the [[BBC Schools]] programme ''[[Look and Read]]'' when the programme visited the school.<ref name="getwestlondon1">{{cite news |last=Gates|first=James|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/blue-peter-stars-sister-new-5996362|title=Blue Peter star's sister is new deputy mayor|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=3 June 2010|accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref>
Huq was born in [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital|Queen Charlotte's Hospital]], [[Hammersmith]], London, England. She attended Montpelier Primary School in Ealing. In 1980, at the age of eight, Huq was featured in the [[BBC Schools]] programme ''[[Look and Read]]'' when the programme visited the school.<ref name="getwestlondon1">{{cite news |last=Gates|first=James|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/blue-peter-stars-sister-new-5996362|title=Blue Peter star's sister is new deputy mayor|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=3 June 2010|accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref>


She attended [[Notting Hill & Ealing High School]]. In 1993, she graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper second-class honours|2:1]] in BA Political and Social Sciences and Law from [[Cambridge University]]. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies thesis on youth culture at the [[University of East London]],<ref name="fass.kingston">{{cite web |url=http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/faculty/staff/cv.php?staffnum=328|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> comparing young people in [[East London]] and the [[Alsace]] region of [[France]],<ref name="gdc">{{cite web |url=http://gdc.cch.kcl.ac.uk/speakers/|title=Dr Rupa Huq |publisher=Girls & Digital Culture|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}} Rupa Huq</ref> which included being a post-graduate at [[Marc Bloch University|Strasbourg II University]] in France during which time she also worked at the [[European Parliament]] for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]],<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rupa-huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> shadowing Labour [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Carole Tongue]].<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/>
She attended [[Notting Hill & Ealing High School]]. In 1993, she graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper second-class honours|2:1]] in BA Political and Social Sciences and Law from [[Cambridge University]]. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies thesis on youth culture at the [[University of East London]],<ref name="fass.kingston">{{cite web |url=http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/faculty/staff/cv.php?staffnum=328|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> comparing young people in [[East London]] and the [[Alsace]] region of [[France]],<ref name="gdc">{{cite web |url=http://gdc.cch.kcl.ac.uk/speakers/|title=Dr Rupa Huq |publisher=Girls & Digital Culture|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}} Rupa Huq</ref> which included being a post-graduate at [[Marc Bloch University|Strasbourg II University]] in France during which time she also worked at the [[European Parliament]] for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]],<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rupa-huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> shadowing Labour [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Carole Tongue]].<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/>


==Teaching career==
==Teaching career==
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==Writing and media career==
==Writing and media career==
Huq has contributed to ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''Progress magazine''<ref name="makejusticework">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.makejusticework.org.uk/ambassador/rupa-huq/|title=Make Justice Work Ambassador: Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''Make Justice Work''|year=2012|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> and ''[[The Times Higher Education Supplement]]''.<ref name="getwestlondon1"/>
Huq has contributed to ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''Progress magazine''<ref name="makejusticework">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.makejusticework.org.uk/ambassador/rupa-huq/|title=Make Justice Work Ambassador: Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''Make Justice Work''|year=2012|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> and ''[[The Times Higher Education Supplement]]''.<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> Huq's research specialism has chiefly been youth culture and pop music.<ref name="gdc"/> She has a particular interest in [[David Bowie]].<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |last=Ahmed|first=Samira|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/entries/f253c63e-cc50-341e-bec5-cc5ee8884568|title=The Story of 'I Dressed Ziggy Stardust'|work= |location= |publisher=''The BBC Radio 4 Blog''|date=13 March 2013|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>

Huq's research specialism has chiefly been youth culture and pop music.<ref name="gdc"/> She has a particular interest in [[David Bowie]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Story of 'I Dressed Ziggy Stardust'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/entries/f253c63e-cc50-341e-bec5-cc5ee8884568|accessdate=7 June 2015|publisher=BBC|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> In 2006, her book ''Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world''<ref name="timeshighereducation">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/on-the-edge-the-contested-cultures-of-english-suburbia-by-rupa-huq/2003347.article|title=On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia by Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Times Higher Education]]''|date=25 April 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> on these themes was published. It was subsequently one of five titles shortlisted for the 2007 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial prize.<ref name="huffingtonpost"/><ref name="kingston"/> In May 2012, her second book ''Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture'' was published.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781780932248|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bloomsburyacademic">{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/Making-Sense-of-Suburbia-through-Popular-Culture/book-ba-9781780932576.xml|title= Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq was a contributor to the 2011 book ''[[What Next for Labour?|What Next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation]]'', published by Queensferry Publishing.
In 2006, her book ''Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world''<ref name="timeshighereducation">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/on-the-edge-the-contested-cultures-of-english-suburbia-by-rupa-huq/2003347.article|title=On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia by Rupa Huq|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Times Higher Education]]''|date=25 April 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> on these themes was published. It was subsequently one of five titles shortlisted for the 2007 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial prize.<ref name="huffingtonpost1"/><ref name="kingston"/> In May 2012, her second book ''Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture'' was published.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781780932248|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bloomsburyacademic">{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/Making-Sense-of-Suburbia-through-Popular-Culture/book-ba-9781780932576.xml|title= Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq was a contributor to the 2011 book ''[[What Next for Labour?|What Next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation]]'', published by Queensferry Publishing.


Huq has appeared on [[Channel S]] and [[Bangla TV]] as well as ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' and [[BBC News 24]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> On radio, she has been on the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' programme]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[BBC Asian Network]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/>
Huq has appeared on [[Channel S]] and [[Bangla TV]] as well as ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' and [[BBC News 24]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/> On radio, she has been on the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' programme]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[BBC Asian Network]].<ref name="getwestlondon1"/>


Huq is also a music DJ under the [[stage name]] "Dr Huq" and recorded a jingle for [[John Peel]] in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. She first started DJ-ing for a hospital radio station at the age of 17.<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/><ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6103102.stm|title=Blue Peter links of aspiring MP|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=3 November 2006|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>
Huq is also a music DJ under the [[stage name]] "Dr Huq" and recorded a jingle for [[John Peel]] in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. She first started DJ-ing for a hospital radio station at the age of 17.<ref name="manchestereveningnews"/><ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6103102.stm|title=Blue Peter links of aspiring MP|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=3 November 2006|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
[[File:Rupa 2006.JPG|thumb|Rupa Huq 2006]]
[[File:Rupa 2006.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Huq in 2006]]
Huq was a researcher for [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]] and [[Patricia Hewitt]]. In 2004, she stood as a candidate for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in the European Parliament [[European Parliament election, 2004|election]] in the North West.<ref name="huffingtonpost"/><ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Jarvis|first=Alice-Azania|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-blue-peter-konnies-sister-takes-red-corner-1939665.html|title=Pandora: 'Blue Peter' Konnie's sister takes red corner|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=9 April 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>
Huq was a researcher for [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]] and [[Patricia Hewitt]]. In 2004, she stood as a candidate for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in the European Parliament [[European Parliament election, 2004|election]] in the North West.<ref name="huffingtonpost1"/><ref name="independent1">{{cite news |last=Jarvis|first=Alice-Azania|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-blue-peter-konnies-sister-takes-red-corner-1939665.html|title=Pandora: 'Blue Peter' Konnie's sister takes red corner|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=9 April 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

In 2005, she stood as the Labour [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] in the [[safe seat|safe]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] in Buckinghamshire (Conservative majority of 11,882) at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 General Election]].<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news |last=Roy|first=Amit|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070429/asp/7days/story_7710878.asp|title=Bangla babes rule Britannia|work= |location=Calcutta|publisher=''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]''|date=29 April 2009|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> She received 6,610 votes<ref name="independent"/> and lost to the Conservative candidate [[Cheryl Gillan]] who had 25,619 votes.<ref name="gbnews24"/>


Huq was one of three Labour candidates standing for a council seat in Walpole in the constituency of Ealing.<ref name="independent"/> In 2010, after the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2010|local elections]], she became the Deputy Mayor of the [[London Borough of Ealing]] for the municipal year 2010<ref name="guardian3">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/28/mayoress-ealing-local-government|title=Why a ceremonial figurehead can mean progress|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=28 June 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> – 2011.<ref name="guardian4">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/13/ealing-suburbs-riots|title=In Ealing, the sound of the suburbs shedding their leafy reputation|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=13 August 2011|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>
In 2005, she stood as the Labour [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] in the [[safe seat|safe]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] in Buckinghamshire (Conservative majority of 11,882) at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 General Election]].<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news |last=Roy|first=Amit|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070429/asp/7days/story_7710878.asp|title=Bangla babes rule Britannia|work= |location=Calcutta|publisher=''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]''|date=29 April 2009|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> She received 6,610 votes<ref name="independent1"/> and lost to the Conservative candidate [[Cheryl Gillan]] who had 25,619 votes.<ref name="gbnews24"/>


In November 2013, Huq was chosen by Labour as their prospective parliamentary candidate for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton constituency]] to challenge Conservative MP [[Angie Bray]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]].<ref name="gbnews24"/><ref name="chiswickw41">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/shared/eaecaseat001.htm|title=Labour pick candidate for Ealing Central and Acton seat|work= |location=Chiswick|publisher=''Chiswickw4.com''|date=4 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondon2">{{cite news |last=Russell|first=Michael|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Labour pick TV star's sister as their General Election candidate|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=7 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> In January 2015, she was one of 15 Labour candidates each given financial support of £10,000 by [[Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay|Lord Matthew Oakeshott]], the former [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]].<ref name="newstatesman1">{{cite news |last=Eaton|first=George|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/former-lib-dem-lord-oakeshott-donates-300000-labour-candidates|title=Former Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott donates £300,000 to Labour candidates|work= |location= |publisher=''[[New Statesman]]''|date=21 January 2015|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>
Huq was one of three Labour candidates standing for a council seat in Walpole in the constituency of Ealing.<ref name="independent1"/> In 2010, after the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2010|local elections]], she became the Deputy Mayor of the [[London Borough of Ealing]] for the municipal year 2010<ref name="guardian3">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/28/mayoress-ealing-local-government|title=Why a ceremonial figurehead can mean progress|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=28 June 2010|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> – 2011.<ref name="guardian4">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/13/ealing-suburbs-riots|title=In Ealing, the sound of the suburbs shedding their leafy reputation|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=13 August 2011|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>


In November 2013, Huq was chosen by Labour as their prospective parliamentary candidate for [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton constituency]] to challenge Conservative MP [[Angie Bray]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]].<ref name="gbnews24"/><ref name="chiswickw41">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/shared/eaecaseat001.htm|title=Labour pick candidate for Ealing Central and Acton seat|work= |location=Chiswick|publisher=''Chiswickw4.com''|date=4 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondon2">{{cite news |last=Russell|first=Michael|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Labour pick TV star's sister as their General Election candidate|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=7 November 2013|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref> In January 2015, she was one of 15 Labour candidates each given financial support of £10,000 by [[Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay|Lord Matthew Oakeshott]], the former [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]].<ref name="newstatesman1">{{cite news |last=Eaton|first=George|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/former-lib-dem-lord-oakeshott-donates-300000-labour-candidates|title=Former Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott donates £300,000 to Labour candidates|work= |location= |publisher=''[[New Statesman]]''|date=21 January 2015|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref> During the election campaign, Huq was manhandled by the former vice chair of the local Conservative branch, Karim Sacoor, who was caught on video repeatedly trying to drag her away from [[Boris Johnson]], who was campaigning with her Conservative rival Angie Bray.<ref name="getwestlondon4">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa|first=Danya|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/conservative-activist-stands-down-after-9186131|title=Conservative activist stands down after 'manhandling' Rupa Huq|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=5 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa|first=Danya||url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/02/labour-rupa-huq-grabbed-boris-johnson_n_7194912.html|title=Tory who 'manhandled' Labour candidate on walkabout with Boris Johnson told to step down|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Ward|first=Alexander|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/labour-candidate-manhandled-by-tory-activist-as-she-questions-boris-johnson-on-the-campaign-trail-10222221.html|title=Tory activist asked to step down after Labour candidate Rupa Huq is 'manhandled' while questioning Boris Johnson on the campaign trail|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=3 May 2015|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="mirror">{{cite news |last=Bazaraa|first=Danya||url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-who-manhandled-labour-candidate-5644172|title= Tory who 'manhandled' Labour candidate on walkabout with Boris Johnson told to step down |work= |location= |publisher=''[[Daily Mirror]]''|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="bdnews242">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/world/2015/05/04/rupa-huq-manhandled-by-a-tory-activist|title=Rupa Huq 'manhandled' by a Tory activist|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=''[[Bdnews24.com]]''|date=10 May 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>
During the election campaign she was manhandled by the former vice chair of the local Conservative branch Karim Sacoor, who was caught on video repeatedly trying to drag her away from Boris Johnson, who was campaigning with her Conservative rival Angie Bray.<ref>{{cite news|title=Conservative activist stands down after 'manhandling' Rupa Huq|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/conservative-activist-stands-down-after-9186131|accessdate=7 June 2015|publisher=Get West London|date=5 May 2015}}</ref>


In May 2015, Huq won the Ealing Central and Acton seat with 22,002 votes, previously held by Angie Bray who received 21,728 votes, with a turnout of 71.4%.<ref name="getwestlondon3">{{cite news |last1=Bazaraa|first1=Danya|last2=De-Keyzer|first2=Amy|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Central & Acton constituency results|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="ealingtimes">{{cite news |last=Farag|first=Maryse|url=http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/12938792.Labour_snatch_Ealing_Central_and_Acton_seat_from_Tories/|title=Rupa Huq brings some cheer to party on national night of woe|work= |location=Ealing|publisher=''Ealing Times''|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="dhakatribune">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2015/may/08/british-bangladeshi-rupa-wins-uk-polls|title=British-Bangladeshi Rupa wins UK election|work= |location=Dhaka|publisher=''[[Dhaka Tribune]]''|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>
In May 2015, Huq won the Ealing Central and Acton seat with 22,002 votes, previously held by Angie Bray who received 21,728 votes, with a turnout of 71.4%.<ref name="getwestlondon3">{{cite news |last1=Bazaraa|first1=Danya|last2=De-Keyzer|first2=Amy|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Central & Acton constituency results|work= |location=London|publisher=''Get West London''|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="ealingtimes">{{cite news |last=Farag|first=Maryse|url=http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/12938792.Labour_snatch_Ealing_Central_and_Acton_seat_from_Tories/|title=Rupa Huq brings some cheer to party on national night of woe|work= |location=Ealing|publisher=''Ealing Times''|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="dhakatribune">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2015/may/08/british-bangladeshi-rupa-wins-uk-polls|title=British-Bangladeshi Rupa wins UK election|work= |location=Dhaka|publisher=''[[Dhaka Tribune]]''|date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>

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Angie Bray
Majority274 (0.5%)
Personal details
Born
Rabiah Asha Huq
Cambridge University
University of East London
OccupationWriter, columnist, politician, senior lecturer, music DJ
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.rupahuq.co.uk

Rabiah "Rupa" Asha Huq (

2015 general election
.

Early life

Huq's father, Muhammad Huq,[2][3] and mother, Roshan Ara Huq, came to Britain in the 1960s to enable their children to have better opportunities and a higher level of education than was available in Bangladesh.[2] Huq's father who was also known as Fazlul came from Maksedpur in Pabna city, while her mother who is also known as Dulali Biswas is from Kuthipara.[4] Huq's father was training to become an actuary for The Prudential, however, he gave it up to start an Indian restaurant in Soho, London. After the recession of the early 1990s, the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. He started another restaurant in Harrow but has since retired.[5]

Huq was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England. She attended Montpelier Primary School in Ealing. In 1980, at the age of eight, Huq was featured in the BBC Schools programme Look and Read when the programme visited the school.[6]

She attended

Cambridge University. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies thesis on youth culture at the University of East London,[7] comparing young people in East London and the Alsace region of France,[8] which included being a post-graduate at Strasbourg II University in France during which time she also worked at the European Parliament for the Labour Party,[9] shadowing Labour MEP Carole Tongue.[10]

Teaching career

In 1998, Huq moved to Manchester.[10] From 1998 to 2004, She was a lecturer at University of Manchester,[7] during which she held a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship.[7][11]

From September 2004, Huq was a senior lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Kingston University[8] in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.[11] She has also taught Media and Cultural Studies.[12]

Writing and media career

Huq has contributed to

The Times Higher Education Supplement.[6] Huq's research specialism has chiefly been youth culture and pop music.[8] She has a particular interest in David Bowie.[14]

In 2006, her book Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world[15] on these themes was published. It was subsequently one of five titles shortlisted for the 2007 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial prize.[9][11] In May 2012, her second book Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture was published.[2][16] Huq was a contributor to the 2011 book What Next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation, published by Queensferry Publishing.

Huq has appeared on

BBC News 24.[6] On radio, she has been on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Asian Network.[6]

Huq is also a music DJ under the stage name "Dr Huq" and recorded a jingle for John Peel in Bengali. She first started DJ-ing for a hospital radio station at the age of 17.[10][17]

Political career

Huq in 2006

Huq was a researcher for

election in the North West.[9][18]

In 2005, she stood as the Labour

2005 General Election.[19] She received 6,610 votes[18] and lost to the Conservative candidate Cheryl Gillan who had 25,619 votes.[12]

Huq was one of three Labour candidates standing for a council seat in Walpole in the constituency of Ealing.

local elections, she became the Deputy Mayor of the London Borough of Ealing for the municipal year 2010[20] – 2011.[21]

In November 2013, Huq was chosen by Labour as their prospective parliamentary candidate for

2015 general election.[12][22][23] In January 2015, she was one of 15 Labour candidates each given financial support of £10,000 by Lord Matthew Oakeshott, the former Liberal Democrat.[24] During the election campaign, Huq was manhandled by the former vice chair of the local Conservative branch, Karim Sacoor, who was caught on video repeatedly trying to drag her away from Boris Johnson, who was campaigning with her Conservative rival Angie Bray.[25][26][27][28][29]

In May 2015, Huq won the Ealing Central and Acton seat with 22,002 votes, previously held by Angie Bray who received 21,728 votes, with a turnout of 71.4%.[30][31][32]

Personal life

Huq has a son Rafi (born 2004).[33] Her elder sister Nutun is an architect.[34] Her younger sister is former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq.[35][36] In 2008, her father was diagnosed with prostate cancer.[28] Huq speaks Bengali, French and Hindi.[37]

Books

Year Title Publisher ISBN
2006 Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World Bloomsbury Academic ISBN 978-0415278157
2013 Making Sense of Suburbia Through Popular Culture Routledge ISBN 978-1780932248
On The Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia Lawrence and Wishart ISBN 978-1907103728

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Konnie Huq: my family wanted me to marry a Muslim". The Daily Telegraph. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) Cite error: The named reference "telegraph" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Asad, Saikat Afroz (10 May 2015). "Rupa Huq's relatives at Pabna overjoyed at her win in UK polls". Bangladesh: Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  14. ^ Ahmed, Samira (13 March 2013). "The Story of 'I Dressed Ziggy Stardust'". The BBC Radio 4 Blog. Retrieved 7 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  21. ^ Huq, Rupa (13 August 2011). "In Ealing, the sound of the suburbs shedding their leafy reputation". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "Labour pick candidate for Ealing Central and Acton seat". Chiswick: Chiswickw4.com. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ Russell, Michael (7 November 2013). "Ealing Labour pick TV star's sister as their General Election candidate". London: Get West London. Retrieved 1 March 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ Eaton, George (21 January 2015). "Former Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott donates £300,000 to Labour candidates". New Statesman. Retrieved 1 February 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  30. ^ Bazaraa, Danya; De-Keyzer, Amy (8 May 2015). "Ealing Central & Acton constituency results". London: Get West London. Retrieved 8 May 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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