Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
MP for Tooting
Rosena’s Candidate Statement
“Growing up on the breadline, as a mixed race child, with a single mum, under Margaret Thatcher’s Government of the 80s, meant that the odds were stacked against my brother and I.
Constantly told that there was a ceiling on what I could achieve, when I failed my exams, my dreams of serving my community looked to be over.
A Labour Government transformed my life and enabled me to go to medical school and become an A&E doctor, where I still do frontline shifts. I am determined that no person should have a limit placed on them by this Conservative Government. As an MP, I’ve taken my passion for labour values across the world in humanitarian crises, working with the most vulnerable. Only when we give a voice to the voiceless, can we create a more equal society.
We face a huge challenge ahead and we need to prove to the country that we can deliver on our promises.
As Deputy, I will lead from the grassroots, working hard across the UK. I will listen to members and together evaluate why we lost the last four general elections, then move forwards, starting by winning the elections in May.
I would give our emergency service workers a voice on shaping their future by offering them a reduced rate to join our party- we will fight to save our NHS from the Tory sell-off.
My aim is clear: to take Labour forward together and win the next General Election – join me.”
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan was nominated by the following MPs and MEPs
- Fleur Anderson
- Ben Bradshaw
- Kevin Brennan
- Richard Corbett
- Seb Dance
- Geraint Davies
- Thangam Debbonaire
- Rosie Duffield
- Clive Efford
- Vicky Foxcroft
- Fabian Hamilton
- John Howarth
- Jackie Jones
- Rosena Khan Allin
- Stephen Kinnock
- Khalid Mahmood
- Anna McMorrin
- Chi Onwurah
- Rory Palmer
- Luke Pollard
- Nick Smith
- Alex Sobel
- Wes Streeting