13 Facts About Paul Uppal

Paul Singh Uppal was born on 14 June 1967 and is a Conservative Party politician from the United Kingdom.

Paul Uppal was the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West from the 2010 general election to 2015.

Paul Uppal was born in Birmingham, to Surjit Singh Paul Uppal, a magistrate, and Balbir Kaur on 14 June 1967.

Paul Uppal attended Harborne Hill Comprehensive School and then studied three A-levels in Politics, History and Sociology at Matthew Boulton College.

Paul Uppal studied Politics and Sociology at the University of Warwick.

Paul Uppal married his wife Kashmir, a lawyer, on 17 November 1991 in Derby.

Paul Uppal holds a season ticket for Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, and is a trustee of the second largest Gurudwara in Wolverhampton.

Paul Uppal was selected as Conservative Party candidate for Birmingham Yardley less than three months before the 2005 general election.

Paul Uppal came third in 2005, winning 2,970 votes, with Liberal Democrat John Hemming replacing the retiring Labour MP Estelle Morris.

In February 2007, Paul Uppal was selected as the Wolverhampton South West Conservative candidate in an open primary held at Molineux Stadium, in which all constituents were entitled to vote.

Rob Marris held it from 2001 onwards, though the Labour majorities gradually reduced at each election, Paul Uppal won the seat from the incumbent Labour MP Rob Marris with 16,344 votes and a majority of 691.

Paul Uppal highlighted the improvement in community relations whilst Marris expressed concern about zero-hour contracts, foodbanks and workers earning less than a living wage.

Paul Uppal was narrowly defeated at the 2015 general election, when Marris regained the seat with a majority of 801.