Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan was born on 10 May 1978 and is a British politician and medical doctor serving as Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health since 2020.
23 Facts About Rosena Allin-Khan
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Rosena Allin-Khan stood as a candidate at the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, finishing in second-place after three rounds of voting.
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Rosena Allin-Khan was previously Shadow Minister for Sport between October 2016 and January 2020.
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Rosena Allin-Khan's parents were both musicians: her Polish mother had been a singer in the Polish girl group Filipinki, and met her father, originally from Pakistan, while the band was on tour in London.
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Rosena Allin-Khan was educated at Trinity St Mary's Primary School, Balham, followed by The Grey Coat Hospital.
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Rosena Allin-Khan was accepted to study medicine at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, where she was assisted by scholarships.
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Rosena Allin-Khan was elected as a councillor on Wandsworth Council for Bedford Ward in Balham, serving from 2014 to 2018.
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Rosena Allin-Khan served as deputy leader of the council's Labour group.
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Rosena Allin-Khan was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Tooting constituency, after the seat became vacant in May 2016; the sitting MP, Sadiq Khan, had resigned after he had won that year's London mayoral election.
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Rosena Allin-Khan campaigned to remain in the EU during the 2016 Brexit referendum, and later campaigned with the same position for a second referendum on the issue.
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In October 2016, Rosena Allin-Khan was appointed Shadow Minister for Sport.
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Rosena Allin-Khan further campaigned to have England's semi-final match against Croatia during the 2018 World Cup to be shown on big screens in public.
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Rosena Allin-Khan said that the St George's Flag had become associated with the far-right, and was pleased that the success of England in the World Cup had helped reclaim the flag for the wider population.
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Rosena Allin-Khan retained her seat in the 2017 general election and the 2019 general elections.
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Rosena Allin-Khan received a higher number of votes in the first of these elections, strengthening her position, but falling back slightly in the 2019 election.
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Rosena Allin-Khan stood as a candidate in the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election.
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Rosena Allin-Khan ultimately received 77,351 of first preference votes, and 113,858 in the final round, coming second to Angela Rayner.
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Rosena Allin-Khan was appointed as Shadow Minister for Mental Health in Keir Starmer's first shadow cabinet, shadowing Nadine Dorries.
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, Rosena Allin-Khan has been working 12-hour shifts at St George's Hospital in Tooting, in addition to her job as an MP and a shadow minister.
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Rosena Allin-Khan criticised the UK Government for being too slow in acting, saying that it should have sooner introduced measures such as the lockdown and widespread testing.
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In October 2020, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards rebuked Rosena Allin-Khan for breaching the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.
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Rosena Allin-Khan is married and lives in Tooting with her husband, who is Welsh.
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Rosena Allin-Khan is an amateur boxer, training at Balham Boxing Club.