1. Tulip Rizwana Siddiq was born on 16 September 1982 and is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015.
46 Facts About Tulip Siddiq
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Tulip Siddiq served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 9 July 2024 until her resignation on 14 January 2025, following allegations of misconduct.
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Tulip Siddiq was the Camden London Borough Councillor for Regent's Park from 2010 until 2014.
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Tulip Siddiq is a niece of the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.
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Tulip Siddiq was born on 16 September 1982 in Sutton, London.
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Tulip Siddiq is the daughter of former Dhaka University professor Shafique Ahmed Siddique, and Sheikh Rehana, who gained political asylum in the UK as a teenager.
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Tulip Siddiq was born in St Helier Hospital in St Helier, London, and has an elder brother, Radwan "Bobby" Mujib, and a younger sister, Azmina Tulip Siddiq.
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Tulip Siddiq was raised a Muslim and has said that her "family embraced multicultural Britain".
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Tulip Siddiq attended Scholastica, Dhaka, Bangladesh, The Royal School, Hampstead, and Mill Hill School before completing her undergraduate degree in English Literature at University College London and then a master's degree at King's College London.
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Tulip Siddiq's father suffered a stroke, which left him disabled and unable to speak for five years.
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Tulip Siddiq has cited the National Health Service and the care her disabled father received as the reason why she joined.
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Tulip Siddiq identified former Labour minister Barbara Castle as her political heroine, and has described her mother and maternal aunt as "two very strong feminists".
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In July 2013, Tulip Siddiq was selected by local party members as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, despite a smear campaign.
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Tulip Siddiq later said that because of her Muslim surname, she was advised against standing in the constituency by senior party members, due to Hampstead's large Jewish population.
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Tulip Siddiq campaigned in support of local services, such as to keep Belsize Fire Station open, to improve disabled access at West Hampstead tube station, and to save the Swiss Cottage post office.
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In June 2015, Tulip Siddiq was appointed a vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism.
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Tulip Siddiq is a member of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
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In November 2016, Tulip Siddiq supported a motion in Parliament for the UK to withdraw support for the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
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Tulip Siddiq won an endorsement from Camden for Europe, Open Britain and Best for Britain, due to her decision to vote against Article 50.
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In May 2017, ahead of the 2017 general election, Tulip Siddiq supported a group of Labour MPs who argued Labour should stand down in certain Green party target seats where they were more likely than Labour to defeat the Consevatives.
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Tulip Siddiq had been stopped with her daughter at UK border control whilst returning from a family holiday until her husband joined them, because she did not have the same surname in her passport as her child.
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The programme's editor, Ben de Pear, complained about Tulip Siddiq's "threatening behaviour" to a pregnant producer, while Tulip Siddiq complained to the police about her interlocutors.
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Tulip Siddiq later apologised in a statement to the producer, Daisy Ayliffe, for the offence caused.
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In May 2018, Tulip Siddiq supported an equal pay campaign aimed at building pressure on employers.
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Tulip Siddiq attended the nuclear deal's signing at the Kremlin alongside her aunt Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Tulip Siddiq continued to be subject to considerable media attention about her political future after the announcement.
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On 14 January 2025, the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests report was published, in which he stated while he found no evidence of improprieties it was regrettable Tulip Siddiq "was not more alert to the potential reputational risks", but the shortcomings were not a breach of the Ministerial Code, though he advised the prime minister to "consider her ongoing responsibilities".
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Later that day Tulip Siddiq resigned from government, stating that although she had not breached the ministerial code, the ethics investigation was a distraction from the work of government.
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Tulip Siddiq was a board member of West Euston Partnership and is governor of the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
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Tulip Siddiq served as national BAME Officer for Young Labour and Women's Officer for London Young Labour.
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Tulip Siddiq is an executive board member of Unite the Union, a member of the Co-operative Party, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is a member of the Commonwealth Journalists Association.
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Tulip Siddiq oversaw Camden's engagement with the 2012 London Olympics, which saw the launch of three legacy schemes to encourage more physical activities, Camden Sports Academy, School and Community Games, and Pro-Active Ambassadors.
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In November 2017, Tulip Siddiq apologised for offensive remarks directed at a pregnant Channel 4 producer.
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In 2018, Tulip Siddiq praised Sheikh Hasina, calling her a "great role model" for her daughter.
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In 2019, Tulip Siddiq denied involvement in Bangladeshi politics but faced accusations of utilizing Awami League supporters in her Hampstead and Kilburn campaign.
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In 2015, Tulip Siddiq spoke at an event for the Centre for Research and Information, a group accused of disseminating misinformation in support of Sheikh Hasina's government.
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Tulip Siddiq praised her aunt's leadership at the event, despite later attempts to distance herself from Bangladeshi politics.
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In January 2025, it was revealed that Tulip Siddiq was gifted a flat in London in 2004 by Abdul Motalif, a property developer linked to the Awami League.
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In July 2024, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards investigated Tulip Siddiq for failing to declare income from a rental property.
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Tulip Siddiq was alleged to have helped set up a meeting with the Russian government in 2013 to discuss the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
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Tulip Siddiq denied any involvement, and the Prime Minister's Office stated that Prime Minister Keir Starmer maintained confidence in her as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
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On 14 January 2025, Tulip Siddiq resigned from her position as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister.
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Tulip Siddiq's resignation came amid growing pressure over her connections to corruption allegations in Bangladesh involving her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister who was ousted in August 2024.
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The UK Anti-Corruption Coalition called for Tulip Siddiq to relinquish her economic crime responsibilities due to a potential conflict of interest, given her family ties to the deposed regime in Bangladesh.
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Tulip Siddiq is a Muslim, but said she is "more cultural than religious".
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Since becoming an MP, Tulip Siddiq has spoken at Limmud and attends synagogue events.