Four Nigerians Emerges As Lawmakers In Britain

Who says Nigerians are not representing us well outside the shores of our Nation has definitely not heard about these Fantastic Four.

Chuka Harrison Umunna, Helen Grant, Chi Onwurah and Kate Osamor won a British parliament seat each in the just concluded United Kingdom general elections.

Umunna is a member of the British Labour Party and has been a member of Parliament (MP) since
2010.

Another Nigerian, Grant, a lawyer, born on September 1961, won her seat under the British Conservative Party. She is the current Member of Parliament for Maidstone and The Weald in Kent and the current Minister for Sport, Tourism & Equalities. She was elected at the 2010 general election, replacing the constituency’s previous incumbent,
Ann Widdecombe, who had decided to step down as an MP.

Grant was the first black woman to be selected to defend a Tory seat and her election made her the
Conservatives’ first female black MP.

Onwurah won her seat under the British Labour Party. She was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, replacing the previous Labour MP
Jim Cousins, who decided to step down and left the seat. She is Newcastle’s first black MP.

Another Labour Party member, Osamor is the representative of Edmonton constituency in London. She won the seat after stiff contest with fellow diasporan Kate Anolue.

Indeed, Nigerians are fighting tigers who stamp their feet in the sands of time wherever they find themselves.