Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley
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Wajid Iltaf Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley (born 15 October 1979), is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2017 to 2019[1] and as Mayor of Burnley from 2020 to 2021.
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Quick Facts The Right HonourableThe Lord Khan of BurnleyFHEA, Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal ...
The Lord Khan of Burnley | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 2 March 2021 Life peerage | |
Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |
In office 29 June 2017 – 1 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Afzal Khan |
Succeeded by | Gina Dowding |
Mayor of Burnley | |
In office May 2020 – May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Cllr Anne Kelly |
Succeeded by | Cllr Cosima Towneley |
Personal details | |
Born | (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 44) Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Central Lancashire (LLB, LLM) |
Awards | |
Website | http://www.wajidkhan.org/ |
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He sat on the Foreign Affairs Committee and Human Rights Committee, as well as the Arab Peninsula and South Asia delegations. His main policy interests include workers’ rights, youth empowerment and human rights.
In December 2020, it was announced he would be conferred a life peerage after a nomination by Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer.[2]