Parmjit Singh Gill

Parmjit Singh Gill
Member of Parliament
for Leicester South
In office
15 July 2004 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byJim Marshall
Succeeded bySir Peter Soulsby
Majority1,654 (5.4%)
Personal details
Born (1966-12-20) 20 December 1966 (age 58)
Leicester, England
Political partyLiberal Democrat
SpouseJuliet Gill
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Parmjit Singh Gill (born 20 December 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. As Member of Parliament for Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP.

He was first elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Leicester City Council's Stoneygate Ward, before being elected to the House of Commons at the Leicester South by-election on 15 July 2004.[1] He contested the seat again at the 2005 general election, but this time came second to the Labour Party candidate, Sir Peter Soulsby.[2] He continued to serve as councillor for Stoneygate Ward until he was defeated in May 2011.

He was initially selected to run as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the 2011 Leicester South by-election after Soulsby stood down to run for mayor for Leicester. However, he stood down after a short time, citing family pressures and was replaced by Zuffar Haq.[3]

He works as a local authority information management and security consultant for Charnwood Borough Council. Prior to that he worked as a data protection administrator for Leicester City Council.

Gill was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2023 Leicester mayoral election.[4] He came in third place.[5]

Personal life

He is married to Juliet Gill, and the couple have a son and daughter.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lib Dems snatch Labour seat". 16 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Record number of new minority MPs". 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ Duffett, Helen (23 March 2011). "Parmjit Singh Gill withdraws as Lib Dem candidate for Leicester South". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Local elections: Leicester mayor role under spotlight as vote nears". BBC News. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Leicester result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leicester South
2004 – 2005 		Succeeded by