Parmjit Dhanda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Parmjit Dhanda
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 17, 1971(1971-09-17)
Age	53
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Parmjit Dhanda Biography

Parmjit Dhanda is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 17, 1971 in London, England, United Kingdom. Parmjit Singh Dhanda (born 17 September 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 2001 until the general election. He succeeded Tess Kingham as the Labour MP for the seat.

He was chosen to run for in the House of Commons constituency of Gloucester in the general election of 2001 which was the seat that Labour needed to secure a majority of 1 . This was after the choice of Tess Kingham to stand down. He delivered his first speech at the Commons on the 27th of June, 2001, where he referred to the local newspaper’s report that stated (upon his choice as a candidate by members of the Labour Party) that “the people of Gloucester had not reached a sufficiently advanced state of consciousness to accept a ‘foreigner’ as the local MP”. In the parliament, Dhanda became a member of the Science and Technology Select committee after his election, up to 2003. He was instrumental in establishing the all-party committee on Telecommunications and telecommunications, of which he served as Secretary. In December 2004 He was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister for Schools Stephen Twigg.

Dhanda retained his seat in 2005 with an increased majority of 4,280 votes. After the election, Dhanda was appointed to the post of Assistant Government Whip. In May 2006, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families in the Department for Education and Skills. In this post, he implemented the Green Paper ‘Care Matters’, introducing radical new measures of support for 30,000 children in the care system. On 28 June 2007, he became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for the fire and rescue service, community cohesion and planning. He was replaced by Sadiq Khan on 6 Oct 2008.

At the speaker’s conference in October 2009, Dhanda criticised the way that all 23 of Gordon Brown’s cabinet were White, whereas Tony Blair’s last cabinet had two “ethnic minority” cabinet ministers. Brown pointed out that he had a Black Attorney General (Baroness Scotland) and an Asian Minister of State for Transport (Sadiq Khan) who sat around the Cabinet table (though only when their ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda).

Dhanda is married and has two children. He’s been a part of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) since 1999. He is fluent in Punjabi as well as French along with English.

Parmjit Dhanda Net Worth

Parmjit Dhanda is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Parmjit Dhanda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dhanda was born in London to Indian immigrants from Sikh Punjabi background, and was raised in Southall. His mother worked as an employee at an area hospital, and his father was a driver for lorries. He attended Mellow Lane School, a state-run Comprehensive School located located in Hayes, Middlesex, before enrolling at University of Nottingham. University of Nottingham, where He graduated with the bachelor of Engineering degree in 1993 as well as an MA in information technology in 1995.

Dhanda was the Labour Party organiser in West London, Hampshire and Wiltshire in 1996. He was appointed the assistant national organiser for Connect in

1998. He kept his position until he was appointed to Westminster. He was elected an elected councillor in Hillingdon, the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1998 and was a member of Council until the year 2002. As a Labour member on the liste for 1999’s European Parliament election, he was the most youthful European Parliamentary candidate, aged 27.

In 2003, Dhanda was asked by the Prime Minister to second the Queens Humble Address to the Houses of Parliament.

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Facts & Trivia

Parmjit Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Parmjit Dhanda celebrates birthday on September 17 of every year.