Seema Malhotra

Seema Malhotra
MP
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by Shabana Mahmood
Succeeded by Rebecca Long-Bailey
Member of Parliament
for Feltham and Heston
Assumed office
15 December 2011
Preceded by Alan Keen
Majority 11,463 (23.2%)
Personal details
Born (1972-08-07) 7 August 1972
London, England, UK
Political party Labour Co-operative
Alma mater University of Warwick
Website Official website

Seema Malhotra (born 7 August 1972)[1] is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston since a by-election was held following the death of Alan Keen in 2011.[2][3][4]

Early career

Of Indian descent,[5] Malhotra is a former management consultant who worked for Accenture and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.[6] She founded the Fabian Women's Network and was a previous National Chair of the Young Fabians.[7]

While Labour was in government before 2010 she worked as an adviser to Liam Byrne and Ian Austin when they were regional ministers for the West Midlands. Following Gordon Brown's resignation as Labour leader in the wake of the 2010 general election she was the special adviser to Harriet Harman during her tenure as Leader of the Labour Party.[6]

Parliamentary career

Malholtra entered Parliament in December 2011 after securing a majority of 6,203 in the Feltham and Heston by-election.[6]

In August 2014, Ed Miliband appointed Malhotra to the newly created role of Shadow Minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls.[8] The role within Labour's Home Affairs team made her responsible for championing the causes of victims of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence as well as female genital mutilation, forced marriage and prostitution and trafficking.

On 13 September 2015, Malhotra was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet. On 26 June 2016 Malhotra resigned from the shadow cabinet over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, along with dozens of other shadow ministers.[9][10]

Following her resignation Malhotra formally complained to the Speaker of the House of Commons about aides to Corbyn and McDonnell gaining unauthorised access to her office after her resignation and "harassment" of her staff.[11] John McDonnell's explanation was that the office was a shadow Treasury team office which Malhotra was moving out of, and his office manager who was a key holder, after seeing boxes outside, went in to check if it was now empty.[12] After an investigation, the Speaker concluded there was no information which justified regarding the events as a possible breach of Parliamentary privilege.[11]

Personal life

Malhotra is married to management consultant and financier Sushil Kumar Saluja, who is Accenture’s Senior Managing Director for Financial Services in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America, and serves on the board of TheCityUK which is an industry body that promotes financial services in the UK.[5][13] They live in Chelsea, London.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Democracy Live: Your representatives: Seema Malhotra". BBC News. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Labour wins Feltham and Heston by-election". BBC News. BBC. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "By-election 2011". London Borough of Hounslow. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Waugh, Paul (23 November 2011). "Winter by-election". Politics Home (The Waugh Room). Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Amit Roy (17 December 2011). "Indian lady in House of Commons". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Watt, Nicholas (16 December 2011). "Feltham and Heston byelection: Labour wins, but turnout tumbles | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "The Committee". Fabian Women's Network. Retrieved 16 December 2011. She is the founder and Director of the Fabian Women's Network. [...]
  8. ↑ Sparrow, Andrew (25 August 2014). "Labour appoints shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls". Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Syal, Rajeev; Perraudin, Frances; Slawson, Nicola (27 June 2016). "Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Who's staying and who's going in the shadow cabinet?". BBC. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Bercow: Malhotra office access claims didn't breach rules". BBC. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Peter Yeung (24 July 2016). "John McDonnell makes impassioned direct-to-camera plea to Labour members: 'We've got to stop this now'". The Independent. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sushil Saluja". Accenture. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Eric Joyce		 Chair of the Fabian Society
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
Ed Balls
Preceded by
Jessica Asato		 Chair of the Fabian Society
2014–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Howard Dawber		 Chair of the Young Fabians
1999–2000 		Succeeded by
Mari Williams
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alan Keen		 Member of Parliament
for Feltham and Heston
2011–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Shabana Mahmood		 Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2015–2016 		Succeeded by
Rebecca Long-Bailey
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