Female Muslim MPs outnumber male Muslim MPs in UK Parliament
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LONDON: For the first time in history of British Parliament, there are more female Muslim MPs than male Muslim parliamentarians. Overall, after the Dec 12 general elections, the number of female MPs is now 220 which is also a new record beating the previous record of 208 female MPs set in 2017 elections. In the previous Parliament after the 2017 general elections, there were 16 MPs of Muslim faith - out of those eight were female. In the current Parliament, the number of Muslim MPs has risen to a new record of 21. Out of those 21 MPs of Muslim faith, 11 are females: six of these female Muslim MPs are of Pakistani/Kashmiri origin; four of Bangladeshi origin and one is of Kurdish background....