Sadik Al-Hassan

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Sadik Al-Hassan is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for North Somerset since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he gained the seat from Liam Fox, a member of the Conservative Party. [1]

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Early life

Al-Hassan studied at the University of Bath.

Career

Al-Hassan was a store manager at Boots in Wirral for three years and worked at Well Pharmacy for over seven years as an area operations manager and a branch manager. At time of election, he works in Cribbs Causeway and is the superintendent pharmacist of the online PillTime, which has about 100 patients in North Somerset. He ran on a platform of rebuilding the NHS. He also expressed concern over pharmacies closing in the local area. Al-Hassan previously ran in the 2019 European Parliament elections. [2]

Personal life

Al-Hassan is Muslim. [3] He lives in Emersons Green. [4]

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References

  1. "Somerset North | General Election 2024". Sky News . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. Trainis, Neil (11 April 2024). "Pharmacist shortlisted as Labour candidate for general election" . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. Rimi, Aisha (5 July 2024). "First-time Muslim candidates make up most diverse parliament in history". Hyphen. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. Wimperis, John (2 July 2024). "Interview: North Somerset Labour candidate Sadik Al-Hassan". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 6 July 2024.