Kirith Entwistle (née Kaur Ahluwalia; born c. 1991), is a British
Labour Party politician serving as the
Member of Parliament for
Bolton North East since the
2024 general election.
Background
Kirith Entwistle was born in
Southall, London. Her grandparents are
Kenyan Indians who migrated to the United Kingdom during the 1970s. Her father, originally from
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
, moved to the UK in the 1980s. Entwistle graduated from the
University of Portsmouth in 2012 with a
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
(BA) in American Studies. According to Bolton News, Entwistle "works for a charity campaigning against loneliness and previously for the
Royal British Legion".
Prior to her election, she was a policy, communications and public affairs manager for WaveLength Charity. She is the first Sikh to represent Bolton North East. She was also previously a member of the
Young Fabians
The Young Fabians is the under age 31 section of the Fabian Society, a socialist society (Labour Party), socialist society in the United Kingdom that is affiliated with the Labour Party (UK). The Young Fabians operate as a membership-driven thin ...
executive committee.
Parliamentary career
Entwistle was elected as Labour MP for the
Bolton North East constituency in the
2024 general election.
In November 2024, Entwistle voted in favour of the
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise
assisted suicide.
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Living people
People from Southall
Alumni of the University of Portsmouth
British people of Punjabi descent
English Sikhs
Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Politicians of Indian descent
UK MPs 2024–present
Year of birth missing (living people)
English people of Indian descent