Neeraj Patil (

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಡಾ. ನೀರಜ್ ಪಾಟೀಲ್) is a British doctor and Labour Party politician who served as

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of the

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from 2010 to 2011. He was the borough's first mayor of Asian origin.

Career

Patil is from the Indian state of

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. In 2008, he was awarded the "

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" by the

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for promoting Accountable Democracy in India. Patil completed his

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at the

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. He served as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Worthing Hospital and was part of the KWASH campaign to save its Emergency service. He was first elected as a

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for the

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ward in 2006. During his term as Mayor of Lambeth, he received

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during his official visit to London on 18 September 2010, and oversaw the erection of a statue of the 12th century Indian philosopher Lord Basavanna at the Albert Embankment Gardens. In 2017, Patil campaigned to become MP for the constituency of

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, becoming the first Kannadiga individual to run for the

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. He lost to Education Secretary

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by 1,554 votes, achieving a swing of 10.2% in favour of the Labour Party. In 2018 Patil complained to the House of Commons authorities about improper use of parliamentary facilities by Labour MP

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. His complaint was upheld although the House authorities did not consider it necessary to impose any penalty on Sharma. In August 2022, he unsuccessfully applied to contest Bassetlaw in

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as the Labour Party candidate at the

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Political functions

* Mayor of the

(2010–2011) * Lambeth Councillor for

(

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

) * Governor of Kings College Hospital (2006–2007) * Governor of St Thomas Hospital (2008–2010) * Member of the National Policy Forum, Labour Party (2013–2015) * Member of National Executive BAME Labour (2009–2013) * Member of NRI Forum Karnataka (2007–2010).

References

External links

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CV of Cllr Dr Neeraj Patil
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patil, Neeraj Mayors of places in Greater London Indian emigrants to England Labour Party (UK) councillors Councillors in the London Borough of Lambeth People from Kalaburagi Living people 1968 births Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2008 Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates 21st-century British politicians 21st-century Indian politicians People of Kannada descent