{"id":3776,"date":"2021-10-23T16:48:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?page_id=3776"},"modified":"2021-10-23T17:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T17:06:49","slug":"saqib-bhatti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/british-mps\/saqib-bhatti\/","title":{"rendered":"Saqib Bhatti"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3779&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Name<\/strong>: Saqib Bhatti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born<\/strong>: 18 June 1985<\/p>\n<p><strong>Party<\/strong>: Conservative<\/p>\n<p><strong>Constituency<\/strong>: Meriden<\/p>\n<p>Saqib Bhatti is a British Conservative politician who was born on June 18th, 1985. He graduated with an honorary doctorate from Aston University in Business Administration. In 2018, he was elected President of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, becoming the youngest person and first Muslim to accomplish it.<\/p>\n<p>Bhatti is a prominent figure in the United Kingdom&#8217;s Muslim political scene. He helped found Muslims for Britain, which advocated for the UK to leave the EU during the Brexit referendum. He claimed that EU regulations have kept South Asian immigration at bay and that Brexit would make it easier. He&#8217;s a senior policy adviser with the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe as of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2019 general election, Bhatti was chosen to run in the safe Conservative seat of Meriden, overcoming Nick Timothy. In 2020, Saqib was appointed Private Parliamentary Secretary to the Department for International Trade. \u00a0He is now a Private Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Health and Social Care, working for the Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP.<\/p>\n<p>He was made an MBE in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to diversity and inclusion in the corporate world.<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saqibbhatti.org.uk\/about-saqib-bhatti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.saqibbhatti.org.uk\/about-saqib-bhatti<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last Election Results:<\/h2>\n<p>Saqib Bhatti won 34,358 votes out of a possible 54,161. This represents a 63.4% share and a 22,836 majority in his constituency. There was a voter turnout of 63.4%.<\/p>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if(typeof(wpDataCharts)=='undefined'){wpDataCharts = {};}; wpDataCharts[40] = {render_data: {\"wdtNumberFormat\":\"1\",\"options\":{\"title\":{\"text\":\"Meriden 2019 General Election Results Chart\",\"floating\":false,\"align\":\"center\"},\"series\":[{\"type\":\"pie\",\"name\":\"Votes\",\"data\":[[\"Saqib Bhatti\",343.58],[\"Teresa Beddis\",115.22],[\"Laura McCarthy\",56.14],[\"Steve Caudwell\",26.67]]}],\"chart\":{\"backgroundColor\":\"\",\"borderWidth\":0,\"borderColor\":\"\",\"borderRadius\":0,\"zoomType\":\"none\",\"panning\":false,\"panKey\":\"shift\",\"plotBackgroundColor\":\"\",\"plotBackgroundImage\":\"\",\"plotBorderColor\":\"\",\"plotBorderWidth\":\"\",\"inverted\":false},\"yAxis\":{\"gridLineDashStyle\":\"solid\",\"crosshair\":false},\"xAxis\":{\"crosshair\":false},\"subtitle\":{\"text\":\"\",\"align\":\"center\"},\"tooltip\":{\"enabled\":true,\"backgroundColor\":\"rgba(255,255,255,0.85)\",\"borderWidth\":\"1\",\"borderColor\":\"\",\"borderRadius\":3,\"shared\":false,\"valuePrefix\":\"\",\"valueSuffix\":\"\"},\"legend\":{\"enabled\":true,\"backgroundColor\":\"\",\"title\":{\"text\":\"\"},\"layout\":\"horizontal\",\"align\":\"center\",\"verticalAlign\":\"bottom\",\"borderWidth\":\"0\",\"borderColor\":\"\",\"borderRadius\":\"0\"},\"exporting\":{\"enabled\":false,\"chartOptions\":{\"plotOptions\":{\"series\":{\"dataLabels\":{\"enabled\":false}}}},\"filename\":\"\",\"width\":\"\",\"buttons\":{\"contextButton\":{\"align\":\"right\",\"verticalAlign\":\"top\",\"symbolStroke\":\"#666\",\"text\":\"\"}}},\"credits\":{\"enabled\":true,\"href\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.PoliticSphere.com\",\"text\":\"PoliticSphere.com\"}},\"type\":\"highcharts_pie_chart\",\"height\":\"400\"}, engine: \"highcharts\", type: \"highcharts_pie_chart\", title: \"Meriden 2019 General Election Results Chart\", container: \"wpDataChart_40\", follow_filtering: 0, wpdatatable_id: 41, group_chart: 0}<\/script>\n\n    <div id=\"wpDataChart_40\" class=\"highcharts_pie_chart\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/div>\n\n<h2>Voting History Snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>Voted <strong>Aye<\/strong> to the Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading.<\/p>\n<p>Voted <strong>Aye<\/strong> to the Nationality and Borders Bill: Second Reading<\/p>\n<p>Voted <strong>Nay<\/strong> to the Opposition day: EU Settlement Scheme<\/p>\n<p>Voted <strong>Aye<\/strong> to the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill: Third Reading<\/p>\n<p>Voted <strong>Nay<\/strong> to the Opposition Day: Supporting Small Business<\/p>\n<p>Voted <b>Nay <\/b>to the Opposition Motion: Free School Meals<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Details<\/h2>\n<p>Phone:\u00a0 <a href=\"tel:0207 219 3423\">0207 219 3423<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f70d28;\"> <a href=\"mailto:saqib.bhatti@parliament.uk\">saqib.bhatti@parliament.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>631 Warwick Road<br \/>\nSolihull<br \/>\nB91 1AR[\/vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column][vc_wp_text]<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhatti_saqib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by bhatti_saqib<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>[\/vc_wp_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3779&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column_text]Name: Saqib Bhatti Born: 18 June 1985 Party: Conservative Constituency: Meriden Saqib Bhatti is a British Conservative politician who was born on June 18th, 1985. He graduated with an honorary doctorate from Aston University in Business Administration. In 2018, he was elected President of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, becoming the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1980,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false,"jnews-360x180":false,"jnews-750x375":false,"jnews-1140x570":false,"jnews-120x86":false,"jnews-350x250":false,"jnews-750x536":false,"jnews-1140x815":false,"jnews-360x504":false,"jnews-75x75":false,"jnews-350x350":false,"jnews-featured-750":false,"jnews-featured-1140":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Desmond K","author_link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/author\/desmond\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3779&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column_text]Name: Saqib Bhatti Born: 18 June 1985 Party: Conservative Constituency: Meriden Saqib Bhatti is a British Conservative politician who was born on June 18th, 1985. He graduated with an honorary doctorate from Aston University in Business Administration. 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