UK ELECTION RESULTS: 7 NIGERIANS ELECTED INTO PARLIAMENT

In total, seven Nigerians were elected to the British Parliament after the election on Thursday.

Most of them retained their constituencies, having won the victory in the 2015 general elections.

They are:

1. Chi Onwurah: The 52-year-old was the Shadow Minister (Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy). She challenged in 2010 under the Labor Party and was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle against Tyne Central, replacing former Labor MP Jim Cousins, who decided to resign. She is the first black deputy of Newcastle.

2. Kate Osamor: In 2014, the 48-year-old was elected to the National Executive of the Labor Party. In June 2016, Osamor was appointed Secretary of State for International Development.

3. Kemi Badenoch: She has been a member of parliament since September 2015. Badenoch, 38, is the economic spokesperson for the ABL and is also a member of the Transport, Police and Crime Committee.

4. Chuka Umunna: He has been a Member of Parliament for Streatham since 2010. The 38-year-old MP was adopted as the Labor Party's parliamentary candidate for Streatham in 2008 and won a majority of 3,259 votes in the 2010 general election. To become an elected member of Parliament for Streatham.

5. Bim Afolami: a conservative politician in parliament and works as a corporate lawyer. In winning the election, Afolami told Comet, "I feel completely on the moon to be the new MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, and I am honored. Opponents who have fought a fair and democratic struggle ".


6. Fiona Onasanya: She ran on the Labor Party platform and defeated Stewart Johnson of the Conservative Party at Peterborough headquarters in the election. Until she was elected, she was the deputy head of the Cambridgeshire County Labor Group and her adviser.

7. Helen Grant: She has been MP for Maidstone and The Weald since 2010. Grant, 55, is the first black woman to be selected to defend a Conservative seat and her election in 2010 also gave her the Conservatives' first Black female MP.