Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4605
Fax: 020 7219 3922
vazk@parliament.uk
Constituency
144 Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 0QF
Tel: 0116-212 2028
Fax: 0116-212 2121
info@keithvaz.org
Biography
Councils, public bodies
Vice-chair British Council 1998-99
Select committees
Member: Home Affairs 1987-92,
Constitutional Affairs 2003-07;
Chair: Home Affairs 2003-10;
Member: Liaison 2007-10,
Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 2010
Electoral history
Contested Richmond and Barnes 1983 general election. Member for Leicester East 1987-2010, for Leicester East (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Opposition Front Bench Spokesperson for the Environment 1992-97;
PPS:
to John Morris as Attorney General 1997-99,
to Solicitors General Lord Falconer of Thoroton 1997-98, Ross Cranston 1998-99;
Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 1999;
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Minister for Europe) 1999-2001
International bodies
Member, Executive Committee Inter-Parliamentary Union 1993-94;
EU Ambassador for Year of Inter Cultural Dialogue 2008
Party groups
Chair:
Labour Party Race Action Group 1983-2000 (Patron 2000-),
Unison Group 1990-99;
Vice-chair Tribune Group 1992;
Labour Party Regional Executive 1994-96;
Chairman National Ethnic Minority Taskforce 2006-;
Member Labour Party National Executive Committee 2007-;
Vice-chair Women's, Race and Equality Committee;
Trustee Labour Party Pensions Regulator 2008
Political interests
Education, legal services, local and regional government, race relations, urban policy, small businesses
Countries of interest
India, Pakistan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Oman
General Election 2010 - Leicester East
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Vaz, Keith |
Lab |
25804 |
53.76% |
| Hunt, Jane |
Con |
11722 |
24.42% |
| Asghar, Ali |
Lib Dem |
6817 |
14.2% |
| Gilmore, Colin |
BNP |
1700 |
3.54% |
| Taylor, Mo |
Green |
733 |
1.53% |
| Ransome, Felicity |
UKIP |
725 |
1.51% |
| Sadiq, Avtar |
Unity |
494 |
1.03% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (% from ) |