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PartyPoliticalBroadcastOBVNewsIssue5Summer201013Labourx9x9x9x9x9x9Davidx9Lammyx9TottenhamDianex9Abbottx9HackneyNorthandStokeNewingtonKeithx9Vazx9LeicesterEastKhalidx9Mahmoodx9BirminghamPerryBarrMarkx9Hendrickx9PrestonMarshax9Singhx9BradfordWestSadiqx9Khanx9TootingVirendrax9Sharmax9EalingSouthallAnasx9Sarwarx9GlasgowCentralChinyelux9Onwurahx9Newcastle-upon-TyneCentralChukax9Umunnax9StreathamLisax9Nandyx9WiganRushanarax9Alix9BethnalGreenandBowShabanax9Mahmoodx9BirminghamLadywoodx9Valeriex9Vazx9WalsallSouthYasminx9Qureshix9BoltonSouthEastConservativex9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9Adamx9Afriyiex9WindsorSaileshx9Varax9NorthWestCambridgeshireAlokx9Sharmax9ReadingWestHelenx9Grantx9MaidstoneandTheWealdKwasix9Kwartengx9SpelthornNadhimx9Zahawix9Stratford-upon-AvonPaulx9Uppalx9WolverhamptonSouthWestPritix9Patelx9WithamRehmanx9Chishtix9GillinghamandRainhamSajidx9Javidx9BromsgroveSamx9Gyimahx9EastSurreydifferentfromourexperienceintheUK.TheBritishBMEpopulationisthatmuchmorediversethanintheUSgivenBritainx19simperialpast.HoweverthereisalsoafeelingparticularlyamongstthenewBritish-borngenerationthattheiridentityisnotastightly-boundupwiththeirraceandculturalbackground.InadditionjustastheEqualitiesandHumanRightsCommissionhasbeenmandatedtoconsiderequalityissuesacrossracegenderagedisabilityandsexualorientationitcouldbeconsideredaretrogradestepforParliamentarianstosingleoutracialinequalitywithoutalsogivingdueweightandregardtotheotherstrands.MerleneEmersonChairofChineseLiberalDemocratsandformerLibDemParliamentaryCandidateforHammersmithForinformationaboutparliamentandMPsvisitparliament.ukRe-electedNewWhilstcampaigningasParliamentaryacandidateIhadoftenbeenaskedwhatIwoulddofortheChinesecommunity.ItwasagiventhatwithaChinesebackgroundIshouldhavetheinterestsoftheChinesecommunityatheart.ThisisofcoursenotaproblemasIcontinuetodosoregardlessofwhetherornotIamaParliamentarian.HoweverIwaskeentopointoutthathadIbeenelectedIwouldberepresentingnotjustChineseinterestsbutinterestsofconcerntoallmyconstituents.TheideaofaParliamentaryBlackCaucusbasedontheUSexperiencewiththeiradmirablegoalsofx1cpositivelyin4uencingthecourseofeventspertinenttoAfrican-Americansx1dandx1cachievinggreaterequityforpersonsofAfricandescentx1dhasbeenmooted.TheUSmodelwasofcourseborneoutofthedistinctstrugglesthecivilrightsmovementandalegacywhichareinmanyrespectsquiteNewgenerationsaremorediverseItcouldberetrogradetosingleoutracialinequalitysaysMereleEmersonChineseLibDemsChairWiththeelectionofournewCoalitionGovernmentwehaveenteredaneweraofastrongmiddlegroundofconsensusbuildingandcross-partyworking.JustasDavidCameronandNickClegghaddeclaredthattheywouldputasidetheirtribaldifferencesinthenationalinterestsaquestionhasbeenraisedastowhethertheBlackandethnicminorityBMEParliamentariansshouldworktogethertodealwithissuesofracialinequalitiesinmodernBritain.Thereare27minorityethnicMPsinParliament-16Labourand11Conservative.Tenwerere-electedandjoinedby17newMPs.Over160BlackandotherminorityethnicparliamentarycandidatesstoodattheMayelections.RRNNNNNNNNNRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNN