Tulip Siddiq

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Born16 September 1982
Member ofArlington Group
British Member of Parliament convicted by Bangladeshi court and sentenced to prison

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq is a British-Bangladeshi politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015.

Resignation

Tulip Siddiq was Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 9 July 2024 until her resignation on 14 January 2025, following allegations of misconduct, including her connections to the former Bangladeshi regime.[1] Siddiq is a niece of the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.[2]

Conviction

On 13 April 2025, Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant for Siddiq as part of investigations into corruption during Sheikh Hasina's premiership, and on 1 December 2025 she was convicted in absentia and sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine.[3]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 20214 December 20214 December 2021British House of CommonsThese members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021
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