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'If she can do it, so can I': SNP's newest MP Anum Qaisar-Javed says she wants to be role model for other minorities

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The SNP's newest Westminster MP has said she hopes to be a role model for other minorities after triumphing in a parliamentary by-election

Turnout was 34.3%.

Her victory came on the heels of the Scottish Parliament swearing in the most diverse group of MSPs in its history, with women of colour taking seats at Holyrood for the first time. "We talk about reasons such as a lack of role models, and it has taken till 2021, but now we have two women of colour in the Scottish Parliament," she said.

 

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