Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4605
Fax: 020 7219 3922
vazk@parliament.uk
Constituency
Casework Centre, 292 Victoria Road East, Leicester, LE5 0LF
Tel: 0116-246 0163
Fax: 0116-246 1135
Biography
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;
Promoter Race Relations Remedies Act 1994;
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
Party groups
Labour Party Race Action Group:
Chair 1983-2000,
Patron 2000-;
Chair, Unison Group 1990-99;
Vice-chair, Tribune Group 1992;
Labour Party Regional Executive 1994-96;
Chair, 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-
Select committees
Home Affairs:
Member 1987-92,
Chair 2007-;
Member: Constitutional Affairs 2003-07,
Liaison 2007-,
Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 2010-,
Administration 2012-
Councils, public bodies
Vice-chair, British Council 1998-99;
Governor, Commonwealth Institute 1998-99
International bodies
Member, Executive Committee Inter-Parliamentary Union 1993-94;
EU Ambassador for Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue 2008
Political interests
Education, legal services, local and regional government, race relations, urban policy, small businesses
Countries of interest
Bangladesh, India, Oman, Pakistan, Yemen
General Election 2010 - Leicester East
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Vaz, Keith |
Lab |
25804 |
53.63% |
| Hunt, Jane |
Con |
11722 |
24.36% |
| Asghar, Ali |
Lib Dem |
6817 |
14.17% |
| 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 (4.81% from Lab to Con) |