How 4 Nigerians influenced UK election

As the United Kingdom elections went down , four Nigerians wrote their name in gold as they helped their parties to secure key victory. And they all did so by winning in unbelievable fashion .

Chi Onwurah coasted home to victory for the Labour Party by 19 , 301. Simon Kitchen of the Conservative Party could only manage 6, 628 to finish second place . Daniel Thompson of UK Independent Party and Nick Cott of
Liberal Democrats finished third and fourthly respectively with 5, 214 and 2 , 218 votes . Onwurah was born in Wallsend , Newcastle upon Tyne , in
1965 , her family moved to Awka , Nigeria when she was still a baby . Just two years later the Biafran Civil War broke out bringing famine with it , forcing her mother to bring the children back to Newcastle , whilst her father
stayed on in the Biafran army .

 
                         Helen Grant

Helen Grant , the Minister of Sports and Tourism coasted home to victory by landslide . Representing the Conservative Party , she won Maidstone and The Weald by 22 , 745 votes , which was 10 , 709 votes more than second place , Jasper Gerard of Liberal Democrats . Grant was born in Willesden, north London to an English
mother and Nigerian father.

                 Chuka Umunna

Chuka Umunna is the peoples favourite in Streatham . The shadow business secretary swept to victory with 26 , 474
votes ahead of Conservative candidate Kim Caddy who secured 12 , 540 votes .
Liberal Democrat candidate Amna Ahmad came third with 4 , 491 votes , while Green Party candidate Jonathan
Bartley boosted his party ’ s tally from 2010 by 7 . 1 % with 4 , 421 votes .
UKIP candidate Bruce Machan came fifth with 1 , 602 votes as turnout touched 66 % . “ In terms of the bigger picture I ’ m not going to say anything about that because the results are still
unfolding. I ’ m absolutely behind Ed Miliband , he ran a fantastic campaign and I ’ m really proud of the campaign
he led , ” he said.

                     Kate Osamor

In Edmonton , Kate Osamor won comfortably for the Labour Party . Osamor who is taking the reins from long - standing MP Andy Love , garnered 25 , 388 votes , beating
closest rival Conservative Gonul Daniels , who had 9 , 969 votes .