Office: | Member of Parliament for Bolton North East |
Predecessor: | Mark Logan |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Birth Name: | Kirith Kaur Ahluwalia |
Birth Date: | c. 1991 |
Birth Place: | Southall, London, England |
Party: | Labour |
Alma Mater: | University of Portsmouth |
Kirith Entwistle (née Kaur Ahluwalia; born c. 1991),[1] is a British Labour Party politician serving as a Member of Parliament for Bolton North East since the 2024 general election.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Kirith Entwistle was born in Southall, London. Her grandparents are Kenyan Indians who migrated to the United Kingdom during the 1970s. Her father, originally from Delhi, moved to the UK in the 1980s.[6] Entwistle graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in American Studies.[7] According to Bolton News, Entwhistle "works for a charity campaigning against loneliness and previously for the Royal British Legion".
Prior to her election, she was a policy, communications and public affairs manager for WaveLength Charity.[8] She is the first Sikh to represent Bolton North East.[9] She was also previously a member of the Young Fabians executive committee.
Entwistle was elected as a Labour MP for the Bolton North East in the 2024 general election.[10]