Kirith Entwistle | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forBolton North East | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Logan |
| Majority | 6,653 (15.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kirith Kaur Ahluwalia c. 1991 Southall, London, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Portsmouth |
Kirith Entwistle (néeKaur Ahluwalia; born c. 1991),[1] is a BritishLabour Party politician serving as theMember of Parliament forBolton North East since the2024 general election.[2][3][4][5]
Kirith Entwistle was born inSouthall, London. Her grandparents areKenyan Indians who migrated to the United Kingdom during the 1970s. Her father, originally fromDelhi, moved to the UK in the 1980s.[6] Entwistle graduated from theUniversity of Portsmouth in 2012 with aBachelor of Arts (BA) in American Studies.[7] According to Bolton News, Entwistle worked "for a charity campaigning against loneliness and previously for theRoyal British Legion".[4]
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 theYoung Fabians executive committee.
Entwistle stood for election toBolton Council in 2019[10] as the Labour Party Candidate for Bradshaw ward.
Entwistle was elected as Labour MP for theBolton North East constituency in the2024 general election.[11]
In November 2024, Entwistle voted in favour of theTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legaliseassisted suicide.[12]
Entwistle is a Member of the Women and Equalities Select Committee[13] and The Modernisation Committee[14]
When MPs debated the Universal Credit Bill,[15] Entwistle was one of the Labour rebels who backed the reasoned amendment,[16] which forced concessions from the Government.
She has championed new laws to protected women and girls from non-consensual image abuse[17] and worked with the campaign Dad Shift to advocate for improved paternal leave.[18][19]
