Parmjit Singh Gill

Parmjit Singh Gill (born 20 December 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. As Member of Parliament for Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP.

He was first elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Leicester City Council's Stoneygate Ward, before being elected to the House of Commons at the Leicester South by-election on 15 July 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He contested the seat again at the 2005 general election, but this time came second to the Labour Party candidate, Sir Peter Soulsby.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He continued to serve as councillor for Stoneygate Ward until he was defeated in May 2011.

He was initially selected to run as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the 2011 Leicester South by-election after Soulsby stood down to run for mayor for Leicester. However, he stood down after a short time, citing family pressures and was replaced by Zuffar Haq.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He works as a local authority information management and security consultant for Charnwood Borough Council. Prior to that he worked as a data protection administrator for Leicester City Council.

Gill was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2023 Leicester mayoral election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He came in third place.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gill was the Liberal Democrat candidate in West Bromwich at the 2024 general election and came in sixth place out of seven candidates.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

He is married to Juliet Gill, and the couple have a son and daughter.

See also

• List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service

External links

• Parmjit Singh Gill profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• Leicester Liberal Democrats constituency party
• Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Parmjit Singh Gill
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Parmjit Gill
• The Public Whip - Parmjit Gill voting record
• BBC News - Parmjit Singh Gill Template:Webarchive profile 10 February 2005