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|office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]]<br />
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|successor = [[Peter Soulsby|Sir Peter Soulsby]]<br />
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'''Parmjit Singh Gill''' (born 20 December 1966 in [[Leicester]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] politician. As [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]] from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first [[Ethnic minority|ethnic-minority]] Liberal Democrat MP.<br />
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He was first elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for the [[Stoneygate]] Ward in Leicester and was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[2004 Leicester South by-election|Leicester South by-election]] on 15 July 2004. He contested the seat again at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], but this time came second to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate, Sir [[Peter Soulsby]]. He continued to serve as councillor for [[Leicester City Council]]'s Stoneygate Ward until he was defeated in May 2011.<br />
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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 [[Directly elected mayor of Leicester|mayor for Leicester]]. However, he stood down after a short time, citing family pressures. He was replaced by Zuffar Haq.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.libdemvoice.org/parmjit-singh-gill-withdraws-as-lib-dem-candidate-for-leicester-south-23541.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326043950/http://www.libdemvoice.org/parmjit-singh-gill-withdraws-as-lib-dem-candidate-for-leicester-south-23541.html |archive-date=26 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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He works as a local authority [[information management]] and [[Information security|security]] consultant for [[Charnwood (borough)|Charnwood]] Borough Council. Prior to that he worked as a [[Data protection|data protection administrator]] for [[Leicester City Council]].<br />
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He is married to Juliet Gill, and the couple have a son and daughter.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060111233716/http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-parmjit-singh-gill.html Parmjit Singh Gill] profile at the site of Liberal Democrats<br />
*[http://www.leicester-libdems.org.uk/ Leicester Liberal Democrats] constituency party<br />
*[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/apr/04/mpsuncovered.parliament114 Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Parmjit Singh Gill]<br />
*[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/parmjit_gill/leicester_south TheyWorkForYou.com - Parmjit Gill]<br />
*[http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Parmjit_Gill&mpc=Leicester+South The Public Whip - Parmjit Gill] voting record<br />
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/252.stm BBC News - Parmjit Singh Gill] profile 10 February 2005<br />
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