Harsimrat Kaur (campaigner)
Harsimrat Kaur (born 1992) is an English mathematician who has been a campaigner for a British exit from the European Union (Brexit)[1][2] as a member of Priti Patel's Women for Britain.[3][4]
Biography[edit]
Kaur was raised in Calverley, near Bradford, and London. Her grandparents emigrated to the United Kingdom from Lahore, Pakistan, in 1963, and her father followed from Delhi in 1964. Kaur was educated at Dixons City Academy, Bradford, and subsequently at the University of Reading (2010–2014), from where she received a master's degree in mathematics.
Kaur is a member of the Conservative Party. In 2014 she was part of the party's regional executive in Yorkshire and Humberside[5] and in 2016 she is a board member for the Northern Tory Policy Group.[6] She has also set up a grassroots Sikh Tories group to ensure Sikhs are included in conservative politics,[7] and she has been invited to speak at Conservative Party events on racism.[8]
Kaur has spoken in favour of Brexit at the Cambridge Union Society[9] and was a "Leave" representative on the BBC's EU Referendum: The Great Debate on 21 June 2016.[10][11]
As of 2016 Kaur works at the head office of Morrisons supermarket.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ Harsimrat Kaur backing the Vote Leave campaign for the upcoming EU referendum. Punjab Times, 29 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ We're voting to leave the EU: The people who make Britain great on why we should vote out. The Express, 16 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ Priti Patel launches Women for Britain campaign. Asian Voice, 8 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ Harsimrat Kaur. Women for Britain. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "harsimrat kaur Archives - Yorkshire and the Humber Conservative Future". Yorkshire and the Humber Conservative Future. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ↑ "Board Members". 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ↑ "Women for Britain - Vote Leave". www.womenforbritain.org. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ↑ "Conservative Muslim Forum | News/Events | News & Past Events". www.conservativemuslimforum.com. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ↑ This House Believes the UK is Better Off in the EU. Cambridge Union Society, 26 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ BBC’s EU Referendum: The Great Debate panellists confirmed. BBC, 18 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ EU Referendum: Boris Johnson and Ruth Davidson clash at Wembley. Lindsay Watling, The Press and Journal, 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ We need a 'fairer' immigration system outside the EU: Charlies Brooks meets Harsimrat Kaur. Charlie Brooks, The Telegraph, 3 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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