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Seema Malhotra
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Official portrait, 2024
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2024 |
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| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Stuart Andrew |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 |
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| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Tom Pursglove (Legal Migration and Border) |
| Shadow Minister for Skills | |
| In office 5 September 2023 – 30 May 2024 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Toby Perkins |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers | |
| In office 14 May 2021 – 5 September 2023 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Lucy Powell |
| Succeeded by | Justin Madders (Business) Jeff Smith (Consumers) |
| Shadow Minister for Employment | |
| In office 9 April 2020 – 14 May 2021 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Mike Amesbury |
| Succeeded by | Andy McDonald |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Shabana Mahmood |
| Succeeded by | Rebecca Long-Bailey |
| Shadow Minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls | |
| In office 24 August 2014 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Champion |
| Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston |
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| Assumed office 15 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Keen |
| Majority | 7,859 (16.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1972 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Political party | Labour Co-op |
| Spouse |
Sushil Saluja
(m. 2005) |
| Residences | The Vale, Chelsea, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick Aston University |
Seema Malhotra (born 7 August 1972) is a British politician. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston since 2011. She is a member of the Labour Co-op party.
Since July 2024, Seema Malhotra has served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship. She also became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities in October 2024. Before these roles, she held several important positions in the opposition, including Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers.
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Early Life and Education
Seema Malhotra was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1972. She is one of five children. Her father was a shop owner and engineer.
She went to schools in the London Borough of Hounslow. Later, she studied politics and philosophy at the University of Warwick. She also earned a postgraduate degree in business at Aston University.
Malhotra has an Indian Punjabi Hindu background. Before becoming an MP, she worked as a management consultant. This means she advised businesses on how to improve. She worked for companies like Accenture.
She also helped start the Fabian Women's Network. This group helps women get involved in politics.
Early Political Steps
In 2004, Malhotra ran for a seat in the London Assembly. She came in third place.
Before 2010, when the Labour party was in power, she worked as an adviser. She helped ministers like Liam Byrne. After the 2010 election, she advised Harriet Harman, who was then the acting leader of the Labour Party.
Parliamentary Career
Malhotra became an MP in December 2011. She won the Feltham and Heston by-election. Her majority, which is the number of votes she won by, increased in later elections.
Shadow Minister Roles
In 2014, Ed Miliband gave Malhotra a new role. She became the Shadow Minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls. In this job, she looked for ways to stop violence against women. This included issues like domestic violence and trafficking.
In 2015, she became the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. This is a senior role in the opposition's finance team. In 2016, she resigned from this role along with many other politicians.
Community Work
In 2017, Malhotra started a local charity called Hounslow's Promise. This charity helps children in her area get a good start in life. She still helps run this charity today.
Later Shadow Roles
After Keir Starmer became the leader of the Labour Party in 2020, Malhotra returned to the front bench. She became the Shadow Minister for Employment. In this role, she focused on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected jobs. She also worked to support the aviation industry in West London.
In 2021, she became the Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers. Later, in 2023, she was appointed Shadow Minister for Skills and Further Education.
Government Minister
After the Labour Party won the general election in July 2024, Seema Malhotra became a government minister. She was appointed the Minister for Migration and Citizenship. In September 2024, she announced new visa rules for citizens from Jordan. In October 2024, she also became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities.
Personal Life
Seema Malhotra is married to Sushil Kumar Saluja. He is a management consultant and financier.
