Tulip Siddiq

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (born 16 September 1982) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015. She served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 9 July 2024 until her resignation on 14 January 2025. She is a niece of the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. On 13 April 2025, Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant for Siddiq as part of investigations into corruption during Sheikh Hasina's premiership, and on 1 December 2025 she was convicted in absentia and sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine. In November 2025, senior lawyers including Dominic Grieve, Robert Buckland, Cherie Blair, Philippe Sands and Geoffrey Robertson raised concerns about the fairness of the proceedings, arguing that Siddiq had not been given an adequate opportunity to respond to the allegations or obtain effective legal representation.

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