Harpreet Uppal

{{infobox officeholder

| name = Harpreet Uppal

| honorific-suffix = MP

| party = Labour

| birth_name = Harpreet Kaur Uppal

| birth_place = Fartown, Huddersfield, England

| alma_mater = Nottingham Trent University
University of Bradford

| office = Member of Parliament
for Huddersfield

| term_start = 4 July 2024

| term_end =

| majority = 4,533 (11.3%)

| predecessor = Barry Sheerman

| office1 = Member of Kirklees Council

| term_start1 = May 2018

| term_end1 = May 2022

| website = {{URL|https://harpreet4huddersfield.com/}}

| image = Official portrait of Harpreet Uppal MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

}}

Harpreet Kaur Uppal is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield since 2024.

Early life and education

Uppal was born in Fartown, Huddersfield, she attended Fartown High School where she sat on the student council and took politics at A-Level. She studied politics at Nottingham Trent University and went on to do a master's degree in international politics at Bradford.

Career

Uppal has been employed as Deputy Chief of Staff for Debbie Abrahams MP and she also worked on Andy Burnham's campaign to become Mayor of Manchester in 2017;{{cite news|url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/harpreet-uppal-has-been-chosen-as-labours-candidate-to-be-huddersfields-next-mp-and-this-is-who-she-is-what-she-believes-in-and-what-others-say-about-her/|title=Harpreet Uppal has been chosen as Labour's candidate to be Huddersfield's next MP and this is who she is, what she believes in and what others say about her|work=Huddersfield Hub|author=Martin Shaw |date=17 July 2022|accessdate=30 June 2024}} he later endorsed her run for parliament.{{cite news|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/andy-burnham-backs-former-councillor-24284955|title=Andy Burnham backs former councillor as replacement for veteran Barry Sheerman|date=21 June 2022|work=Yorkshire Live|author=Tony Earnshaw|accessdate=30 June 2024}}

Uppal was elected to Kirklees Council as a councillor for Ashbrow ward in May 2018{{cite news|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/it-pretty-cool-kirklees-first-14834310|title="It was pretty cool" Kirklees' first female Sikh councillor on being elected by her home town|date=27 June 2018|work=Yorkshire Live|author=Tony Earnshaw|accessdate=30 June 2024}} and stepped down in May 2022. During her time on the council she was the chair of the Economy and Neighbourhood Scrutiny Panel.{{cite web|url=https://lga.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=3292|title=Cllr Harpreet Uppal|website=Local Government Association|accessdate=30 June 2024}}

In July 2022, Harpreet Uppal was selected by the Huddersfield local Labour party as their candidate for the next general election;{{cite news|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/labour-selects-sikh-female-former-24518097|title=Labour selects Sikh female former councillor to replace Barry Sheerman in Huddersfield|date=18 July 2022|work=Yorkshire Live|author=Tony Earnshaw|accessdate=30 June 2024}} this was later called to take place on 4 July 2024. She won the seat with 37.6% of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001297|title=Huddersfield results|work=BBC News |accessdate=5 July 2024}}