Naz Shah

{{Short description|British Labour Party politician (born 1973)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Naz Shah

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = Official portrait of Naz Shah MP crop 2, 2024.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = Member of Parliament
for Bradford West

| term_start = 7 May 2015

| predecessor = George Galloway

| majority = 707 (1.9%)

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| embed = yes

| subterm = 2021–2023

| suboffice = Crime Reduction

| subterm1 = 2020–2021

| suboffice1 = Community Cohesion

| subterm2 = 2018–2020

| suboffice2 = Women and Equalities

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| birth_name = Naseem Shah

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

| party = Labour

| website = {{Official website|vote.labour.org.uk/naz-shah}}

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Naseem Shah ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ناز شاہ}}}}; born 13 November 1973){{cite book|first1=Rosemary|last1=Hunter|first2=Clare|last2=McGlynn|first3=Erika|last3=Rackley|title=Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHh6BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT279|date=30 September 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-84731-727-8|pages=279–|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215091213/https://books.google.com/books?id=AHh6BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT279|archive-date=15 December 2019|url-status=live}} is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West since 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589|title=Bradford West Parliamentary constituency|work=BBC News|access-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506020920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589|archive-date=6 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/13/yvette-cooper-profile-you-dont-have-to-choose-between-head-and-heart|title=Yvette Cooper profile: 'You don't have to choose between head and heart'|last=Brooks|first=Libby|date=13 August 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813074616/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/13/yvette-cooper-profile-you-dont-have-to-choose-between-head-and-heart|archive-date=13 August 2015|url-status=live}} She served in the Opposition frontbench from 2018 to 2023, most recently as Shadow Minister for Crime Reduction.{{cite web |title=Our Shadow Cabinet |url=https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/ |website=The Labour Party |access-date=16 May 2022}}

Early life

Naseem Shah was born on 13 November 1973 in Bradford. Her father left the family when she was six years old. At age 12, she was sent to Pakistan by her mother, Zoora Shah, to escape her mother's abusive partner, where she had an arranged marriage.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11458810/Murderers-daughter-Naz-Shah-tells-why-she-is-standing-for-Parliament.html | title=Murderer's daughter Naz Shah tells why she is standing for Parliament | newspaper=The Telegraph | access-date=9 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518125252/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11458810/Murderers-daughter-Naz-Shah-tells-why-she-is-standing-for-Parliament.html | archive-date=18 May 2015 | url-status=live }}

When she was 20, her mother, who had been sexually and physically abused by her partner for over a decade, was convicted of murdering him, and served 7 years in prison.{{cite news | last=Green | first=Chris | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/naz-shah-bradford-wests-labour-candidate-pens-emotional-open-letter-explaining-why-she-wants-to-be-an-mp-10096426.html | title=Naz Shah: Bradford West's Labour candidate pens emotional open letter explaining why she wants to be an MP | work=The Independent | date=9 March 2015 | access-date=9 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503123016/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/naz-shah-bradford-wests-labour-candidate-pens-emotional-open-letter-explaining-why-she-wants-to-be-an-mp-10096426.html | archive-date=3 May 2015 | url-status=live }}{{cite news | last= Khaleeli | first= Homa | url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/09/bradford-west-labour-candidate-naz-shah-childhood | title= Bradford West Labour candidate Naz Shah: 'I lost my childhood' | work= The Guardian | date= 9 March 2015 | access-date= 21 October 2020 | archive-date= 26 October 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201026073519/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/09/bradford-west-labour-candidate-naz-shah-childhood | url-status= live }}

Early career

Before being elected as an MP, Shah was the chair of mental health charity, Sharing Voices Bradford, and had previously worked as a carer for disabled people, as an NHS Commissioner and a director for a regional association supporting local councils.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31700180 | title=Labour's Naz Shah is new Bradford West candidate | work=BBC News | date=2 March 2015 | access-date=9 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520095642/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31700180 | archive-date=20 May 2015 | url-status=live }}

She has said that she voted for George Galloway at the Bradford West by-election in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/meet-our-new-mps-naz-shah|title=Meet our new MPs – Naz Shah|publisher=The labour Party|date=26 June 2015|access-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512174623/http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/meet-our-new-mps-naz-shah|archive-date=12 May 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Pidd|first1=Helen|last2=Rhoden-Paul|first2=André|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/09/george-galloway-says-his-labour-opponent-tried-to-join-his-party|title=George Galloway says his Labour opponent tried to join his party|work=The Guardian|date=9 April 2015|access-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430134507/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/09/george-galloway-says-his-labour-opponent-tried-to-join-his-party|archive-date=30 April 2016|url-status=live}}

Working with the Southall Black Sisters, Shah campaigned for her mother's release from prison.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/naz-shah-labour-mp-antisemitic-suspended-facebook-jeremy-corbyn-a7004731.html Naz Shah: How Labour MP suspended over anti-semitic comments forged a political career after difficult childhood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727002629/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/naz-shah-labour-mp-antisemitic-suspended-facebook-jeremy-corbyn-a7004731.html|date=27 July 2018}}, Independent, Maya Oppenheim, 28 April 2016

Parliamentary career

In a secret ballot in February 2015 for selection as the Labour Party candidate for Bradford West, Amina Ali won with 142 votes against Shah's 13. However, Ali resigned shortly afterwards citing personal reasons{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/09/naz-shah-survival-politics-women-labour-candidate-bradford-west | title=Naz Shah's story is one of survival. Politics needs women like her | work=The Guardian | access-date=9 May 2015 | last=Moore | first=Suzanne | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604202732/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/09/naz-shah-survival-politics-women-labour-candidate-bradford-west | archive-date=4 June 2015 | url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/labour-candidate-hands-back-the-poisoned-chalice-of-bradford-west-38147|title=Labour candidate hands back the poisoned chalice of Bradford West|last=Akhtar|first=Parveen|work=The Conversation|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141723/https://theconversation.com/labour-candidate-hands-back-the-poisoned-chalice-of-bradford-west-38147|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/25/labour-candidate-chosen-to-face-galloway-resigns-after-three-days|title=Labour candidate chosen to face George Galloway resigns after three days|last=Pidd|first=Helen|date=25 February 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202618/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/25/labour-candidate-chosen-to-face-galloway-resigns-after-three-days|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=live}} and Shah was chosen as the candidate by the Labour Party National Executive.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiansunday.co.uk/public-opnion-on-labour-prospective-parliamentary-candidate-for-bradford-west-naz-shah/|title=Public opinion on Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Bradford West Naz Shah|website=www.asiansunday.co.uk|date=23 March 2015 |access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601213504/http://www.asiansunday.co.uk/public-opnion-on-labour-prospective-parliamentary-candidate-for-bradford-west-naz-shah/|archive-date=1 June 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://labourlist.org/2015/03/naz-shah-selected-in-bradford-west/|title=Naz Shah selected in Bradford West {{!}} LabourList|date=2 March 2015|work=LabourList {{!}} Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141620/https://labourlist.org/2015/03/naz-shah-selected-in-bradford-west/|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31749227|title=Is Labour making a mess of Bradford West?|last=Kuenssberg|first=Laura|date=5 March 2015|work=BBC News|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728021952/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31749227|archive-date=28 July 2018|url-status=live}}

= 1st term (2015-2017) =

At the 2015 general election, Shah was elected to Parliament as MP for Bradford West with 49.6% of the vote and a majority of 11,420.{{Cite web |title=Election for the constituency of Bradford West on 7 May 2015 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/77 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=electionresults.parliament.uk}}{{Cite web |date=2015-05-07 |title=Election results for Bradford West, 7 May 2015 |url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=95&RPID=0 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=bradford.moderngov.co.uk |language=en-GB}}

Shah endorsed Yvette Cooper during the Labour leadership contest in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/08/150-women-back-yvette-cooper-lead-labour-party|title=150 women back Yvette Cooper to lead the Labour party|website=www.newstatesman.com|date=19 August 2015 |access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212104/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/08/150-women-back-yvette-cooper-lead-labour-party|archive-date=27 March 2018|url-status=live}}

She was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, in February 2016.{{cite news|last=Lowson|first=Rob|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14263763.Bradford_MP_appointed_to_new_parliamentary_role/|title=Naz Shah to Become Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell|work=Telegraph & Argus|location=Bradford|date=9 February 2016|access-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501184446/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14263763.Bradford_MP_appointed_to_new_parliamentary_role/|archive-date=1 May 2016|url-status=live}}

In April 2016, Shah was reported to have reposted in August 2014 a Facebook post with a map from Norman Finkelstein's website showing Israel superimposed on the United States, with the headline "Solution for Israel-Palestine conflict - relocate Israel into United States".{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-antisemitism-row-naz-shah-israel-map-norman-finkelstein-obscene-a7012461.html|title=The man whose map triggered Labour's antisemitism scandal is Jewish. That shouldn't matter|date=4 May 2016|website=The Independent|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331034534/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-antisemitism-row-naz-shah-israel-map-norman-finkelstein-obscene-a7012461.html|archive-date=31 March 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web | last=Parveen | first=Nazia | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/bradford-labour-mp-naz-shah-quits-john-mcdonnells-pps-antisemitic-facebook-posts | title=Bradford MP Naz Shah quits as McDonnell's PPS after antisemitic posts | work=The Guardian | date=26 April 2016 | access-date=26 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426142019/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/bradford-labour-mp-naz-shah-quits-john-mcdonnells-pps-antisemitic-facebook-posts | archive-date=26 April 2016 | url-status=live }} She had added the comment that this might "save them some pocket money" (i.e. US funding for Israel).{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Oliver|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/naz-shah-calls-for-jeremy-corbyn-to-expel-labour-mp-over-her-backing-of-relocate-israel-to-north-a7002276.html|title=Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to expel Labour MP over her backing of 'relocate Israel to North America' plan|work=The Independent|date=26 April 2016|access-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427124901/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/naz-shah-calls-for-jeremy-corbyn-to-expel-labour-mp-over-her-backing-of-relocate-israel-to-north-a7002276.html|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/157371/naz-shah-steps-down-private-secretary-after-facebook-posts-about-israel-and-jews|title=Naz Shah steps down as private secretary after Facebook posts about Israel and Jews|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=26 April 2016|access-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427142827/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/157371/naz-shah-steps-down-private-secretary-after-facebook-posts-about-israel-and-jews|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=live}} Finkelstein defended the map as humorous.[https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/jamie-stern-weiner-norman-finkelstein/american-jewish-scholar-behind-labour-s-antisemitism-scanda The American Jewish scholar behind Labour’s ‘antisemitism’ scandal breaks his silence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721014548/https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/jamie-stern-weiner-norman-finkelstein/american-jewish-scholar-behind-labour-s-antisemitism-scanda |date=21 July 2018 }}, Jamie Stern Weiner and Norman Finkelstein, 3 May 2016, Open Democracy Shah responded that her views on Israel had moderated, and stepped down as John McDonnell's PPS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/bradford-labour-mp-naz-shah-quits-john-mcdonnells-pps-antisemitic-facebook-posts|title=Bradford MP Naz Shah quits as McDonnell's PPS after antisemitic posts|last=Parveen|first=Nazia|date=26 April 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524075345/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/bradford-labour-mp-naz-shah-quits-john-mcdonnells-pps-antisemitic-facebook-posts|archive-date=24 May 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/27/naz-shah-suspended-labour-party-antisemitism-row|title=Naz Shah suspended by Labour party amid anti-Semitism row|last=Stewart|first=Heather|date=27 April 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=28 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428111431/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/27/naz-shah-suspended-labour-party-antisemitism-row|archive-date=28 April 2016|url-status=live}} Jeremy Corbyn condemned her posted comment as "offensive and unacceptable". She was suspended from the Labour Party that month, pending investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36148704|title=MP Naz Shah suspended from Labour|work=BBC News|date=27 April 2016|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427120014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36148704|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Bloom|first1=Dan|title=Labour reinstates MP Naz Shah after suspending her over 'anti-Semitism' storm|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/labour-reinstates-mp-naz-shah-8356259|access-date=5 July 2016|work=Daily Mirror|date=5 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705183054/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/labour-reinstates-mp-naz-shah-8356259|archive-date=5 July 2016|url-status=live}} In July, she was reinstated but given a formal warning for bringing the party into disrepute and told to apologise.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43539774|title=How the Labour anti-Semitism saga unfolded|last=Scott|first=Jennifer|date=26 March 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326135611/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43539774|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=live}} Shah said she had shown "ignorance", and said that the post was antisemitic but she was not.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-36802075|title=Naz Shah: My words were anti-Semitic|first=Becky|last=Milligan|date=18 July 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722065936/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-36802075|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=live}}

= 2nd term (2017-2019) =

At the snap 2017 general election, Shah was re-elected as MP for Bradford West with an increased vote share of 64.7% and an increased majority of 21,902.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589 |title=Election 2017: Bradford West |newspaper=BBC News |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=9 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609204343/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589 |archive-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=UK general election on 8 June 2017 - by area |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/3 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=electionresults.parliament.uk}}

In August 2017, Shah retweeted and liked a tweet from a 'parody' account claiming to belong to Labour member Owen Jones that read: "Those abused girls in Rotherham and elsewhere just need to shut their mouths. For the good of diversity".{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Sam|title=MP Naz Shah "should resign" after sharing tweet telling sex abuse victims to "keep their mouths shut"|url=http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,mp-naz-shah-should-resign-after-sharing-tweet-telling-sex-abuse-victims-to-keep-their-mouths-shut_23593.htm|access-date=26 August 2017|work=Rotherham Advertiser|date=25 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826234950/http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,mp-naz-shah-should-resign-after-sharing-tweet-telling-sex-abuse-victims-to-keep-their-mouths-shut_23593.htm|archive-date=26 August 2017|url-status=live}} Shah deleted the retweet and unliked the original tweet. A spokesperson said: "This was a genuine accident eight days ago that was rectified within minutes."{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/labour-mp-shares-message-telling-rotherham-sex-abuse-victims-shut-sake-diversity-114807910.html|title=Labour MP shares message telling Rotherham sex abuse victims to "shut up for sake of diversity"|date=23 August 2017 |publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405030942/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/labour-mp-shares-message-telling-rotherham-sex-abuse-victims-shut-sake-diversity-114807910.html|archive-date=5 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15497126.Petition_calls_for_MP_to_resign_over_Twitter_row/|title=Petition calls for MP to resign over Twitter row|date=25 August 2017|website=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826194410/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15497126.Petition_calls_for_MP_to_resign_over_Twitter_row/|archive-date=26 August 2017|url-status=live}} Shah also claimed to have a record on challenging abuse.

In April 2018, following Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's death, Shah paid tribute by tweeting an image incorporating Mandela's quote: "Together, hand in hand, with our matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country", a reference to murders using petrol and tyres.{{cite news|title=Labour MP Naz Shah's 'necklacing' Winnie Mandela tweet denounced|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-mp-naz-shah-s-necklacing-winnie-mandela-tweet-denounced-mxld502s2|date=4 April 2018|newspaper=The Times|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404041835/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labour-mp-naz-shah-s-necklacing-winnie-mandela-tweet-denounced-mxld502s2|archive-date=4 April 2018|url-status=live}} She later deleted the tweet.{{cite web|title=Labour MP Naz Shah deletes unfortunate tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|url=http://talkradio.co.uk/news/labour-mp-naz-shah-deletes-unfortunate-tribute-winnie-madikizela-mandela-18040325311|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Talkradio|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073742/http://talkradio.co.uk/news/labour-mp-naz-shah-deletes-unfortunate-tribute-winnie-madikizela-mandela-18040325311|archive-date=4 April 2018|url-status=live}}

In July 2018, Shah was appointed Shadow Minister of State for Women and Equalities.{{cite news |date=11 July 2018 |title=Anti-Semitism row MP Naz Shah gets Labour role |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44788629 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716093912/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44788629 |archive-date=16 July 2018 |access-date=11 July 2018 |newspaper=BBC News}}{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/Opposition/Department?DepartmentId=104|title=Her Majesty's Official Opposition: Government Equalities Office - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|website=members.parliament.uk|access-date=16 June 2021|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509101647/https://members.parliament.uk/Opposition/Department?DepartmentId=104|url-status=live}}

= 3rd term (2019-2024) =

Shah was again re-elected at the 2019 general election with an increased vote share of 76.2% and an increased majority of 27,019.{{cite news |title=Bradford West parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589 |access-date=19 December 2019 |work=BBC News |date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914090811/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589 |archive-date=14 September 2019 |url-status=live }}

On 1 October 2020, the pro-Brexit group Leave.EU apologised and paid damages for libel to Shah after they made a social media post which accused her of being a "grooming gangs apologist". In a statement, Leave.EU said that their post was "ill-judged and untrue" and described Shah as a "vociferous campaigner for victims of grooming gangs".{{cite news |title=Bradford MP Naz Shah gets apology for 'horrendous' Leave.EU post |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-54373013 |access-date=1 October 2020 |work=BBC News |date=1 October 2020 |archive-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003202347/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-54373013 |url-status=live }}

During a 14 June 2021 parliamentary debate on whether to implement two petitions on economic sanctions against Israel and on recognising the State of Palestine, Shah warned the incoming Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, that "if any more Palestinian blood is unjustly spilled under a perverted interpretation of a right to self-defence" that she would push for Israel to be tried before the International Criminal Court for war crimes.{{Cite news|last=Hoffman|first=Noa|date=15 June 2021|title=Israel has 'perverted' understanding of the right to self-defence, says MP Naz Shah|work=The Jewish Chronicle|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/israel-has-perverted-understanding-of-the-right-to-self-defence-says-mp-naz-shah-1.517709|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616085539/https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/israel-has-perverted-understanding-of-the-right-to-self-defence-says-mp-naz-shah-1.517709|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=14 June 2021|title=UK MPs debate petitions calling for sanctions on Israel, Palestinian statehood|work=Middle East Eye|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-british-parliament-debate-petitions-sanctions-statehood|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616085508/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-british-parliament-debate-petitions-sanctions-statehood|url-status=live}}{{Cite Hansard|title=Israel and Palestine|jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom|house=House of Commons|date=14 June 2021|volume=697|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-06-14/debates/1DA741DA-7D79-4FB1-A769-6B81320154BC/IsraelAndPalestine#contribution-A123F9F3-980B-4AE8-B9CC-9993A7D77F55|speaker=Naz Shah}}

= 4th term (2024-) =

At the 2024 general election, Shah was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 31.6% and a decreased majority of 707, down from just over 27,000 at the previous election.{{cite web |title=Election results for Bradford West |url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=875&RPID=34016778 |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=City of Bradford Council| date=4 July 2024 }}{{cite news |title=Bradford West results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001120 |access-date=5 July 2024 }}

Shah opposed Kim Leadbeater's bill introducing assisted suicide into law and served on the committee examining the legislation.{{cite web |title=Who are the MPs who will scrutinise the assisted dying bill? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e34gvzlv0o |website=BBC |date=11 December 2024}}

Personal life

During the early 2010s, Shah was injured in a hit-and-run collision, which has left her with ongoing periodic severe nerve pain which requires hospitalisation.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44561399 |title=Naz Shah's wheelchair vote prompts calls for Commons reform |website=BBC website |date=18 June 2018 |access-date=25 July 2024 }}