- Qassim Afzal
Qassim Afzal (born 1960 in
Manchester ,Lancashire ,England ) is a Liberal Democrat politician. Educated at theUniversity of Salford , he studied for aPhD in Cultural Trade and Industry.He has held a number of jobs, including
councillor in theCheetham ward onManchester City Council . It has been claimed, wrongly, that he became the first British-born Asian lib dem councillor. He first entered national politics in the 2001 General Election as a candidate for the Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heathconstituency . He finished second with 4,841 votes.In the 2005 General Election, Afzal stood for the Manchester Gorton constituency. He finished second with 9,672 votes, achieving one of the highest swings from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in that General Election.
External links
* [http://www.qassim-afzal.com/ Qassim Afzal] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6557,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Qassim Afzal]
* [http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-qassim-afzal.html profile at the site of Liberal Democrats] dead link|date=January 2008|url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-qassim-afzal.html
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