Who Is Suella Braverman? Ex UK Home Secretary Wins Seat In Election

Indian-British Conservative politician Suella Braverman has won the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. The Goa-origin Tory Party leader and barrister defeated Labour's Gemma Furnivall by over 6,000 votes. In 2023, Braverman was fired from her post as UK Home Minister for the Rishi Sunak government after a controversial remark on immigration and pro-Palestine rallies in London. On July 4, Sunak accepted defeat as Sir Keir Starmer of the Labour Party took over as Britain's next Prime Minister.

Suella Braverman Apologises On Behalf Of Conservative Party

Following Sunak's loss in the general election, Braverman issued an apology on behalf of the Tories, saying the party let the people down. "You, the great British people, voted for us for over 14 years, and we did not keep our promises, despite promising time after time that we would do those things,” she said at a press conference.

Braverman added, "I'm sorry that my party didn't listen to you. The Conservative party has let you down." She added that the Tory party would learn from their mistake, now that the Labour has emerged victorious. ”Because if we don't, bad, as tonight has been for my party, we'll have many worse nights to come," she said. 

Who Is Suella Braverman?

Suella Braverman is the daughter of Christie Fernandes and Uma Fernandes. Her mother, Uma is a nurse, a local Councilor and a Parliamentary candidate. The 44-year-old Suella is a politician and barrister and has served as the Attorney General for England and Wales. She has been a member of parliament (MP) for Fareham in Hampshire. The member of the Conservative Party has previously chaired the European Research Group.

Braverman also competed for the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Boris Johnson announced his resignation. She was among the first members of parliament to formally announce their candidacy. The candidate in the Conservative Party leadership election was eliminated from the ballot after the second round of voting.

Braverman was appointed as Home Secretary under Liz Truss' leadership. She was fired by the then-prime minister and resigned from her office. Later, Truss resigned as the UK prime minister and Rishi Sunak took the post. Braverman was re-appointed as Home Secretary, until she was fired again. 

My letter to the Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/7OBzaZnxr2

— Suella Braverman (@SuellaBraverman) November 14, 2023

Braverman studied at Cambridge University and completed a master’s degree at Pantheon-Sorbonne University in European and French law. In 2005, she contested from the Leicester East constituency and finished in second place. In 2015, she was elected to the House of Commons as the MP for Fareham and took interest in justice, education, and home affairs.

Braverman served as a member of the Education Select Committee and the Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee from 2015 to 2017. The politician also chaired the all-party parliamentary group on Financial Education for Young People from 2016 to 2017. In 2020, Braverman was appointed as the Attorney General for England and Wales and as Advocate General for Northern Ireland.