Hina Bokhari has mixed feelings as she’s set to become the first Muslim woman to sit on the London Assembly, being second on the party’s local election list for the seat.
Though the south London alderwoman describes the historic prospect as “exciting”, she carries an element of sadness about achieving this first in 2021.
Speaking toThe Independent, the 45-year-old Liberal Democrat councillor said: “It’s a wonderful thing to have the title but it’s also incredibly sad and shocking that it’s the case in 2021.
“When I was first elected in 2018 as the first Muslim woman councillor in Merton, I thought politics was more diverse than it is – you hear about these amazing Brown, Black, ethnic minority women in politics but they’re the minority.
“There really isn’t enough and the fact that I am the first really highlights that.”
