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| Satvir Kaur Accepting a Cheque from Persimmon Homes Outside... The Arts Complex Photo: Persimmon Homes |
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Satvir Kaur Former Labour Councillor
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Yesterday, we published part of the minutes of Southampton Labour Party Executive Committee from 2017 where the then Leader of the Council Simon Letts told them that he would be closing the Kentish Road Respite Centre for vulnerable adults.
If the minutes are accurate, it appears that there was very weak opposition from Labour Party members on that Committee, including now Green Party Agent Lisa Fricker.
Then Letts followed through on his decision, much to the anger of families in Southampton.
So how is the Southampton Labour Party organised?
How is the Southampton Labour Party funded?
And is it legitimately funded?
If you look on the Electoral Commission website, you will see a donation from Shere Sattar to Satvir Kaur's campaign in Southampton Test. Satvir Kaur is now the Labour MP for Southampton Test.
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| Shere Sattar Donation to Southampton Labour on Electoral Commission website Image: Southampton Independents |
This is the same Shere Sattar who the Daily Echo's Jason Lewis in 2025 reported as follows:
"A donation made to a Southampton Labour MP by a convicted criminal during the general election campaign was returned “very shortly afterwards”, the party has confirmed.
The £10,000 donation to Southampton Test Labour was part of around £40,000 given to the party by businessman Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod last year.
Satvir Kaur, who was elected MP for Southampton Test in July 2024, declared the donation on the register of members’ interests, with its registration date listed as August 2, 2024."
So with some know-how, it literally took ten minutes to find something amiss in how Satvir Kaur is funded, and how the Southampton Labour Party is funded.
And what of Satvir Kaur's links with Mr Sattar?
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| Satvir Kaur in Daily Echo |
In 2016, Satvir Kaur was quoted in the Daily Echo in an article containing quotes from her and Shere Sattar, alleging:
"A HUGE gathering of Muslims in Southampton has been cancelled due to escalating racial tensions after the EU Referendum...
Southampton’s communities chief, Satvir Kaur, said she had received reports of racist abuse aimed at Polish and Asian residents after the referendum and there have been reports of racially aggravated abuse across the UK in the wake of the vote to leave the EU.
But police have say they have recorded less reports of hate crime in the week after the referendum than those before."
The Echo reported in 2025 that:
"It is understood [Shere Sattar] was expelled from the Labour Party in August 2022 after it was informed about the criminal conviction."
Andrew Pope says:
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| Andrew Pope Photo: Southampton Independents |
"This is no surprise to me. Before this scandal broke, I phoned Shere Sattar to ask him about his links with Satvir Kaur. He didn't want to answer.
Labour accepted funds from Shere Sattar for Satvir Kaur and her General Election campaign, despite Labour having expelled him from the party.
This scandal involving Satvir Kaur, and the Labour Party and Satvir Kaur accepting a donation from a convicted criminal, also brings into question his allegations about alleged racism in relation to Brexit.
His allegations appear in the same article in which Satvir Kaur is quoted going along with his allegations about racism, so her claims also need to be questioned, as well as further questions on how she and Southampton Labour are funded.
More questions need answers in relation to Kaur and her associates and funders."
