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| Satvir Kaur Labour MP Southampton Test Photo: UK Parliament under licence |
In Case You Missed It...
Three Southampton and Portsmouth Labour MPs accepted thousands of pounds from convicted violent criminal and former Labour councillor Shere Sattar.
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| Shere Sattar Labour Councillor Image: Eastleigh Borough Council |
This included Southampton Labour MP Satvir Kaur.
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| Satvir Kaur 2024 General Election Leaflet Photo: Southampton Independents |
The Independent reported it here, last year. And we have verified the article by checking the records of Southampton Labour at the Electoral Commission. It is shown in our article here.
The Commission regulates the funding of political parties and candidates.
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| Southampton Labour MP Satvir Kaur at Buckingham Palace with her husband, former Southampton Tory Councillor Ben Walker* Photo: Satvir Kaur shared publicly via Facebook |
In 2024, Southampton Labour MP Satvir Kaur accepted £10,000 from Shere Sattar, despite him being:
- a convicted criminal in 2022
- expelled from the Labour Party
The £10,000 was in Satvir Kaur's MP register of interests at Parliament, as well as being in the Commission's database of donations.
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| Satvir Kaur £10,000 from Convicted Criminal Shere Sattar Image: Electoral Commission |
Two Portsmouth MPs also accepted large sums of money from Sattar. Both registered the money in their Parliamentary registers of interests:
- £15,000 to Stephen Morgan MP, who was the "early education" Minister.
- £5,000 to Amanda Martin MP
The central Labour Party also accepted £10,300.
Labour says it is returning the money.
- Do you believe the Labour Party that they have returned the money?
- What evidence is there, that they have?
- Do you trust the Labour Party?
- Do you believe that the Labour Party and Labour MPs (and other big parties' MPs) may have other criminal money in their donations?
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* Elected representatives are entitled to a private life. However, Satvir Kaur has made her personal life public, including posting publicly photos of her and her baby. It is in the public interest to publish her associations. Her Parliamentary register of interests has never declared the occupation of her husband, Ben Walker. We have checked. However, since 2024, we have reported it via previous registers of interest that she had to declare - with inconsistencies between them that we brought to the attention of the Head of Legal at Southampton City Council. Kaur was given the right of reply, to which she never responded.