General Election 2010: Nigel Bakhai (A. 1984-89) is the Ealing Southall Parliamentary Candidate for the Liberal Democrats

However, although I became a founding member of the new Liberal Democrats when the party was formed in 1989 and studied Politics at university, my membership was limited in activity until after I moved to Ealing. In 2001, I helped to run the Lib Dem General Election campaign in Ealing Southall and really caught the political bug. I first stood for Ealing Council in Ealing Common ward in 2002. Unfortunately, I was personally unsuccessful in that election and then again in the 2006 council elections but I take great satisfaction in helping in the election and subsequent re-election of Lib Dem Cllr Jon Ball in Ealing Common ward in both elections.

I was selected as a Lib Dem list candidate in the European Elections in 2004 and also stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the Ealing and Hillingdon constituency in the 2008 London Assembly elections. However, my real driving political passion is to be elected as a Councillor for Elthorne ward where I live in Hanwell and to represent the constituency of Ealing Southall in parliament. In 2005 I was selected as the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Ealing Southall and then fought the seat again in the 2007 by-election. In 2009, I have been selected to fight Ealing Southall for a third time and look forward to challenging the current Labour MP at the next General Election."

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