Yasmin Qureshi

In 2017, The Times stated that Qureshi accepted a £5,000 donation from Sufyan Ismail but failed to declare it; it was found that the donation was in fact declared on time and in keeping with parliamentary procedure, it was declared through Ismail's company name 'One Group' and can be found on public parliamentary donation records.

Qureshihas also campaigned against cuts to community pharmacies. Speaking in 2016 she stated that “cutting funding for community pharmacies threatens patient care and safety" and that "pharmacies are vital local assets and these cuts are totally short-sighted"

From 2014 to 2015 Qureshi was on the Committee scrutinising the High Speed Rail (HS2) project. She sought to scrutinise impacts and costing of the controversial project in light of concerns over its slow progress and high cost. She stated that "it is important that the Department for Transport and the Secretary of State address these concerns fully in order that people can have confidence in the HS2 project", and highlighted how the benefits of HS2 needed to be felt by those in the North as well as the South: “there needs to be clarity and transparency over value for money and the benefits to the rest of the country, not just London".

In May 2014, Qureshi opposed mandatory labelling of meat coming from animals killed by halal and kosher methods. She drew attention to studies which indicated that halal methods of slaughtering may not be more painful than stunning, saying "a myth is being perpetuated that somehow kosher and halal methods, carried out as they should be, are more painful and cause more suffering to the animal, but that is incorrect".

In February 2014, during a parliamentary debate on the Palestine crisis, she said of the persecution of Jewish people in the Holocaust: "Their properties, homes, and land—everything—were taken away, and they were deprived of rights. Of course, many millions perished", before going on to say that "It is quite strange that some of the people who are running the state of Israel seem to be quite complacent and happy to allow the same to happen in Gaza". In response, Karen Pollock of the Holocaust Educational Trust said: "We expect our politicians to speak responsibly and sensitively about the past and about events today. These lazy and deliberate distortions have no place in British politics". Qureshi apologised to any who were offended by her words, and stated that "the debate was about the plight of the Palestinian people, and in no way did I mean to equate events in Gaza with the Holocaust", adding that "I know the Holocaust was the most brutal act of genocide of the 20th century, and no one should seek to underestimate its impact".

In January 2013 and 2015, Qureshi was nominated for the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards. In January 2014, she was awarded the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.

Since 2011, Qureshi has been campaigning for justice for the parents and children of those affected by Primodos, a historic hormone pregnancy test used in the 1960s and 1970s which significant evidence indicates leads to birth defects in children. She has worked to bring about an inquiry into a purported cover-up of information on the drug which may have taken place in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2017 she stated in the House of Commons that a Report into Primodos had been "condemned by MPs across the House as being a whitewash and misleading", and called for a formal inquiry.

She was elected in 2010 with 18,782 votes and 47.4% of the vote and has since achieved higher vote tallies and vote proportions in the following elections with an improved majority of 25,676 votes and 60.7% of the vote in 2017. In 2010, Qureshi, Rushanara Ali and Shabana Mahmood, elected at the same time, became Britain's first female Muslim MPs. Qureshi is also the first woman to be elected as the Member of Parliament for Bolton South East.

Qureshi has served on a number of Committees in her time in parliament. From her entry into parliament in 2010 until 2015 she was on the Justice Committee. From 2013 to 2015 she was part of the Home Affairs Committee. Following the 2015 election she was on the Foreign Affairs Committee. In early October 2016, Qureshi was appointed as a Shadow Minister for Justice by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

In 2010, Qureshi was banned from driving for 6 months for driving without insurance and using a mobile phone, whilst already having 9 points.

At the age of 16, Qureshi joined the Labour Party and became active in local politics. She stood, unsuccessfully, for Labour in the London constituency of Brent East in 2005. She was elected at the 2010 general election in the safe Labour seat of Bolton South East.

She then worked as a human rights advisor to the former London mayor Ken Livingstone from 2004 to 2008. Qureshi also chaired the Human Rights and Civil Liberties Working Group of the Association of Muslim Lawyers and was President of the Pakistan Club (UK).

She headed the criminal legal section of the UN Mission in Kosovo, and was selected as co-ordinator of the Criminal Legal Unit from 2000–2001. This role involved analysing legal systems in Kosovo to identify their limitations, with a focus on issues including people trafficking, domestic violence etc. She was then appointed Director of the Department of Judicial Administration in Kosovo. This entailed working to ensure the proper administration and monitoring of courts, prosecutors and investigation of judges offices.

Yasmin Qureshi (born 5 July 1963) is a British Labour Party politician and a barrister practising criminal law. She headed the criminal legal section of the UN Mission in Kosovo and was later appointed Director of the department of Judicial Administration there. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton South East in the May 2010 general election. She became Shadow Minister for International Development in April 2020.