Arshad Ali (politician)
Arshad Ali, a British psychologist, political activist and politician, was leader of the Respect Party from November 2012 until he was forced to resign in December 2012 when evidence of a prior conviction for election fraud came to light.
Ali's election as Chair-elect of the Respect Party was announced by Respect Party national secretary Chris Chilvers on 5 November 2012.[1][2] Ali stood down as national chair in December 2012 after it emerged he had a spent conviction for electoral fraud.[1]
Before his time as leader, Ali had been a longstanding Respect campaigner, having contesting council elections in Bradford's Manningham ward in 2007 and in the general election in 2010. He tried and failed to win Bradford West,[3] the constituency taken by George Galloway in 2012 in a landslide victory.
He stood for election to a City Council seat as a Respect Party candidate in Bradford in 2014.[4]
Ali spent six weeks in jail after he was convicted of electoral fraud in 1997.[5]
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Respect Party 2012 |
Succeeded by George Galloway |
