Is Rupa Huq related to Konnie Huq?

Rupa Asha Huq (born 2 April 1972) is a British Independent politician, columnist, and academic. Elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton at the 2015 general election, she was formerly a senior lecturer in sociology at Kingston University.

Is Rupa Huq related to Konnie Huq?

Huq married Karim Murji in 2003 and has a son, Rafi (born in 2004). Her elder sister, Nutun, is an architect. Her younger sister is former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq.

Dr. Huq was born in Hammersmith and grew up in Ealing. Her parents moved to London from Bangladesh, and her father ran an Asian restaurant.

She has two sisters, one of them television presenter and former Blue Peter host Konnie Huq, who is three years her junior.

Prior to her political career, Dr. Huq studied political and social sciences and law at the University of Cambridge and worked as a lecturer at the University of Manchester and Kingston University. She has a doctorate in European youth culture and worked as a DJ in her spare time.