Gagan Mohindra

Gagan Mohindra was born into a Punjabi Hindu[2] family in 1978. Mohindra's parents were both from Punjab, India and immigrated to the United Kingdom before Mohindra was born. His paternal grandfather served in the British Indian Army.[3]

Mohindra was chosen as the Conservative candidate for South West Hertfordshire after former Justice Secretary, David Gauke, lost the whip for voting to block a no-deal Brexit. Mohindra was one of 15 Members of Parliament of Indian origin elected in the 2019 election.[2] Mohindra was elected as councillor for the Grange Hill Ward of the Epping Forest District Council in May 2006, and has served as a councillor for the Chigwell and Loughton Broadway division on Essex County Council since 2017.[4] He continued in these roles after being elected to parliament.[5] Mohindra is the chairman of the Essex Conservatives. He stood for the Conservative Party candidate in North Tyneside in the 2010 United Kingdom general election and finished third in a traditionally strong Labour seat.[6] He was also shortlisted to become MP for Brentwood and Ongar in 2017, but lost the nomination to Alex Burghart.[5] In 2020, Mohindra was appointed to the Public Accounts Committee.[7] In October 2020, Gagan voted against the opposition motion to provide free school meals to children during school holidays.

Mohindra has roots in the Punjab region of India, and is a member of the Conservative Friends of India, a group within the Conservative Party.[8] Mohindra's parents were both Punjabi, and migrated to the United Kingdom before Mohindra was born. Mohindra was raised as a Hindu.[2] Mohindra read Mathematics at King's College London and worked in financial services, before founding the Chromex Group four years after graduating, where he worked until 2015. He is married to a privacy lawyer.[9]

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