Winner of People's Choice MP for 2014-15
Sadiq Kahn, Tooting and Wandsworth MP and the Labour candidate for London Mayor, was name People's Choice MP of the Year by the Patchwork Foundation.
Through the MP of the Year Awards the Patchwork Foundation highlights and acknowledges those MPs - nominated by individuals and grassroots community organisations and picked by an idependent panel of judges - that have excelled in respresenting such communities.
Sadiq Khan said, “It’s a real honour to receive this award and get the support of the panel. It’s also humbling to get the nominations of Londoners.
"The Patchwork Foundation does so much excellent work encouraging and giving a voice to deprived and under-represented groups in our country. There is still more work to do, and I will continue to focus on ensuring the next generation in Tooting and across London gets the same opportunities our wonderful city gave me.”
The Patchwork Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote and encourage the positive integration of deprived and minority communities into British political society.