Murad Qureshi

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Murad Qureshi
Member of the London Assembly for the Labour Party (London-wide)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2004

Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Murad Qureshi is a British Labour Party politician.

1 Career
2 Family background
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

He was a councillor in the City of Westminster 1998-2006, and was elected on the Labour Party's party list to the London Assembly in the 2004 assembly elections.

He is Deputy Chair of the London Assembly's Environment Committee, Member of the London Assembly's Transport Committee, Chair of the Mayor's London Waterways Commission, Member of the Economic Development, Culture, Sport and Tourism Committee and Member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, which oversees the London Fire Brigade. Until 27 June 2006, he was a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the Metropolitan Police.

In September 2007, he called for Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo Line) to be renamed Church Street Market, as this would end the confusion between that station and the namesake station on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines^[1].

[edit] Family background

Murad Qureshi belongs to a politically active family. His father is Mushtaq Qureshi, a Labour Party Councillor. His sister, Papya Qureshi, also a Labour Party Councillor in the same council.