Rupa was elected Labour MP for
Ealing Central and Acton in 2015
and was re–elected in June 2017.
She was appointed shadow Home
Office minister in Autumn 2016
and has served on the Justice Select
Committee and chairs the APPG
for London Planning and Built
Environment. Prior to her election
she was a university lecturer in
sociology and is author of 4 books
including most recently “Reading
the Riot Act: reflections on the 2011
urban disturbances in England”
published by Routledge in 2016.