Paul Uppal
British politician (born 1967)
Paul Singh Uppal (born 14 June 1967) is a Conservative Party politician from the United Kingdom.
He was the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West from the 2010 general election to 2015. Uppal attempted to win the seat back at the 2017 general election
On 20 December 2017, the government announced that he was to be the first Small Business Commissioner.
Early life
Uppal was born in Birmingham, to Surjit Singh Uppal, a magistrate, and Balbir Kaur on 14 June 1967. His parents are Indian Sikhs from East Africa. He attended Harborne Hill Comprehensive School and then studied three A-levels in Politics, History and Sociology at Matthew Boulton College. He studied Politics and Sociology at the University of Warwick.
He married his wife Kashmir, a lawyer, on 17 November 1991 in Derby. They have three children together. He holds a season ticket for Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, and is a trustee of the second largest Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) in Wolverhampton.
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