Naushabah Khan
Labour MP for Gillingham and Rainham; resigned as PPS on 11 May 2026.
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Resigned as PPS on 11 May
UK Local Elections 2026: Eight resign in two days on Starmer- Who is Naushabah Khan MP?
- Naushabah Khan is the Labour MP for Gillingham and Rainham in Kent, elected 2024. She resigned as a PPS on 11 May 2026, part of the wave of government departures over Starmer's leadership.Source: Parliament
Background
Naushabah Khan is the Labour MP for Gillingham and Rainham in Kent, elected in 2024 in what had been a Conservative-held marginal. On 11 May 2026 she resigned as a parliamentary private secretary, part of a coordinated wave of four PPS resignations that opened Labour's internal crisis over Keir Starmer's leadership. Khan's profile before Parliament included community activism and local government work in Medway. Her constituency, in the north Kent commuter belt, is exactly the type of seat Labour's 2024 intake must hold to remain a parliamentary force — making her departure significant as a signal of how FAR the internal discontent extended into vulnerable marginals.
