Tulip Siddiq has celebrated the arrival of her baby son.
Bangladeshi-origin Tulip, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, had previously been pushed in a wheelchair to take part in Tuesday night’s Commons vote which saw MPs overwhelmingly reject Mrs May’s European Union withdrawal terms.
The Hampstead and Kilburn MP was at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after being taken by taxi to the House of Commons car park so that she could take part in the vote of confidence in Theresa May’s crisis-hit government.
Baby Raphael appeared just before 10am.
Siddiq was advised by doctors to give birth by caesarean section earlier this week after developing gestational diabetes, but asked medics to delay her child’s birth by two days so that she would be able to vote.
She said she wanted to vote in person because she did not trust the pairing system, which matches up absent MPs from opposing sides so that their votes effectively cancel each other out.
Ahead of Tuesday’s vote, which resulted in a crushing defeat for the prime minister, Siddiq tweeted: “My decision to delay my baby’s birth is not one I take lightly.
“Let me be clear, I have no faith in the pairing system – in July the Govt stole the vote of a new mother. It’s my duty to represent Hampstead & Kilburn, and I will do just that.”
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