Onkar Sahota
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Onkar Sahota | |
|---|---|
 Sahota in 2022 | |
| Deputy Chair of the London Assembly | |
| In office 4 May 2023 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Boff |
| Succeeded by | Len Duvall |
| Chair of the London Assembly | |
| In office May 2022 – 4 May 2023 | |
| Deputy | Andrew Boff |
| Preceded by | Andrew Boff |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Boff |
| Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon | |
| In office 4 May 2012 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Bassam Mahfouz |
| Majority | 8,242 (4.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Punjab, India |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Profession | Doctor |
Onkar Sahota is a British Labour Party politician and general practitioner who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2022 to 2023. He was Deputy Chair of the London Assembly from 2023 to 2024, and the first Labour member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon, from 2012 until 2024.[1]
Onkar Sahota grew up in Southall during the 1960s as one of five children, having three sisters and a brother. His parents had moved to the UK from India.[2] His father worked for British Airways before opening his own greengrocers.[3]
He studied medicine at the University of Sheffield, graduating in 1983, and is now a general practitioner at a surgery in Southall.