Piara Khabra

Piara Khabra JP
ਪਿਆਰਾ ਖਾਬੜਾ
Official portrait, 2005
Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall
In office 9 April 1992 – 19 June 2007
Preceded by	Syd Bidwell
Succeeded by	Virendra Sharma
Personal details
Born	Piara Singh Khabra (1921-11-20)20 November 1921 Punjab, British India
Died	19 June 2007(2007-06-19) (aged 85) White City, London, England
Political party	Labour
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of India Communist Party of Great Britain Social Democratic Party
Spouses	Name unknown ​ (died 1985)​ Beulah Marian ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	1
Education	Khalsa High School
Alma mater	Panjab University
Profession	Social worker teacher
Military service
Branch/service	British Indian Army
Years of service	1942–1946
Battles/wars	World War II

Piara Singh Khabra JP (Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਬੜਾ; 20 November 1921 – 19 June 2007)^[1] was a Punjabi-British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death. He was the fifth British Asian, and the first Sikh, to become a British MP.

From the retirement of Sir Edward Heath in 2001 until his death, Khabra was the oldest MP sitting in the House of Commons, and was the last sitting MP to have served in the Commonwealth's forces during the Second World War.^[2]