Sayeed Muhammad of DOT :
British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, a niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has given birth to a baby son, after she delayed her C-section to vote on the UK prime minister’s Brexit deal.
The newborn, Raphael Mujib St John Percy, arrived around 10am on Thursday, causing her mother to celebrate the feat at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, reports Camden New Journal.
The Hampstead and Kilburn MP was rushed to the hospital 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.
Earlier in the week, she had been pushed in a wheelchair to take part in Tuesday night’s Commons vote which saw MPs overwhelmingly reject May’s European Union withdrawal terms.
Now 36, Siddiq had delayed the Caesarean in order to vote against the Brexit deal, raising new calls for a proxy system allowing MPs to vote without being present in special circumstances.
Siddiq and her husband Christian Percy thanked staff at the hospital. “We are extremely grateful to the doctors, nurses, midwives and staff at the Royal Free hospital for their brilliant work and for looking after our son so well,” Siddiq said.
Raphael is their second child, and follows the birth of daughter Azalea in 2016.
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