1st Black Female MP Paulette Hamilton & Sandra Samuels 1st Black Mayor in 200 Years

<p>Paulette Hamilton became the country’s 1st Black Female MP to represent a Birmingham constituency &nbsp;by winning the Birmingham Erdington by-election for Labour. Paulette 9,413 votes, ahead of Tory candidate and leader of the Conservative group on the city council Robert Alden with 6,147.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Councillor Sandra Samuels is the first politician of African Caribbean heritage to hold the post in 200 years. Following a four-decade career working as a nurse, theatre sister and manager in the NHS, she became a councillor in 2004 and currently currently represents the Ettingshall ward for the Labour Party.</p> <p>In 2015, she was presented with an OBE by the Queen for services to local government and politics.</p> <p><br></p> <p>SPONSORED BY <a href="https://www.instagram.com/supremeoftheuk/?hl=en" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/supremeoftheuk/?hl=en</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cfr_news/?hl=en" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/cfr_news/?hl=en</a></p> <p><br></p>