Miata fola a United Kingdom based Economist of Sierra leonian origin has been elected as Member of Parliament for pekam in the 2024 United Kingdom general election she won after securing 22,810 votes for the labor party on Thursday fola was born in Liberia to a sier leonian mother and the Liberian father the family fled at the onset of the first Liberian Civil War in 1986 to the UK where they applied for Asylum until December 2023 she was the chief executive of the new economics Foundation Miata has a wealth of experience in developing and delivering policy to empower communities and change people's lives she has been at the Forefront of generating new ideas on reshaping our economy inside government and out prior to joining an EF she was director of policy and research at The Institute of public policy research before this she has worked at senior levels for the leader of the opposition the cabinet office and the prime minister's strategy unit for me it's a chance to represent a constituency that means a great deal to me f bu said on our official campaign website it was in the Sierra leonian Community here in pekham where my family found Refuge when we fled from West Africa when I was child thought it was this community that taught me the values of compassion and solidarity that have shaped my politics and it was here I first understood just how much the system is failing all of us no matter how hard people work how talented they are they can still face poverty and be denied the opportunities they deserve giving her victory speech fuler said thank you to the people of pekham you have placed your trust in me and I will work day and night to repay that faith I promise to be rooted in this community and to fight for you I will be your loudest voice your fiercest Defender and your proudest champion and Together We will rise thank you for watching like follow comment for more updates follow us on all platforms