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| birth_place = [[WakefieldDewsbury]], West Yorkshire, England
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'''Imran Nasir Ahmad Khan''' (born 6 September 1973)<ref>{{cite book|last=Brunskill|first=Ian|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1129682574|title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election|date=19 March 2020|isbn=978-0-00-839258-1|pages=370|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |oclc=1129682574|access-date=23 June 2021|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109125548/https://www.worldcat.org/title/times-guide-to-the-house-of-commons-2019-the-definitive-record-of-britains-historic-2019-general-election/oclc/1129682574|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/71986/imran-ahmad-khan|title=Imran Ahmad Khan for Wakefield in the UK Parliament elections|website=Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club|access-date=14 December 2019|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214192258/https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/71986/imran-ahmad-khan|url-status=live}}</ref> is a British former politician and convicted [[sex offender]]. He served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]] from the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] until 2022.<ref name="lbcresign" /> Elected as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], Ahmad Khan had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn in June 2021; he was subsequently expelled from the party following his [[criminal conviction]] for [[Child sexual abuse|child sexual assault]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: MP resigns after being found guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy |url=https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-mp-resigns-after-being-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-15-year-old-boy-12590192 |access-date=14 April 2022 |website=Sky News |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006221511/https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-mp-resigns-after-being-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-15-year-old-boy-12590192 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CPS" />
Ahmad Khan says he was born in [[Wakefield]] in [[West Yorkshire]], though his birth entry shows he was born in [[Dewsbury]].<Ref>
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</Ref> He studied at the [[Pushkin Institute]] in Moscow and [[King's College London]]. He worked for the [[United Nations]] as special assistant for political affairs in [[Mogadishu]] and as a senior consultant for [[M&C Saatchi]]. A supporter of [[Brexit]], he was elected in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] and attributed his victory to voters' support for leaving the [[European Union]] in the [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum]].
In 2021, he was charged under the [[Sexual Offences Act 2003]] with having sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy in 2008. Ahmad Khan denied the accusation "in the strongest terms".<ref name="charge">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-57531904|title=Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan charged with sexually assaulting boy|work=BBC News|date=18 June 2021|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618171225/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-57531904|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 April 2022, following a two week-long trial in the [[Southwark Crown Court]], he was convicted of [[sexual assault|sexually assaulting]] a minor.<ref name="BBC_conviction">{{cite news |date=11 April 2022 |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: MP guilty of sex assault on 15-year-old boy |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348 |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411151849/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348 |url-status=live }}</ref> He [[Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom|resigned as an MP]] on 3 May and was sentenced to 18 months in prison on 23 May,<ref name="BBCNews24June2022">{{cite web |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Ex-MP jailed for sex assault on teenage boy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61549531.amp |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 June 2022 |date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624115914/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61549531.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> serving nine of these before being released in February 2023.
==Early life and career==
Ahmad Khan claims to have been born in [[Pinderfields Hospital]], [[Wakefield]], where both his parents worked but his birth record shows he was born in [[Dewsbury]].<Ref>
Ahmad Khan claims to have been born in [[Pinderfields Hospital]], [[Wakefield]], where both his parents worked but his birth record shows he was born in [[Dewsbury]].<Ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=251623423:7368&d=bmd_1703103310 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}</ref><ref name="khan-response" /> His father, Saeed Ahmad Khan, was born in the [[North West Frontier Province]] of [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]), and worked as a consultant [[dermatologist]].<ref>{{cite journal|date=25 January 1997|title=Saeed Ahmad Khan|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/314/7076/308|journal=BMJ|volume=314|issue=7076|pages=308|doi=10.1136/bmj.314.7076.308|issn=0959-8138}}</ref><ref name="imranypelection" /> His English mother was a state registered nurse and midwife.<ref name= Imranexpress1>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1341366/britain-benefits-skills-workers-blue-collar-conservatism|title=Britain doesn't need benefits, it needs skills, says IMRAN AHMAD KHAN|website=Express| date=30 September 2020| last=AHMAD KHAN| first=IMRAN}}</ref> His grandmother, Joyce Reynolds, also worked at Pinderfields Hospital as a [[Nursing in the United Kingdom#Nursing roles|staff sister]].<ref name= imranypelection>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/imran-ahmad-khan-i-never-imagined-in-my-worst-nightmare-that-our-democracy-would-be-under-threat-at-home-1-10162638|title=Imran Ahmad Khan: 'I never imagined in my worst nightmare that our democracy would be under threat at home'|work=Yorkshire Post| date=28 December 2019| last=Scott| first=Geraldine}}</ref> His grandfather was a miner.<ref name= imranypelection/> His brother is lawyer [[Karim Ahmad Khan]] KC.<ref name="Brother">{{cite web |last1=Gye |first1=Hugo |title=Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan faces trial over claim he sexually assaulted a teenage boy |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/conservatives/conservative-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-faces-trial-claim-sexually-assaulted-teenage-boy-1060692 |website=i (newspaper) |date=18 June 2021 |access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref>▼
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▲Ahmad Khan claims to have been born in [[Pinderfields Hospital]], [[Wakefield]], where both his parents worked but his birth record shows he was born in [[Dewsbury]].<Ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=251623423:7368&d=bmd_1703103310 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}</ref><ref name="khan-response" /> His father, Saeed Ahmad Khan, was born in the [[North West Frontier Province]] of [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]), and worked as a consultant [[dermatologist]].<ref>{{cite journal|date=25 January 1997|title=Saeed Ahmad Khan|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/314/7076/308|journal=BMJ|volume=314|issue=7076|pages=308|doi=10.1136/bmj.314.7076.308|issn=0959-8138|access-date=31 December 2019|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110091620/https://www.bmj.com/content/314/7076/308|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="imranypelection" /> His English mother was a state registered nurse and midwife.<ref name= Imranexpress1>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1341366/britain-benefits-skills-workers-blue-collar-conservatism|title=Britain doesn't need benefits, it needs skills, says IMRAN AHMAD KHAN|website=Express| date=30 September 2020| last=AHMAD KHAN| first=IMRAN|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116225833/https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1341366/britain-benefits-skills-workers-blue-collar-conservatism|url-status=live}}</ref> His grandmother, Joyce Reynolds, also worked at Pinderfields Hospital as a [[Nursing in the United Kingdom#Nursing roles|staff sister]].<ref name= imranypelection>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/imran-ahmad-khan-i-never-imagined-in-my-worst-nightmare-that-our-democracy-would-be-under-threat-at-home-1-10162638|title=Imran Ahmad Khan: 'I never imagined in my worst nightmare that our democracy would be under threat at home'|work=Yorkshire Post| date=28 December 2019| last=Scott| first=Geraldine|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229092024/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/imran-ahmad-khan-i-never-imagined-in-my-worst-nightmare-that-our-democracy-would-be-under-threat-at-home-1-10162638|url-status=live}}</ref> His grandfather was a miner.<ref name= imranypelection/> His brother is lawyer [[Karim Ahmad Khan]] KC.<ref name="Brother">{{cite web |last1=Gye |first1=Hugo |title=Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan faces trial over claim he sexually assaulted a teenage boy |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/conservatives/conservative-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-faces-trial-claim-sexually-assaulted-teenage-boy-1060692 |website=i (newspaper) |date=18 June 2021 |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531063112/https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/conservatives/conservative-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-faces-trial-claim-sexually-assaulted-teenage-boy-1060692 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ahmad Khan attended the local, [[Private school|private]] [[Silcoates School]].<ref name=imranyorkshireselection/> He studied [[Russian language|Russian]] at the [[Pushkin Institute]] in Moscow, and earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in war studies at [[King's College London]].<ref name=linkedinimran/> He worked for the United Nations as special assistant for political affairs in [[Mogadishu]] and as a senior consultant for the advertising agency, [[M&C Saatchi]].<ref name="linkedinimran">{{cite web|title=Imran Ahmad Khan|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/imranahmadkhan/|access-date=13 December 2019|website=LinkedIn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: MP guilty of sex assault on 15-year-old boy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348 |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=BBC News |date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423173716/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348 |url-status=live }}</ref> Having worked as a [[counter-terrorism]] expert prior to becoming an MP,<ref name="imranyorkshireselection">{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/wakefield-tory-candidate-antony-calvert-stands-down-over-facebook-posts-1-10095203|title=Wakefield Tory candidate Antony Calvert stands down over Facebook posts|work=Yorkshire Post|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230035840/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/wakefield-tory-candidate-antony-calvert-stands-down-over-facebook-posts-1-10095203|url-status=live}}</ref> he joked his experience in conflict zones such as Somalia and Afghanistan gave him what would be needed to build bridges between warring parties in the [[Brexit]] battle.<ref name="imranwashingtonwakefield" />
==Political career==
=== Member of Parliament (2019–2022) ===
In the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Ahmad Khan defeated the incumbent [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP, [[Mary Creagh]], to become the first Conservative MP for [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]] in 89 years.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--not stated-->|url= https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-labour-lost-wakefield-for-the-first-time-since-the-1930s-at-the-2019-general-election-1340742|title=The inside story of how Labour lost Wakefield for the first time since the 1930s at the 2019 General Election|work=Wakefield Express |date=13 December 2019|access-date=24 May 2022|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525224002/https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-labour-lost-wakefield-for-the-first-time-since-the-1930s-at-the-2019-general-election-1340742|url-status=live}}</ref> Wakefield voted almost 2-to-1 in favour of leaving the European Union in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum]] and was a target seat for the Conservatives.<ref name=imranwashingtonwakefield>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/echoes-of-trump-across-the-pond-blue-collar-labour-voters-feel-abandoned-by-party-elite |title=Echoes of Trump across the pond: Blue-collar Labour voters feel abandoned by party elite |first=Rob |last=Crilly |work=[[Washington Examiner]] |date=6 December 2019 |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214110539/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/echoes-of-trump-across-the-pond-blue-collar-labour-voters-feel-abandoned-by-party-elite |url-status=live }}</ref> He was selected after the withdrawal of a candidate whose racist and sexist social media posts were uncovered.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/14/pm-under-fire-for-standing-behind-candidate-who-wrote-racist-article-anthony-browne |title=PM under fire for not sacking candidate who wrote 'racist' articles |first=Frances |last=Perraudin |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=14 November 2019 |access-date=12 December 2019 }}</ref> Labour's Creagh said: "Will the next candidate they parachute in be any better? Don’t hold your breath." Ahmad Khan responded by literally [[Parachuting|skydiving]]<ref name = ahmadkhanparachute>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-is-literally-parachuted-in-to-wakefield-to-counter-opponents-claims-1-10115632 |title=Tory candidate is literally parachuted in to Wakefield to counter opponents' claims |first=Geraldine |last=Scott |work=[[Yorkshire Post]] |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122154425/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-is-literally-parachuted-in-to-wakefield-to-counter-opponents-claims-1-10115632 |url-status=live }}</ref> over the town and retorted he was "a local lad born and bred in Wakefield, of Wakefield stock. I couldn't figuratively parachute in—and I didn't want to disappoint her—so I decided I would literally parachute in."<ref name = ahmadkhanparachute/>
In his [[maiden speech]] in January 2020, Ahmad Khan spoke of his pleasure of being part of "a vibrant and dynamic pack of Yorkshire MPs". He called for equality of opportunity to be made real, and for more patriotism: "I see perhaps more clearly than most the deep and enduring importance of core British values such as compassion, tolerance and fairness, especially at a time when those values are perceived as under threat in many parts of our world."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/new-wakefield-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-pays-tribute-to-calm-concise-and-experienced-labour-rival-mary-creagh-in-maiden-speech-1-10199141 |title=New Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan pays tribute to 'calm, concise, and experienced' Labour rival Mary Creagh in maiden speech|work=[[The Yorkshire Post]]|last= Scott|first=Geraldine| date=13 January 2020 |access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114034437/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/new-wakefield-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-pays-tribute-to-calm-concise-and-experienced-labour-rival-mary-creagh-in-maiden-speech-1-10199141|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Reviewing sexual offences against minors====
Ahmad Khan was part of a panel advising on [[ChildMuslim grooming gangs in the United Kingdom|grooming gang]]s and contributed to a paper called "Group-based child sexual exploitation characteristics of offending" while police were investigating him for child sexual abuse. Responding to the disclosures, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s shadow cabinet minister, [[Louise Haigh]] said, "Khan's victim told the Conservatives about sickening sexual abuse, and they did nothing, and then shamefully appointed him to sit alongside survivors of child sexual exploitation. (...) The Tories have serious questions to answer over how they gave this man free rein to exploit his position and victims of abuse. Boris Johnson and Priti Patel need to come clean about what the Conservative party knew and how they could possibly have put victims in this horrifying position in the first place."<ref>{{cite news |first=Rajeev |last= Syal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/26/ex-tory-mp-guilty-of-molesting-boy-was-on-panel-advising-on-grooming-gangs |title=Ex-Tory MP guilty of molesting boy was on panel advising on grooming gangs |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 April 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> The [[Home Office]] said it was not aware of the allegations against him at the time he was on the advisory panel.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61237677 |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: MP guilty of sexual assault advised Home Office on child sexual exploitation |work=BBC News |date=26 April 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426222124/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61237677 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Activist [[Sammy Woodhouse]] was targeted, groomed and abused aged 14 and took part in a review with Khan. She said, "This was important work that I undertook in good faith, but I am disgusted to have been put in a position where I was working with a man later convicted for child sexual assault. Knowing now that the Conservatives had already received complaints from a victim about this man, it is gut-wrenching for me as a survivor that they could possibly have allowed him to be considered for this role."<ref>{{cite news |first=Sophie |last= Wingate |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-office-rotherham-conservative-party-priti-patel-sammy-woodhouse-b2066714.html |title=Rotherham survivor 'disgusted' MP Khan reviewed Home Office grooming paper |work=[[The Independent]] |date=27 April 2022 |access-date=27 April 2022 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427145444/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-office-rotherham-conservative-party-priti-patel-sammy-woodhouse-b2066714.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Rajeev |last= Syal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/27/rotherham-abuse-survivor-condemns-tories-over-imran-ahmad-khan-role |title=Rotherham abuse survivor condemns Tories over Imran Ahmad Khan role |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 April 2022 |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>
====COVID-19 pandemic response====
Ahmad Khan organised a shipment of 110,000 reusable face masks through connections with the charity [[Solidarités international]] and the [[Government of Vietnam|Vietnamese Government]]. Most of the masks were for [[the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust]]'s [[Pontefract Hospital|Pontefract]], [[Pinderfields Hospital|Pinderfields]] and [[Dewsbury and District Hospital]]s and 10,000 were distributed by the trust to local care homes and hospices.<ref name=khan-response>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/wakefield-mp-arranges-delivery-110000-reusable-face-masks-vietnam-nhs-2539775 |title=Wakefield MP arranges delivery of 110,000 reusable face masks from Vietnam for NHS|work=[[The Yorkshire Post]]|last= Scott|first=Geraldine| date=18 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419150002/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/wakefield-mp-arranges-delivery-110000-reusable-face-masks-vietnam-nhs-2539775|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=khan-response2/> He launched 'Wakefield Together' to co-ordinate local efforts to tackle difficulties arising from the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="khan-response2">{{cite news |last =Imran Ahmad Khan |url=https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/politically-speaking-wakefield-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-governments-response-coronavirus-2542158 |title=Politically speaking: Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad-Khan on the government's response to coronavirus |work=[[Wakefield Express]]| |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=21 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421083524/https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/politically-speaking-wakefield-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-governments-response-coronavirus-2542158 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ahmad Khan helped secure £2.9 million for Wakefield's art hubs, including [[Theatre Royal Wakefield]], the [[Creative Art House]], and the [[West Yorkshire Theatre Dance Centre]], via the [[Culture Recovery Fund]].<ref name="khan-responseArt">{{cite news |last =Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield |url=https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/political-column-imran-ahmad-khan-mp-bright-future-beckons-amidst-uncertainty-3077368 |title=Political column: Imran Ahmad Khan MP - A bright future beckons amidst the uncertainty |work=[[Wakefield Express]]| |date=25 December 2020 |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227151512/https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/political-column-imran-ahmad-khan-mp-bright-future-beckons-amidst-uncertainty-3077368 |url-status=live }}</ref>
====Resignation====
Following his conviction for sexual assault, Ahmad Khan announced on 14 April 2022 that he would be resigning as an MP.<ref name="resignation">{{cite news|last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/14/imran-ahmad-khan-resigns-after-child-sexual-assault-conviction|title=MP Imran Ahmad Khan resigns after conviction for child sexual assault|date=14 April 2022|access-date=14 April 2022|work=The Guardian|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531105711/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/14/imran-ahmad-khan-resigns-after-child-sexual-assault-conviction|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 April 2022 he announced he had tendered his letter of resignation, effective from the end of April.<ref name=letterresign>{{cite news|last=Pidd |first=Helen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/28/imran-ahmad-khan-mp-completes-resignation-process?CMP=share_btn_tw|title=Imran Ahmad Khan completes MP resignation process with full April pay|work=The Guardian|date=28 April 2022|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> He was to receive the entirety of his April salary upon his resignation.<ref name=letterresign /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4841/contact|title=Contact Imran Ahmad Khan|publisher=UK Parliament|accessdate=1 May 2022|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419062537/https://members.parliament.uk/member/4841/contact|url-status=live}}</ref>
His resignation was effected on 3 May 2022 following his appointment to the [[List of stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds|Chiltern Hundreds]].<ref>{{cite web |last = HM Treasury |url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/three-hundreds-of-chiltern--11 |title = Three Hundreds of Chiltern |website = gov.uk |access-date = 3 May 2022 |archive-date = 3 May 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220503141626/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/three-hundreds-of-chiltern--11 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="lbcresign">{{cite news |last1=Hinton |first1=Megan |title=Imran Ahmad Khan quits as Wakefield MP after sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/imran-ahmad-khan-quits-as-wakefield-mp/ |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=[[LBC]] |date=3 May 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320001508/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/imran-ahmad-khan-quits-as-wakefield-mp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
As a result of this a [[2022 Wakefield by-election|by-election]] was held on 23 June, in which Labour recovered the seat.
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==Political positions==
===Brexit===
Ahmad Khan supported [[Brexit|Britain's withdrawal from the European Union]]. In an interview with [[Channel 4]] he attributed his success in the 2019 general election to "[[Islington]] Remainers" who branded Leave voters "stupid, uneducated, racist or wrong".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/islington-remainers-branded-leave-voters-stupid-uneducated-racist-or-wrong-says-tory-mp-imran-ahmad-khan|title='Islington Remainers' branded Leave voters 'stupid, uneducated, racist or wrong', says Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan|date=13 December 2019|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=14 December 2019|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214125029/https://www.channel4.com/news/islington-remainers-branded-leave-voters-stupid-uneducated-racist-or-wrong-says-tory-mp-imran-ahmad-khan|url-status=live}}</ref> According to him, he decided to stand in the election because he came to believe British democracy was "under threat".<ref name= imranypelection/>
In September 2020, in a debate about the [[United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020|United Kingdom Internal Market Bill]], Ahmad Khan declared: "I am an ardent supporter of Brexit and look forward eagerly to the opportunity to bolster the United Kingdom's position by becoming an independent, self-governing nation, possessed of the confidence that flows from our vision and principled values". In his speech, he went on to explain his concerns over the Internal Market Bill before backing the legislation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/any-lost-moral-authority-over-brexit-will-be-difficult-repair-imran-ahmad-khan-2972317|title=Any lost moral authority over Brexit 'will be difficult to repair' – Imran Ahmad Khan|date=16 September 2020|work=Yorkshire Post|access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918042521/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/any-lost-moral-authority-over-brexit-will-be-difficult-repair-imran-ahmad-khan-2972317|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== National Trust coverage of slavery ===
Following an interim report on the connections between [[colonialism]] and properties now in the care of the [[National Trust]], including links with [[Atlantic slave trade|historic slavery]], Ahmad Khan was among the signatories of a letter to ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' from the "Common Sense Group" of Conservative Parliamentarians. The letter accused the National Trust of being "coloured by [[Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory|cultural Marxist]] dogma, colloquially known as the '[[woke]] agenda'".<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (letters) |title=Britain's heroes |date=9 November 2020 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2020/11/09/letterswill-police-break-armistice-day-ceremonies-wednesday/ |access-date=30 January 2021 |author=Imran Khan and other members of the Houses of Parliament |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209060847/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2020/11/09/letterswill-police-break-armistice-day-ceremonies-wednesday/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Ahmad Khan describes himself as a "proud Yorkshireman" and a member of the [[Ahmadiyya]] community.<ref name =Ahmad-Khan-yorkshireman>{{cite news|url=https://www.rabwah.net/imran-khan-becomes-first-ahmadi-to-be-elected-to-british-parliament/|title=Imran Khan becomes first Ahmadi to be elected to British Parliament|date=13 December 2019|work=Rabwah Times|access-date=14 December 2019|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214033253/https://www.rabwah.net/imran-khan-becomes-first-ahmadi-to-be-elected-to-british-parliament/|url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly after his election in 2019, the [[LGBT+ Conservatives]] group described Ahmad Khan as 'openly gay' and he made news worldwide for becoming the first gay Muslim to be elected. They subsequently clarified that Ahmad Khan "fully endorses" the group's aims "but is not an out LGBT MP".<ref>{{cite news |date=18 December 2019 |title=Tories apologise after Imran Ahmad Khan was 'incorrectly' named as first openly gay Muslim MP |work=[[ITV News]] |url=http://itv.com/news/2019-12-18/tories-make-correction-after-naming-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-as-first-openly-gay-muslim-to-be-elected/ |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218215634/https://www.itv.com/news/2019-12-18/tories-make-correction-after-naming-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-as-first-openly-gay-muslim-to-be-elected/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mahmood |first=Basit |date=20 December 2019 |title=Conservative Party apologises for saying MP was 'openly gay' |work=Metro |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/20/conservative-party-apologises-saying-mp-openly-gay-11939071/ |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220192046/https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/20/conservative-party-apologises-saying-mp-openly-gay-11939071/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The confusion arose after an application was made in his name to a fund to help LGBT+ Conservative candidates.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Geraldine |date=18 December 2019 |title=Yorkshire Tory wrongly described as 'openly gay' after mistaken application to LGBT+ fund |work=[[The Yorkshire Post]] |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/yorkshire-tory-wrongly-described-as-openly-gay-after-mistaken-application-to-lgbt-fund-1-10160961 |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219132724/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/yorkshire-tory-wrongly-described-as-openly-gay-after-mistaken-application-to-lgbt-fund-1-10160961 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ahmad Khan subsequently came out as gay during his trial in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Imran Khan: Tory press office failed to deal with allegations MP sexually assaulted teenage boy, court hears |author=<!--not stated--> |work=Sky News |date=31 March 2022 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/imran-khan-tory-press-office-failed-to-deal-with-allegations-mp-sexually-assaulted-teenage-boy-court-hears-12579076 |access-date=1 April 2022 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401142546/https://news.sky.com/story/imran-khan-tory-press-office-failed-to-deal-with-allegations-mp-sexually-assaulted-teenage-boy-court-hears-12579076 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pidd |first=Helen |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/11/imran-ahmad-khan-tory-mp-in-sexual-assault-case-had-oddball-reputation|title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Tory MP in sexual assault case had oddball reputation|date=11 April 2022|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Willems |first=Michiel |date=29 March 2022 |title=Imran Ahmad Khan goes on trial in London for groping young boy |url=https://www.cityam.com/imran-ahmad-khan-london-trail-groping/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=CityAM |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411170031/https://www.cityam.com/imran-ahmad-khan-london-trail-groping/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Sexual offence===
In June 2021, Ahmad Khan was charged on suspicion of a historical [[Child sexual abuse|sexual offence]] of groping a 15-year-old boy, in [[Staffordshire]], in 2008. Ahmad Khan denied the accusation;<ref name="charge"/> the Conservative Party suspended the [[Whip (politics)|whip]] from Ahmad Khan pending the outcome of the prosecution.<ref>{{cite news|agency=PA Media|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/18/tory-mp-faces-trial-over-alleged-2008-assault-on-15-year-old-boy|work=The Guardian|title=Tory MP faces trial over alleged 2008 assault on 15-year-old boy|date=18 June 2021|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419062523/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/18/tory-mp-faces-trial-over-alleged-2008-assault-on-15-year-old-boy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Martin|date=18 June 2021|title=Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan accused of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/18/tory-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-accused-sexually-assaulting-15-year/|access-date=18 June 2021|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618161515/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/18/tory-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-accused-sexually-assaulting-15-year/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ahmad Khan attempted to have the case heard in secrecy, first arguing that as a serving MP there were concerns about his safety and that to name him in court would breach his human rights, and attempted to have the age of his victim withheld. His applications were rejected by Chief Magistrate [[Paul Goldspring]] at [[Westminster Magistrates' Court]], who said, in favour of open justice: "Damage to reputation is not a ground for making of an order."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348|title=Imran Ahmad Khan: MP guilty of sex assault on 15-year-old boy|date=11 April 2022|access-date=11 April 2022|work=BBC News|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411151849/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348|url-status=live}}</ref> Ahmad Khan, an [[Ahmadi Muslim]], applied, unsuccessfully, to have the case heard anonymously as the consumption of alcohol and [[homosexual acts]] are strictly prohibited, and reporting them could expose him to risk both in the UK and abroad.<ref name="auto"/>
On 10 September 2021, he pleaded not guilty at London's [[Old Bailey]];<ref>{{cite news | title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Trial set for Wakefield MP accused of sexual assault | website=BBC News | date=16 December 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-59685020 | access-date=5 December 2022 | archive-date=5 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205164554/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-59685020 | url-status=live }}</ref> the case was transferred to [[Southwark Crown Court]], for trial on 21 March 2022 on a single count of sexual assault. At trial he denied accusations of dragging a 15-year-old boy upstairs, forcing the boy to drink alcohol and watch pornography, and groping the boy's groin.<ref name="sky23/5/2022">[https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-former-tory-mp-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-15-year-old-boy-12619474 Imran Ahmad Khan: Former Tory MP sentenced to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529175147/https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-former-tory-mp-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-15-year-old-boy-12619474 |date=29 May 2022 }} ''[[Sky news]]''</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Wakefield MP sexually assaulted boy at party, trial told |author= |work=BBC News |date=29 March 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60919867 |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329171730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60919867 |url-status=live }}</ref> The complainant called police after Ahmad Khan was elected to Parliament. The complainant's older brother gave evidence that at the same party the MP had asked if he was "a [[true Scotsman]]" and lifted his kilt, before "lunging" at him. Another witness at the trial described waking to find Ahmad Khan performing a sex act on him after a party in Pakistan in 2010 where the pair had drunk whisky and smoked marijuana.<ref name="auto"/>
On 11 April 2022 he was found guilty of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old boy, contrary to section 3 of the [[Sexual Offences Act 2003]],<ref name=BBC_conviction /><ref>{{cite news |last=Keane |first=Daniel |date=11 April 2022 |title=Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tory-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-a-15yearold-boy-b993783.html |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240603222457/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tory-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-a-15yearold-boy-b993783.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and jailed for 18 months on 23 May. Mr Justice [[Jeremy Baker]] said that the boy, who was particularly vulnerable, had been profoundly psychologically affected, that Ahmad Khan did not regret his assault, and that he had displayed significant brutality.<ref name="sky23/5/2022"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61549531 |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Ex-MP jailed for sex assault on teenage boy |date=23 May 2022 |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=BBC News |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523143337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61549531 |url-status=live }}</ref> The victim stated that he had found it hard to be touched, and his mental health was harmed, including suicidal thoughts.<ref name=hall/> Shortly after the trial Ahmad Khan was accused of having offered oral sex to a 16-year-old boy at a birthday party in Suffolk in 2015, and offering to take the youth to a hotel to use cocaine and hire a sex worker.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/15/man-accuses-imran-ahmad-khan-of-propositioning-him-when-he-was-16 |title=Man accuses Imran Ahmad Khan of propositioning him when he was 16 |first=Helen |last=Pridd |date=15 April 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
Ahmad Khan was expelled from the Conservative Party following the conviction.<ref name="fury">{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |last2=Selby |first2=Jenn |url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/11/imran-ahmad-khan-expelled-from-conservative-party |title=Blunt's criticism of Imran Ahmad Khan verdict sparks fury among MPs |date=11 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417161419/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/11/imran-ahmad-khan-expelled-from-conservative-party |url-status=live }}</ref> Ahmad Khan appealed against conviction and sentence,<ref>{{cite news|agency=PA|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fiona-onasanya-conservative-party-speaker-wakefield-house-of-commons-library-b2055915.html|title=Imran Ahmad Khan: What could happen to MP after his conviction?|date=11 April 2022|work=The Independent|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411211125/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fiona-onasanya-conservative-party-speaker-wakefield-house-of-commons-library-b2055915.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but the appeal was dismissed in December 2022.<ref>{{cite news| last=Bryant | first=Miranda | title=Ex-MP Imran Ahmad Khan loses appeal against sexual assault conviction |newspaper=The Guardian | date=5 December 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/dec/05/ex-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-loses-appeal-against-sexual-assault-conviction }}</ref> Conservative MP [[Crispin Blunt]], chair of the Parliamentary committee on LGBTQ+ rights, defended Ahmad Khan after the trial, but was criticised for his "disgraceful" comments on the conviction as a "dreadful miscarriage of justice" and an international scandal".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.sky.com/story/tory-crispin-blunt-criticised-for-disgraceful-comments-on-jury-conviction-of-fellow-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-12588367|title=Tory Crispin Blunt criticised for 'disgraceful' comments on jury conviction of fellow MP Imran Ahmad Khan|work=Sky News|date=12 April 2022|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412012127/https://news.sky.com/story/tory-crispin-blunt-criticised-for-disgraceful-comments-on-jury-conviction-of-fellow-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-12588367|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fury"/> Several members of the committee resigned in response to his statement;<ref name="fury" /> Blunt subsequently apologised and withdrew his comments.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61077747|title=Crispin Blunt apologises for defending sex offender MP Imran Ahmad Khan|work=BBC News|date=12 April 2022|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=13 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213162511/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61077747|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 5 December 2022, Imran Ahmad Khan lost an appeal at the Court of Appeal. Both appeals were dismissed by three senior judges. Dismissing the conviction appeal, [[Mr Justice Sweeney]], sitting with Dame [[Victoria Sharp]] and [[Thomas Linden|Mr Justice Linden]], said they had “no doubt” that the trial was fair and the conviction was safe.
The hearing was also attended by the Tory MP [[Crispin Blunt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-05 |title=MP Crispin Blunt confronted by sex abuse victim over support of Imran Khan |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-05/mp-crispin-blunt-confronted-by-sex-abuse-victim-over-support-of-imran-khan |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=ITV News |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105122000/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-05/mp-crispin-blunt-confronted-by-sex-abuse-victim-over-support-of-imran-khan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-05 |title=Ex-MP Imran Ahmad Khan loses appeal against sexual assault conviction |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/dec/05/ex-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-loses-appeal-against-sexual-assault-conviction |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Former MP loses appeal against sexual assault conviction |url=https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-former-mp-loses-appeal-against-sexual-assault-conviction-12762117 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105121959/https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-former-mp-loses-appeal-against-sexual-assault-conviction-12762117 |url-status=live }}</ref>
</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-05 |title=Ex-MP Imran Ahmad Khan loses appeal against sexual assault conviction |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/dec/05/ex-mp-imran-ahmad-khan-loses-appeal-against-sexual-assault-conviction |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: Former MP loses appeal against sexual assault conviction |url=https://news.sky.com/story/imran-ahmad-khan-former-mp-loses-appeal-against-sexual-assault-conviction-12762117 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
Ahmad Khan was released from prison on 21 February 2023, having served half of his eighteen -month sentence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corcoran |first=Sophie |date=21 February 2023 |title=Paedophile Wakefield Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan released from prison |work=Yorkshire Live |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/paedophile-wakefield-tory-mp-imran-26291162 |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230322060303/https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/paedophile-wakefield-tory-mp-imran-26291162 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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