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Ethnic group

Ethnic group

Somalis in the United Kingdom include British citizens and residents born in or with ancestors from Somalia. The United Kingdom (UK) is home to the largest Somali community in Europe, with 109,567 Somali-born immigrants residing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the time of the 2021 census and 1,313 in Scotland at the time of its 2022 census. The majority of these live in England, with the largest number found in London. Smaller Somali communities exist in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Cardiff.

The earliest Somali immigrants in the UK were lascars and merchants who arrived in the 19th century. A second small group of seamen came during the Second World War with the Royal Navy from the British Somaliland (present-day Somaliland). During the 1980s and 1990s, the civil war in Somalia led to a large number of Somali immigrants, comprising the majority of the current Somali population in the UK.

British Somalis are one of the largest Muslim communities in the UK.

Notable British Somalis include notable sports figures, filmmakers, activists and local politicians. They have also established business networks and media organisations.

History and settlement

The Somali community in the UK includes British citizens, refugees, asylum seekers, persons granted exceptional leave to remain, irregular migrants, and Somalis who have moved to Britain after being granted refugee status in other European states. Most Somalia-born residents in England and Wales hold a UK passport.

According to the 2011 Census, 36 per cent of Somali-born residents of England and Wales arrived in the UK during the 1990s. The majority (57 per cent) arrived after 2001, with around 25 per cent arriving between 2001 and 2003.

Early migration

The United Kingdom has historically been tied closely to Somal

Pundits knew former Labour justice minister Sadiq Khan was likely to become the first Muslim and politician of colour to rule London, despite the dog whistle Islamophobia of his desperate Tory rival.

But the shock success of Black candidate Marvin Rees in Bristol came from under the radar - yet Sunday newspaper coverage of it the following day was little to none. They preferred a perceived "attack" on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn by Khan.

The-Latest.Com, anticipating Rees's possible political earthquake, went with top photographer Kofi Allen to follow him on his last day of campaigning.

Rees, 44, gave up his job as a health service manager to run for mayor. A former BBC radio journalist, he is a smart, shaven-headed son of a Jamaican migrant who came to Britain as a 12-year-old, and a white, working class Bristolian retired nursery nurse.

The city, in whose run down St Pauls African Caribbean neighbourhood he grew up poor, has a progressive political record as well as a shameful slave port past. Of its four MPs, three are Labour women. And icon of the British parliamentary left, Tony Benn, was once a Bristol MP.

In 1980, years of police harassment of Black people came to a head when officers raided St Pauls' Black and white cafe sparking an uprising that was the precusor to others that ravaged English inner cities the following year.

Now Bristol has a powerful boss who is Britain's first directly elected Black mayor. Respected Jamaican Labour councillor Jim Williams made history when he became the city's Lord Mayor in 1990, but his post was ceremonial rather than political.

Cllr Afzal Shah, a Pakistani Kashmiri, an enthusiastic Rees supporter who rallied Muslims to vote for him, said: “This is a great day for diversity in Britain: Sadiq in London and Marvin in Bristol. I'm very hopeful for the future.”

Law graduate Shah had previously unsuccessfully

Local election in Bristol, England

The 2024 Bristol City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected all 70 councillors to the Bristol City Council for a four-year term.

Until this election the council was led by the directly-elected Mayor of Bristol; that post was abolished following a 2022 referendum which saw 59% of voters in favour of replacing the mayoral system with a committee system. Prior to the election the council was under no overall control. The Green Party were the largest party, but the mayoralty was held by Marvin Rees of the Labour Party and all the cabinet positions were held by Labour.

Following the election the council remained under no overall control. The Greens remained the largest party and increased their number of seats, but fell two seats short of winning an overall majority. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024, Green councillor Tony Dyer was appointed to the re-established position of leader of the council (which had been abolished on the creation of the directly elected mayoralty in 2012). Policy committee chair positions were shared amongst the Greens and Liberal Democrats.

Background

Following the previous election, which was held in 2021, the council was in no overall control, though was run by the Mayor Marvin Rees and an all Labour cabinet. In the intervening 3 years, four by-elections occurred, seeing the Green Party gain one seat from the Liberal Democrats with no other change to the political makeup of the council.