"The daughter of Egyptian parents who had fled their country in the 1960s, Ms Cunningham was born at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. She has spoken of her parents renovating properties and setting up a small hotels business, as they wanted to embrace full Britishness, British values and British culture. Ms Cunningham embraced right-wing politics from a young age - she told The i in September last year that she grew up in a very political house."
"Ms Cunningham is a Muslim and a mother of seven children, having four children from a ten-year marriage which ended in divorce, and subsequently remarrying a man with two existing children and having a further son with him. She has described experiencing constant racist and misogynistic abuse online, telling the i: It doesn't affect me Because maybe I've worked in the criminal justice system, I grew up in London like, it's awful, of course, but I just, I just brush it aside."
Ms Cunningham will lead Reform's campaign across London as the party aims to use the May local elections to position itself to take control in 2028. She framed the mayoral race as a binary choice against Sir Sadiq Khan, who has not yet declared a fourth-term bid. Born in Paddington to Egyptian parents who fled in the 1960s, she grew up with parents who renovated properties and operated small hotels. She embraced right-wing politics early, worked as a Crown Prosecution Service lawyer, and has stood in multiple local and London Assembly contests, winning a council seat in 2022. She is a Muslim and mother of seven who reports persistent racist and misogynistic abuse online.
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