Parliamentary Patron of Conservative Friends of Pakistan
Lord Syed Salah Kamall represented London as a Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party since 2005, and from 2013 to 2014 served as Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament. In June 2014, he became Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament, and Co-Chairman in July 2017, along with Ryszard Legutko.
Before entering the European Parliament, Kamall worked as a consultant to companies on marketing, strategy and public affairs. Kamall has been a member of the Conservatives since 1987 and has held various positions in the party since then. In May 2000, Kamall was a Conservative Candidate for the London Assembly. The following year, he was Conservative candidate for West Ham in the June 2001 General Election. He was placed fourth on the Conservative list in London for the 2004 European Parliament elections. The Conservatives won three seats and Kamall became a Member of the European Parliament in May 2005, after Theresa Villiers stepped down on being elected as an MP to the UK Parliament. In the European Parliament, he is a member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs, Legal Affairs and International Trade committees.