Labour candidates Shabana Mahmood and Yasmin Qureshi were elected in the general election of 2010. Shabana Mahmood won the constituency for Birmingham Ladywood and Yasmin Qureshi was the candidate for Bolton South East. A record of 22 Asian women stood in that election for all three main parties. Shabana is a former Oxford graduate and barrister and stood against another female Asian candidate for the Conservatives, Nusrat Chani. Qureshi, a Pakistani-born criminal barrister was chosen from an open shortlist of six candidates.