Nesil Caliskan

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Nesil Caliskan (née Cazimoglu; born 1988) is a Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 2024. She also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Local Growth and Communities in 2026. Caliskan was born in a family of Turkish Cypriot descent and raised in Enfield, London. She was privately educated and attended Palmers Green High School. In 2010, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading, and graduated with a Master of Science degree in Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics in 2012. During her time at Reading University, Caliskan was vice president responsible for Democracy and Campaigns between 2010 and 2011, during which she participated in the 2010 United Kingdom student protests against increased tuition fees and spending cuts by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. Caliskan joined the Labour Party aged 15 years old and has campaigned for Labour in every election since 2004. From 2013 to 2015, Caliskan was Cabinet Support Officer in Haringey Council and from June to December 2015 a Parliamentary Researcher in the House of Commons and also had roles in the NHS from 2016 to 2018. In a by-election in May 2015, Caliskan was elected as a member of Enfield Council for the Jubilee ward. In May 2018, aged 29, Caliskan was elected Leader of Enfield Council after unexpectedly defeating incumbent Doug Taylor, who had led the council for eight years, becoming the first female and Turkish-Cypriot council leader in Enfield and the youngest female council leader in the country at the time.