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Five Labour
Councillors have defected to the Conservatives to back Tony Lit's
campaign
Southhall, UK, July 10, 2007
Devinder Kaur Gill
NRI Piara Khabra, Member of Parliament for Ealing
Southhall, Party Labour, died on June 19, 2007 and the Conservatives
of UK party have announced the selection of local businessman Tony
Lit, 34 as the Party's candidate to fight the forthcoming Ealing
Southall by-election held on July 19, 2007
The constituency Ealing or Southall, has the second
largest Asian community (97% non-whitein) in the country
Five Labour councillors - Gurcharan Singh, Manjit
Singh, Maninder Kaur Keith, Jarnail Singh Jandu and Jagdish Gupta;
Dr Gulbash Singh-an independent candidate in the by-election,, has
also now joined Tony Lit's campaign and pledged his support to the
Conservatives. Baldev and Surinder Arora who have been Labour Party
members for forty years signed their party membership forms and
backed Tony Lit to be the next MP.
Tony Lit said: "I'm delighted to be the Conservative Party
candidate for Ealing Southall. Under David Cameron's leadership
this is a party that recognises people from all backgrounds. I look
forward to working hard for the people of Ealing and Southall, a
community I have served for 10 years as a local business leader
and volunteer on Southall regeneration projects."
Jason Stacey, Leader of Ealing Borough Council, said: "Tony
is a great local candidate, known in both Ealing and Southall. He
will be a real asset as an MP, standing up for the local community."
One media paper said, "Lit's wealthy and influential father
stood in 2001 as a "Sunrise" candidate and managed to
beat the LibDems into fourth, so hopefully his son will bring a
similar following with him"
Who is Tony Lit?
In his business directorships, he is sometimes Tony Surinderpal
Lit, usually Surinderpal Singh Lit, and only occasionally (when
working with Himalaya Shows, Events and Exhibitions Ltd) is he Tony
Lit.
- He has worked in the community for 10 years, running a radio
station and one of the UK’s youngest Managing Directors
of a commercial Sunrise Radio station.
- Sunrise Radio launched in 1989 and became the highest rated
Asian radio station in the UK and the highest listening station
(14.4 hours per week) in London. He has increased turnover
for the station from £2.8 million to £4.8 million.
- He had abided by the Sunrise Radio values - never shortchange
the public. He delivered a show that is excellent value for
money and if visitors are spending a pound, they should be
receiving at least two pounds worth of product and service
if not more.
- He is a media magnate, entrepreneur and show director, has numerous
outstanding achievements and board member of many leading organisations
- He is ambassador for the Olympics 2012 bid and an oracle in
the Asian media industry.
- Tony picked up the highly sought-after award for Marketing Excellence
at the NTL Commercial Radio Awards 2004
- In July 2004, he launched the show that received huge acclaim
and became the biggest show, in terms of revenue and attendance
figures, to be staged at the Olympia since the days of the Clothes
Show. The show has also been nominated for ‘Best Launch
Show’ at this year’s AEO (Association of Exhibition
Organizers) Excellence Awards, which took place on 1st July 2005
and over 40,000 people attended
- He became the youngest General Manager of Moss Bros men’s
wear at the flagship Regent St store in London at the age of 23
- Tony joined Sunrise Radio in the autumn of 1998 as Commercial
Director and was appointed Managing Director in January 2003.
He is married with three children, one year old twins Cameron and
Selina, and three-year old Sofia. He is a keen player and supporter
of football, and a member of West Ham United. In addition, Tony
is director of the popular Asian Lifestyle Show - a massive annual
exhibition of Asian culture and entertainment.
Tony’s inspiration has been his father, Avtar Lit, the founder
of Sunrise Radio. Despite achievements through his own tenacity,
Tony feels he still has a long way to go before he can emulate his
father’s success.

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