Anas was born and brought up in Glasgow and is the youngest of four siblings. He studied at Glasgow University and worked in NHS as a dentist. He lives in the city with his wife and young son.

Anas has been an active member of the Labour Party since the age of 16, and was the No.1 Glasgow Regional List candidate at the 2007 Scottish elections. He was also a member of the Party's Scottish Policy Forum.

Anas has been involved in several community based programmes and campaigns. In 1999 he campaigned with other party members and local people to get 80,000 signatures to save the Govan shipyard, he remains committed to fighting for investment and jobs in the City.

He was the founder and co-ordinator of Y-Vote, a political platform for young people which used a mix of music and political education to engage young people into the political process. Y-Vote held their first major event at the Carling Academy on March 29th 2007 which attracted an audience of almost 1,000 young people.

On the 10th September 2007, Anas was selected to be Labour's candidate for Glasgow Central at the next General Election.

Since his selection Anas has been involved in several key campaigns. He has been working with other colleagues demanding tougher measure on knife crime with a simple message – Carry a Knife, Go to Jail. Also after the shocking scrappage of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link, which would have created up to 1300 jobs, by the Scottish Government he has been calling for a Fairer Deal for Glasgow and demanding that the SNP Stop Ripping Off Glasgow.

Anas Sarwar was recognised as a Future Political Force at the YSME Awards held at the Scottish Parliament in 2008 and was named as the Scottish Sun’s Best New Scottish Politician 2009 at the Scottish Variety Awards.

He will seek to gain your trust and will be your accessible, full-time MP – your strong voice in Parliament.

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