About Samia
Samia is a Conservative Party activist based in London. Samia's upbringing shaped her values. Her father was a refugee who fled the civil war in Somalia. He was a bus driver, and her mother was a cleaner.
She was born in Barnet and spent most of her life in Tower Hamlets. Samia’s experiences in Tower Hamlets, where she saw firsthand the damaging consequences of sectarianism and identity politics, motivated her to enter politics.
Samia believes in a smaller state, lower taxes, strong borders, and personal responsibility. She wants to build a society and a free-market economy where people can, through hard work and opportunity, take ownership of their lives and achieve their goals with minimal intervention from the state.
After she graduated from University, Samia worked in schools across London for the education charity IntoUniversity and its partner charity, The Clement James Centre. She was supporting children and young people in schools across London to aspire and achieve.
Samia previously worked as a Parliamentary Researcher for Rt Hon. Gillian Keegan, former Education Secretary and Member of Parliament for Chichester. She stood in the 2024 General Election as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Queen's Park and Maida Vale.
Samia now works for a trade association in the City of London, working on general insurance, climate change, regulation, and investment. She is the founding Chairman of the Stratford and Bow Conservative Association, Vice Chair of the school board for a secondary school in East London, and was recently appointed as National Chairman of Conservative Young Women.