Manjula Sood MBE

Upon qualifying as a teacher from Leicester University, Councillor Sood was a primary school teacher for almost 20 years which, was a benchmark at the time, as she was one of the first Asian female teachers in Leicester in 1973.

By a visit to her class by the then Secretary of Education, the Late Sir Keith Joseph.

Sood entered politicsbyh supporting her late husband, Councillor Paul Sood, in his political career. Paul was one of the first ethnic minority County Councillors in the country when he was elected in 1982 and served the citizens of Leicester for almost 14 years before his untimely death in 1996. Councillor Manjula Sood stood and won with an impressive majority at Paul’s by-election in October 1996, setting a precedent by becoming Leicester City’s first female Hindu Councillor.