Molly Samuel-Leport

Molly Irene Samuel-Leport MBE (born 12 September 1961) is a British karateka,[2] community leader and political candidate.

Samuel-Leport received the 1989 Sunday Times International Sports Woman of the Year and 1987 Jamaican Jubilee Award for Excellence.

[3][4] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to karate.

[7] At the 2017 general election, she was selected again to contest the seat where she finished in second again, increasing her vote share to 14.1%.

She stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Brent and Harrow for the 2021 London Assembly election, coming second, and as a Conservative Party candidate for Upper Walthamstow ward in the 2022 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, coming fourth in the two-member ward.