Tulip Siddiq at her 10-year celebration at the Sheriff Centre in West Hampstead with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her brother Mohammad and Cllr Sharon Hardwick

NAZANIN Zaghari-Ratcliffe was among the guests at a packed out party as Tulip Siddiq celebrated 10 years as an MP.

Scores of Labour party members at the Sherriff Centre in West Hampstead made up a turnout which her supporters said showed “she’s going nowhere”.

Her former Liberal Democrat opponent in the Hampstead and Highgate parliamentary constituency, Scott Emery, last month ruled himself out of standing for the seat again in a comment which cryptically suggested voters might be headed to the polls sooner than they might expect.

“Right now, the prospect of a by-election and selection commitments mean I can’t give Hampstead and Highgate the focus it deserves to challenge Labour,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives have plastered the front doors of their offices in Heath Hurst Road, Hampstead, with newspaper clippings relating to Ms Siddiq’s past properties and links to her aunt, former leader of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina – who was deposed in a coup last year after a 15-year rule during which her regime was regularly accused of human rights abuses.

The packed Sheriff Centre on Friday night

Ms Siddiq has denied any wrong-doing, been cleared by a parliamentary watchdog and accused prosecutors in Bangladesh of a politically motivated investigation against her.

She resigned from her Treasury minister job earlier in the year to avoid being a distraction but prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the door remains open for her to return.

There have been whispers that the negative publicity might make her think about stepping down at the next general election but friends said the turnout at the party on Saturday night showed this was wishful thinking from opponents and claimed there was no wavering among the local membership who presented her with one bunch of flowers after another.

In return she handed out certificates to people she felt had helped her.

Speakers on the stage included London Assembly member Anne Clarke, Mayor of Camden Eddie Hanson, in a personal capacity, wearing shorts rather than his mayoral chain, and long-term member David Offenbach, a former councillor.

Ms Siddiq was first elected as an MP in Hampstead and Kilburn in May 2015 after defending what had been one of the most marginal seats in the UK.

Her predecessor Glenda Jackson had left her with a majority of just 42 votes.

She has since won three more elections.

Eddie Hanson makes a speech

While the two Camden MPs are friends, Ms Siddiq told the room that Camden was an “island of friends” – a slight pushback on Mr Starmer’s recent comments on immigration.

She thanked Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe for attending.

The charity worker and writer from West Hampstead found herself at the centre of a global news story when she was locked up on spurious charges in Iran while visiting relatives in 2016.

While she suffered in a jail for more than five years, her family worked with Ms Siddiq to pressure the UK government to work harder to secure her release.

Father Jonathan Kester, the former vicar at Emmanuel Church, led a prayer at the party.