Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East since the 1987 election. He has been the longest-serving Asian MP and has been the Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee since July 2007. He was appointed as a member of the Privy Council in June 2006.Vaz has had Parliamentary and Ministerial responsibilities.