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Parminder Jawanda

Played by Lolita Chakrabarti

Pagford Parish Councillor and GP Parminder is married to Vikram, with whom she has a teenage daughter, Sukhvinder. Her tendency to expound at length on social issues has made her unpopular with some of the residents of Pagford, especially and .

Parminder is close to both and and campaigns madly alongside them to save Sweeetlove House from being turned into a hotel and spa. Sweetlove House is a community centre that serves the Fields, the local council estate, and is part of a legacy left to Pagford by a philanthropical ancestor of the current generation of Sweetloves, Julia and Audrey.

About Lolita Chakrabarti

Lolita Chakrabarti's television credits include The Smoke for Sky, , The Other Child, Vera, , and .

Film credits include Juan Carlo Fresnadillo’s Intruders and Roger Michell’s Venus.

In theatre, Lolita’s previous work includes Last Seen at the Almeida Theatre, The Great Game at the Tricycle Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham’s Free Outgoing at the Royal Court Theatre, John Gabriel Borkman directed by Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse and The Waiting Room at the National Theatre.

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