Shockat is a healthcare professional who runs an award-winning optical practice and has seen first hand the crisis in the NHS.
He stands for the liberation of the Palestinian people from oppression and has declared that "we must ensure that those who turned their back on one of the greatest injustices in modern times are told loud and clear we have turned our backs on them".
He is also campaigning on the cost of living crisis, lack affordable housing, youth unemployment, supporting local business and the climate emergency.