Personal Life and Family
Malik is divorced. Although over a hundred MP's employed family members in their offices Malik is the only MP to have employed his father.
Malik won the Parliamentary pool championship for three years running between 2006 and 2008, becoming the only MP to have ever retained the trophy. Prize money for the championship must be donated to charity and Malik donated his winnings, £4,500, to organisations in his constituency. After his 2008 victory he withdrew from the competition, saying: "A good champion knows when to hang up his cue and I honestly am starting to feel a bit guilty about winning all the time."
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