Bayo Alaba

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Bayo Alaba
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Southend East and Rochford
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byJames Duddridge
Majority4,027 (10.1%)
Member of Redbridge London Borough Council for Wanstead Park
In office
5 May 2022 – 17 September 2024
Personal details
PartyLabour
Alma mater

Adebayo Alaba[1] Listenⓘ is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend East and Rochford since 2024.[2][3]

Early life and career

Alaba is from the Forest Gate area of London and is of Nigerian descent.

He earned a bachelor's degree in manufacturing and business from Coventry University in 1995. He later studied social politics at the London School of Economics in 2011.[4]

Alaba is a former paratrooper.[5] In 2024, he was airdropped to Normandy as part of the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.[6]

Prior to being a MP, he was a councillor for the Wanstead Park ward of Redbridge.[7]

Parliamentary career

Alaba won the seat from the Conservatives with a 19% swing, the first time they had lost it since the seat was created in 1997. He was elected as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 21 October 2024.[8]

He is a member of the Fabian Society's executive committee.[9]

Personal life

Alaba is married and is a father of three.[10] He owns seven rental properties.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Southend East and Rochford results". BBC News.
  3. ↑ "Labour select candidate to fight to become new Southend MP when James Duddridge quits". Basildon Canvey and Southend Echo. 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Busari, Biodun (6 July 2024). "Four British-Nigerians who won UK parliament seats". Punch. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Tory's taunting tweet aimed at Southend Labour candidate sparks 'smearing' claims". Echo. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  6. ↑ Jones, Morgan (9 June 2024). "Rayner and Streeting hit out at Tory "smearing" of Labour candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  7. ↑ Mann, Sebastian (18 October 2024). "Bayo Alaba resignation as Wanstead councillor triggers vote". Ilford Recorder. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  8. ↑ "Parliamentary career for Mr Bayo Alaba – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  9. ↑ "Executive committee". Fabian Society. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  10. ↑ "Labour select candidate to fight to become new Southend MP when James Duddridge quits". Echo. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  11. ↑ Gross, Anna; Pickard, Jim (23 August 2024). "New Labour MP is biggest landlord in House of Commons". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  12. ↑ "Exclusive: How a Labour MP evicted a homeless mother of two". The Londoner. 22 November 2024.