Bayo Alaba

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Bayo Alaba
MP
Official portrait of Bayo Alaba MP 2024 Crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Southend East and Rochford
Assumed office
4 July 2024

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

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Early life and education

Alaba is from the Forest Gate area of London and of Nigerian descent. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing and Business from Coventry University in 1995. He later studied Social Politics the London School of Economics in 2011. [4]

Parliamentary Career

Alaba was elected as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 21st October 2024. [5]

Personal life

Alaba is married and is a father of three. [6] He is a landlord and owns seven rental properties. [7] Alaba doesn’t live in the constituency he has been elected to represent. Alaba is a former paratrooper. [8] In 2024, he was airdropped to Normandy as part of the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. [9]

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". Echo. December 2, 2023.
  4. Busari, Biodun (6 July 2024). "Four British-Nigerians who won UK parliament seats". Punch. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. "Parliamentary career for Mr Bayo Alaba - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  6. "Labour select candidate to fight to become new Southend MP when James Duddridge quits". Echo. 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  7. Gross, Anna; Pickard, Jim (23 August 2024). "New Labour MP is biggest landlord in House of Commons". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. "Tory's taunting tweet aimed at Southend Labour candidate sparks 'smearing' claims". Echo. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  9. Jones, Morgan (2024-06-09). "Rayner and Streeting hit out at Tory "smearing" of Labour candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-07-06.