Bobby Dean

Last updated

2025–present
Councillor
Bobby Dean
MP
Bobby Dean MP portrait cropped.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Carshalton and Wallington
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024		 Leader of the House of Commons

Bobby Warren Dean [1] (born 1989 or 1990) [2] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington since 2024. [3]

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Early life

Dean is from Essex, where he was raised in a council house. His father was a scaffolder and his mother worked as a cleaner. [2] Dean attended Colchester Sixth Form College. He read International Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, graduating in 2011. He later completed a Master of Science (MSc) in Public Policy at University College London (UCL) in 2022. [4] [5]

Career

Dean runs his own small business advising charities tackling global poverty. [6] He has been a councillor on Sutton London Borough Council for The Wrythe ward since 2022. [6]

Before his election in 2024, Dean unsuccesfully contested the seat of Lewisham Deptford at both the 2017 and 2019 General Elections, coming third both times. [7]

Personal life

Dean moved to Deptford, South London in 2008. He now lives in Carshalton with his wife Gemma and their dog. [8]

References

  1. ↑ House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 Silverman, Rosa (8 June 2024). "Bellwether seat dispatch: Why the 'centrist dads' of Carshalton and Wallington want the Tories gone" . Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Carshalton and Wallington | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "LibDem's Bobby Dean: I am determined to Stop Brexit … my generation will be impacted most". Ladywell Live. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bobby Dean MP". Policy Mogul. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Lib Dems take Carshalton and Wallington from Conservatives". Your Local Guardian. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Lewisham Deptford parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News" . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Bobby Dean for Carshalton & Wallington". Sutton Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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