Tom Hayes | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tobias Ellwood |
| Majority | 5,479 (12.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Thomas John Hayes [1] is a British Labour Party politician who was elected MP for Bournemouth East in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
Hayes was councillor for St Clements ward on Oxford City Council from 2014 to 2024. [2] He was Deputy council Leader and zero carbon cabinet member in charge of the zero emission zone. [3] He stood down from this role in order to be a Labour candidate in the 2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election but was not shortlisted. [4]
In December 2022,he was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the 2024 United Kingdom general election for Bournemouth East. [5]
In March 2023,he resigned his seat on Oxford City. [6]
In the July general election he won the Bournemouth East constituency unseating the Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood. [7] He won with a majority of 5,479 votes. [8] After being elected he said he plans to work with police to make Bournemouth safer following concerns the town is "particularly" unsafe for women and girls. [9]
In November 2024,Hayes voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [10] In January 2025,Hayes held a debate in Parliament on the provision of playgrounds by local authorities,where he called for the government to implement the first National Play Strategy since 2008. [11] [12]
Hayes grew up in Salford. He attended All Hallows R.C. High School and Pendleton College before studying Politics and Modern History at the University of Manchester. He graduated with an M.Phil in International Studies at the University of Cambridge before becoming a Fox International Fellow in International and Area Studies at Yale University. [13]
He was Chief Executive of Oxford Living Wage employer mental health,domestic abuse,and homelessness charity Elmore Community Services. [14] At the charity,he helped develop mental health services for older adults during the pandemic,and third-sector mental health support for NHS personality disorder services. [15] [16]
