Bayo Alaba
Adebayo Alaba is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Southend East and Rochford since 2024.
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.
Alaba is a former paratrooper. In 2024, he was airdropped to Normandy as part of the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
Prior to being an MP, he was a councillor for the Wanstead Park ward of Redbridge.
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.He is a member of the Fabian Society's executive committee.