Bayo Alaba

Bayo Alaba is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Southend East and Rochford since 2024. Of Nigerian descent and raised in London, Alaba is a former paratrooper who later transitioned into local politics, serving as a councillor for the Wanstead Park ward in Redbridge. He holds degrees in manufacturing and business from Coventry University and social politics from the London School of Economics. In Parliament, he is a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and serves on the executive committee of the Fabian Society.