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Tom Hayes
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Bournemouth East
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byTobias Ellwood
Majority5,479 (12.2%)
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Tom Hayes 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.[1] He was Deputy council Leader and zero carbon cabinet member in charge of the zero emission zone.[2] 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.[3]

In March 2023, he was selected as Labour's Prospective parliamentary candidate for Bournemouth East.[4] While campaigning in Moordown ward in the 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election, Hayes was caught on a doorbell camera removing a Green Party election leaflet.[5] He won the seat, gaining it from the Conservative candidate Tobias Ellwood.[6]

He is openly LGBT+.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oxford City councillor resigns in bid for Bournemouth East seat". BBC News. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ "Oxford's Zero Emission Zone pilot to begin in February". BBC News. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  3. ^ "Labour councillor steps down as Deputy Leader for campaign in Greater Manchester". Oxford Mail. 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ "Oxford City councillor resigns in bid for Bournemouth East seat". BBC News. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  5. ^ "Video shows Labour candidate 'remove rival party leaflet' from resident's letterbox". Bournemouth Echo. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ^ "Bournemouth East - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  7. ^ "Number of out LGBTQ+ MPS falls following election".
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