Bobby Dean (politician)

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| honorific_prefix = Councillor

| name = Bobby Dean

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Bobby Dean MP portrait cropped.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| parliament = United Kingdom

| constituency_MP = Carshalton and Wallington

| term_start = 4 July 2024

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| predecessor = Elliot Colburn

| successor =

| majority = 7,905 (16.9%)

| office1 = Member of Sutton London Borough Council for The Wrythe

| term_start1 = 9 May 2022

| term_end1 =

| birth_name = Bobby Warren Dean

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| party = Liberal Democrat

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Bobby Warren Dean[https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/88152/Pdf?subType=Standard House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington since 2024.{{Cite web |title=Carshalton and Wallington {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/carshalton-and-wallington-132 |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}

Early life

Dean was born in a council house in Essex. His father was a scaffolder and his mother worked as a cleaner.{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Rosa |date=2024-06-08 |title=Bellwether seat dispatch: Why the 'centrist dads' of Carshalton and Wallington want the Tories gone|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/08/bellwether-carshalton-wallington-tactical-voting-lib-dems/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Sunday Telegraph |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ladywell-live.org/2019/11/30/libdems-bobby-dean-i-am-determined-to-stop-brexit-my-generation-will-be-impacted-most/|title=LibDem's Bobby Dean: I am determined to Stop Brexit … my generation will be impacted most|website=Ladywell Live|date=30 November 2019|accessdate=9 July 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://policymogul.com/stakeholders/16174/bobby-dean|title=Bobby Dean MP|website=Policy Mogul|accessdate=9 July 2024}}

Career

Dean runs his own small business advising charities tackling global poverty.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Lib Dems take Carshalton and Wallington from Conservatives |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/24433107.general-election-2024-new-mp-carshalton-wallington/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Your Local Guardian |language=en}} He has been a councillor on Sutton London Borough Council for The Wrythe ward since 2022.

Personal life

Dean moved to Deptford, South London in 2008. He now lives in Carshalton with his wife Gemma and their dog.{{Cite web|url=https://www.suttonlibdems.org.uk/bobby|title=Bobby Dean for Carshalton & Wallington|website=Sutton Liberal Democrats|accessdate=9 July 2024}}