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

Thomas John Hayes[1] is a British Labour Party politician who was elected MP for Bournemouth East in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Political career

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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 Council.[6] While campaigning in the Moordown ward in the May 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election, Hayes was caught on a doorbell camera removing a Green Party election leaflet.[7]

In the July general election he won the Bournemouth East constituency unseating the Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood.[8] He won with a majority of 5,479 votes.[9] 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.[10]

In November 2024, Hayes voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[11]

Personal life

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He is openly LGBT+.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Oxford City councillor resigns in bid for Bournemouth East seat". BBC News. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  3. ^ "Oxford's Zero Emission Zone pilot to begin in February". BBC News. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ "Labour councillor steps down as Deputy Leader for campaign in Greater Manchester". Oxford Mail. 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  5. ^ "Former Oxford City Council deputy leader chosen as Labour parliamentary candidate". Oxford Mail. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. ^ "Oxford City councillor resigns in bid for Bournemouth East seat". BBC News. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  7. ^ "Video shows Labour candidate 'remove rival party leaflet' from resident's letterbox". Bournemouth Echo. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  8. ^ "History made as Tom Hayes elected Bournemouth East MP". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  9. ^ "Bournemouth East - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  10. ^ "Bournemouth East MP Tom Hayes working to make town safer". BBC News. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  11. ^ "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading". Votes in Parliament. 29 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Number of out LGBTQ+ MPS falls following election". 5 July 2024.
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