Cllr Bayo Alaba- Former Para, local councillor, community activist

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Veterans In Politics- Season 7, Episode 1- Councillor Bayo Alaba- The Parachute Regiment veteran on his work in the community, race, family values as well as his service as a local councillor.
Cllr Bayo Alaba is a former member of the Parachute Regiment. Fiercely proud of his Nigerian roots, he does not want to be simply known as just a 'black voice' but for his many other talents too. He's a marketeer, community activist, father, soldier and now a councillor.
Bayo speaks passionately and from the heart. He recollects his Nigerian London working class roots and how this has shaped him to be the man he is today. He's an inspiration.
Bayo is a Labour Councillor for Redbridge, former Parachute Regiment soldier, self-made businessman, school governor, youth mentor, charity trustee and one of the pioneers of east London’s (Shoreditch and Dalston) creative and night-time economy. Husband and father to three children.

In September 2021, he decided that he had had enough of underrepresentation at local level and misrepresentation at the national level. On 5th May 2022, he was part of a historic achievement as one of three black Redbridge labour councillors - the first ever elected to office within the Labour group.

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