Monday, 12 August 2024

2364 Josh Babarinde

 


Constituency : Eastbourne 2024-?

Josh  easily  recaptured  Eastbourne  from  the  Tories. He  is  a  former  pupil of  Caroline  Ansdell, the  woman  he  unseated

Josh was  born  in  Eastbourne  and  studied  politics  and  government  at  the  L.S.E. After  graduating he  won  a  place  on  a  social  enterprise  fellowship. He  founded  Cracked  It , a  social  enterprise  using  young  offenders  to  repair  smart phones. It  won  Social  Enterprise  Of  The  Year  Awards  and  led  to his  appoiuntment  as Head of  Learning and  Innovation at  the  SChool for  Social  Entrepreneurs in  2020. In  the  same  year  he  was  awrded  an OBE.

In  2019 . he  stood  in  Bethnal Green and  Bow, doubling the Liberal Democrat vote  and  moving them from fourth  to  third  in  the  seat.. He  was  a  district  councillor between 2021 and  2023, stepping  down  to  concentrate on  his  parliamentary  campaign.

Josh  is  gay.

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