Bobby Dean

Bobby Dean
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Carshalton and Wallington
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byElliot Colburn
Majority7,905 (16.9%)
Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2025
LeaderEd Davey
Preceded byMarie Goldman
Member of Sutton London Borough Council for The Wrythe
In office
2022–2026
Personal details
BornBobby Warren Dean
(1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 36)
PartyLiberal Democrat
Education

Bobby Warren Dean (born 1989 or 1990) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington since 2024.

Early life

Dean is from Essex, where he was raised in a council house. His father was a scaffolder and his mother worked as a cleaner. He attended Colchester Sixth Form College and went on to 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. He has Indian heritage, with his maternal grandparents moving from Calcutta to Croydon in the 1960s.

Career

Dean ran his own small business advising charities tackling global poverty. He was a councillor on Sutton London Borough Council for The Wrythe ward between 2022 and 2026.

Dean contested Lewisham Deptford at both the 2017 and 2019 General Elections, coming third both times.

On 1 October 2025, Dean was appointed to the frontbench team of Ed Davey as the Commons Business spokesperson, shadowing the Leader of the House of Commons in government. He sits on the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee and was a leading voice on the motor finance scandal. He has challenged the Government on its failure to fund repairs and redevelopment of St Helier Hospital in his constituency, which he supports in its other campaigns.

Dean is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax; Hong Kong; and Tamils. He is a recognised environmental campaigner, defending the River Wandle, London's main surviving chalk stream that was in 2025 polluted by sewage plant overflows and an oil spill.

Personal life

Dean moved to Deptford, South London in 2008. He now lives in Carshalton with his wife Gemma, their daughter (born in 2026 at St Helier Hospital) and their dog.

References

  1. 1 2 "People". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 Silverman, Rosa (8 June 2024). "Bellwether seat dispatch: Why the 'centrist dads' of Carshalton and Wallington want the Tories gone". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Carshalton and Wallington | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "LibDem's Bobby Dean: I am determined to Stop Brexit … my generation will be impacted most". Ladywell Live. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Bobby Dean MP". Policy Mogul. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Lib Dems take Carshalton and Wallington from Conservatives". Your Local Guardian. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Lewisham Deptford parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News". Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bobby Dean - Parliamentary career". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Treasury Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Makortoff, Kalyeena (27 September 2025). "FCA faces battle over £1m ad campaign rejecting car loan claims firms". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Prime Minister - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  13. ↑ newsdesk (9 April 2025). "MP to abseil St Helier Hospital for local NHS charity". South West Londoner. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "APPG officer roles for Bobby Dean - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Power List 2024 - Politicians: Bobby Dean". www.endsreport.com. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Wandle: River At Risk". Wandle: River At Risk. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "Diesel leak in Croydon pollutes river Wandle in Mitcham area". BBC News. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Bobby Dean for Carshalton & Wallington". Sutton Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 9 July 2024.