Mr Bayo Alaba MP: votes, interests and costs
Mr Bayo Alaba represents Southend East and Rochford in the House of Commons for Independent.
Offices and committees
Mr Bayo Alaba sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6185daad66e9.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Mr Bayo Alaba, as the MP registered them: Shareholdings (3), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Latest registration 4 August 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Shares in Alaba Properties
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Alaba Properties
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Real estate company
Shares in StreetFestLive Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: StreetFestLive Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Lifestyle media company
Shares in Onit Events Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Onit Events Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Events Consultancy
- Managed by trust or delegated management: Delegated management company
Property in London
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: Flat
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with a family member
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 7
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £149,067 for Mr Bayo Alaba in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £17,609 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £149,067.45 |
| Office costs: spent | £17,609.11 |
| Accommodation: spent | £10,813.65 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £1,153.99 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Southend East and Rochford CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Communications Advisor (fixed term part time), Researcher (fixed term full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 409 votes by Mr Bayo Alaba in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 27 April 2026 to 11 September 2026. On 11 September 2026 Mr Bayo Alaba voted No on "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mr Bayo Alaba has tabled 10 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Transport and 3 other departments.
Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support young people into employment, education or training.
Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ask the Timms Review to establish a collaboration committee to consider how the Personal Independence Payment assessment can be improved for people living with terminal illnesses not able to …
Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Independent review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment Timms Review will consider how the Personal Independence Payment assessment could be improved for people who are (a) living …
Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in patient hospital discharges in Southend East and Rochford constituency.
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding Special Rules to all residents with a terminal illness diagnosis.
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of using bunker oil to power large ships on busy waterways on air quality.
Youth Centres: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase access to youth facilities in coastal communities.
Medicine: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve funding for (a) post-graduates and (b) all other medical students while they are doing mandatory university placements at hospitals.
Crossbows
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the (a) buying and (b) selling of crossbows.
Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help protect residents from excessive services charges.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a5585d69744d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Bayo Alaba.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 4,027 for Mr Bayo Alaba in Southend East and Rochford in July 2024, from 15,395 votes on a turnout of 56.5%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Southend East and Rochford figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.