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Festus Akinbusoye
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner
In office 13 May 2021 – 8 May 2024
Preceded by
Kathryn Holloway
Succeeded by
John Tizard
Personal details
Born
June 1978 (age 45) Lagos, Nigeria
Political party
Conservative
Education
City of Westminster College University of the Arts London (BSc) University of London (MSc)
Festus Akinbusoye (born June 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 to 2024. He was the first black Briton to serve as a Police and Crime Commissioner.
Akinbusoye stood as his party's candidate in the 2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election following the resignation of Nadine Dorries. He lost the by-election, coming in second place to the Labour candidate Alistair Strathern.[1] His loss in Mid Bedfordshire was the biggest swing from Conservative to Labour in any parliamentary by-election since 1945.[2]
The following year, Akinbusoye lost re-election as Police and Crime Commissioner.
^Rawlinson, Kevin (20 October 2023). "Labour takes Nadine Dorries' former seat in Mid Bedfordshire byelection". The Guardian.
^Lewis, Katy (26 June 2023). "Festus Akinbusoye: MP candidate to continue police role while canvassing". BBC News. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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