Bobby Dean

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 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.

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.