Bim Afolami
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Bim Afolami MP FRSA |
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Official parliamentary portrait 2017
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Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden |
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Assumed office 9 June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Lilley |
| Majority | 12,031 (20.5%) |
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Abimbola Afolami 11 February 1986 Crowthorne, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Hetti |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Abimbola Afolami FRSA (born 11 February 1986) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hitchin and Harpenden constituency since winning the seat in the 2017 general election.
Afolami was born and raised in Crowthorne, Berkshire. His father is a Nigerian consultant doctor in the NHS, who came to the UK in his early twenties. He was educated at Bishopsgate School, Eton College and University College, Oxford where he studied modern history, was vice president of the Oxford Union Society and played football for the university.
Before he became an MP, he worked as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and then as a senior executive at HSBC.
Afolami unsuccessfully stood in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in the 2015 general election, where he achieved the best result for the Conservative Party since 1992. He was selected as the Conservative candidate for Hitchin and Harpenden constituency in the 2017 general election following the announcement that incumbent Peter Lilley was to stand down.
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