Kevin Bonavia
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Kevin Bonavia | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Stevenage | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen McPartland |
| Majority | 6,618 (15.5%) |
| Member of Lewisham London Borough Council for Blackheath | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 5 May 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1977 (age 48) Rabat, Malta |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | Eltham College |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham (BA) |
| Website | www |
Kevin Bonavia (born August 1977) is a British Labour Party politician serving as a Member of Parliament for Stevenage since 2024.[1] He has worked as a lawyer and served as a member of the Lewisham London Borough Council from 2010 to 2022.
Bonavia was born to a Maltese father and a Scottish mother.[2] Born in Rabat, Malta, he moved to England at age eight.[3] He attended the private Eltham College on a bursary and graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History, then completed a postgraduate diploma at the University of Law.[4]
Before entering politics, he worked as a litigator[5] and at Steel & Shamash solicitors, where he acted for the Labour Party, MPs and councillors on a range of matters, including advising candidates on electoral law issues during the 2005 General Election campaign. He was a youth officer in Birmingham Edgbaston, Greenwich & Woolwich and Lewisham East Constituency Labour Parties.[6] In 2004-05, Bonavia was Chair of the Young Fabians, a socialist society affiliated with the Labour Party.[7]
