![Maltese Born Kevin Bonavia Elected In UK Election](https://maltadaily.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bonweb.jpg)
Malta-born Kevin Bonavia has been elected to the UK House of Commons as a Labour Party candidate. He won the seat in the north London constituency of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, which had been under Conservative control since 2010.
Bonavia secured 17,698 votes, defeating Conservative candidate Alex Clarkson, who received 11,080 votes.
Labour achieved a landslide victory in Thursday’s elections, with projections indicating they will secure over 400 seats.
View this post on Instagram
After his victory was announced, Bonavia expressed that it was the “honour of his life” to be elected and pledged to restore the MP role to its core purpose of service.
Bonavia, 46, was born in Malta and spent his early years in Rabat, where he helped his father with a beachside business renting umbrellas and boats.
At age 8, he moved to the UK, where his father worked as a cab driver before his parents started a café and a video rental store. In his victory speech, Bonavia thanked his parents for teaching him the value of hard work and helping others.
Stevenage has been a constituency since 1983. It was held by the Conservatives for 14 years until Labour’s Tony Blair won a landslide victory in 1997, when Barbara Follett replaced Tim Wood as MP. Bonavia now takes over from outgoing Tory MP Stephen McParland.
#MaltaDaily