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Festus Akinbusoye

1978–

United Kingdom

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Festus Kehinde Akinbusoye (born June 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who is councillor for Abbey Road Ward on Westminster City Council and 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.

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