Peter Babudu, Baron Babudu

The Right Honourable
The Lord Babudu
Official portrait, 2026
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
16 January 2026
Personal details
PartyLabour
Alma mater

Peter Bonyiah Babudu, Baron Babudu is a British politician and executive.

Early life

Babudu grew up off Friary Road in South London. He attended St Francis Catholic Primary School and then St Thomas the Apostle School.[1] He graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Lincoln College, Oxford and a Master of Science (MSc) in Development Studies from Birkbeck, University of London.[2]

Career

Babudu is executive director of Impact on Urban Health.[3] He is a member of Lincoln College Oxford's Anti-Racism Commission.[4] He was chair of the Blagrave Trust.[5]

Babudu was councillor for Rye Lane ward on Southwark London Borough Council.[6] In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he applied to be a candidate in Camberwell and Peckham to succeed Harriet Harman.[1] He was given a life peerage in December 2025 as part of the 2025 Political Peerages; he was created as Baron Babudu, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark on 16 January 2025.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Russell, Herbie (8 September 2022). "Exclusive: Former Rye Lane councillor Peter Babudu launches bid to become Camberwell and Peckham's next MP". Southwark News. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Peter Babadu". Lincoln College Oxford. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Peter Babudu — Centre for Young Lives". www.centreforyounglives.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2025-09-08. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  4. ↑ "Peter Babudu | Lincoln College Oxford". lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Welcoming our new Chair and a new trustee to Blagrave!". www.blagravetrust.org. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  6. ↑ "Fellow Spotlight: Peter Babudu". On Purpose. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  7. ↑ "Political Peerages December 2025". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  8. ↑ "No. 64971". The London Gazette. 22 January 2026. p. 970.
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