Draft:Kanishka Narayan

Kanishka Narayan (born c.1991) is a British Labour party politician elected as Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan constituency in the general election held on 4 July 2024.

Early life and education
Narayan was born in Bihar, India. His family moved to Cardiff when he was 12 years old and he grew up in the city. He spend one year at Cathays High School, but then went to the Eton College in Berkshire with help of a scholarship. He studied PPE at Oxford University, before gaining an MBA from Stanford University in the USA.

Narayan says he joined the Labour Party when he was 18.

Career
Narayan was a civil servant in the Cabinet Office under David Cameron and also at the Environment Department under Liz Truss. He has also worked in the private sector giving financial advice to businesses.

Narayan has also volunteered with the Citizens Advice and The Trussel Trust.

2024 general election
In 2023 Narayan moved from Cardiff to live on the Waterfront in Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan, a couple of weeks after being selected as the Labour candidate for the Vale of Glamorgan constituency.