Jessica Toale

Jessica Jade Toale is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West since 2024.

Career
Toale has worked as a foreign affairs and international development adviser to numerous organisations. She was a political adviser to Labour MP Ivan Lewis from 2011 to 2013, in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and later Northern Ireland. Toale co-founded the Labour Foreign Policy Group. In 2016, she was on the Labour shortlist for candidates in the 2016 Richmond Park by-election.

She was elected as a Member of Westminster City Council for West End in 2022, and subsequently appointed Deputy Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage and the Arts.

Toale was elected as MP for Bournemouth West at the 2024 general election, defeating incumbent Conor Burns to become its first non-Conservative representative. She had previously contested the Labour candidacy for the 2016 Richmond Park by-election without success.