Narayan says he joined the Labour Party when he was 18.[3]
Career
Narayan was a civil servant in the Cabinet Office under David Cameron and also at the Environment Department under Liz Truss.[1] He has also worked in the private sector giving financial advice to businesses.[6]
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.[1]
Narayan gained the Vale of Glamorgan seat in the July 2024 general election, becoming Wales' first ethnic minority MP. The BBC described it as "one of the most significant developments since Lady Megan Lloyd George became the first woman MP from Wales, back in 1929".[7][8]