Joanne McCartney
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| 7th Deputy Mayor of London | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2016 | |
| Mayor | Sadiq Khan |
| Preceded by | Roger Evans |
| Member of the London Assembly for Enfield and Haringey | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Nicky Gavron |
| Majority | 46,102 |
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| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Barrister, politician |
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Joanne McCartney is a British barrister and Labour and Co-operative Party politician. Since 2004, she has served as a member of the London Assembly, representing Enfield & Haringey. Following the election of Sadiq KhanasMayor of London in 2016, McCartney has served as Statutory Deputy Mayor of London.
Prior to her career in politics, Joanne McCartney worked as a barrister specialising in employment law. She also worked as an adjudicator for the Housing Ombudsman dealing with disputes between landlords and tenants.[1][2]
McCartney was elected councillor in the London Borough of Enfield in 1998, representing Edmonton and then Palmers Green.[citation needed]
She was elected to the London Assembly for Enfield and Haringey in the 2004 Assembly Elections and stood down as a councillor at the 2006 local elections.[3]
She was a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority As Deputy Mayor, McCartney has led work on the Mayor of London's universal free school meals programme [4] and on the Young Londoners fund and worked to create "Early Years Hubs" for disadvantaged children.[5] As an Assembly Member, she has campaigned on rail devolution[6] upgrades to the Piccadilly Line[7] and child poverty.[8]
McCartney won re-election in 2008 by approximately 1,400 votes. In the 2012 election, she increased her margins to 36,741 votes. In the 2016 election, she broke records by winning by a margin of 51,152 votes.[9]
Since the election of Sadiq KhanasMayor of London in 2016, McCartney has served as Statutory Deputy Mayor of London.[10]
McCartney has three children, and was chair of governors at her local primary school.[11]
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