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Joanne McCartney

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Joanne McCartney
AM
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McCartney in 2024
7th Deputy Mayor of London
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 May 2016
MayorSadiq Khan
Preceded byRoger Evans
Member of the London Assembly
for Enfield and Haringey
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 2004
Preceded byNicky Gavron
Majority46,102 (28.1%)
Personal details
PartyLabour Co-operative
Children3
OccupationBarrister, politician

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 Khan as Mayor of London in 2016, McCartney has served as Statutory Deputy Mayor of London.

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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]

Political career

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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] Subsequently, she has retained her seat at the 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021[4] and 2024[5] elections.

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.[6]

She was a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority. She currently sits on the London Assembly's Environment Committee, Oversight Committee and Transport Committee.[7]

Since the election of Sadiq Khan as Mayor of London in 2016, McCartney has served as Statutory Deputy Mayor of London.[8] As Deputy Mayor, McCartney has led work on the Mayor of London's universal free school meals programme [9] and on the Young Londoners fund and worked to create "Early Years Hubs" for disadvantaged children.[10] As an Assembly Member, she has campaigned on rail devolution[11] upgrades to the Piccadilly Line[12] and child poverty.[13]

Personal life

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McCartney has three children, and was chair of governors at her local primary school.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "About me". Joanne McCartney AM. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hornsey & Wood Green Labour". www.hornseywoodgreenlabour.org.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Joanne McCartney - Assembly Member". London City Hall. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Enfield & Haringey results | London Elects". www.londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Enfield and Haringey results 2024 | London Elects". www.londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "2016 GLA Elections - Enfield & Haringey result | London Elects" (PDF). londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ "Joanne McCartney | London City Hall". www.london.gov.uk. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Sadiq Khan appoints Joanne McCartney as London's deputy mayor". London Citizen. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Joanne McCartney welcomes further free school meal funding for over 20,000 children in Enfield and Haringey | London City Hall".
  10. ↑ "Mayor launches Early Years Hubs to help most disadvantaged children | London City Hall". london.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Joanne McCartney: It's time to give more rail services to London Overground – just ask my constituents | OnLondon". onlondon.co.uk. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Piccadilly Line Signalling Upgrade | London City Hall". Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Publication from Joanne McCartney: Children - victims of austerity | London City Hall". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "Joanne McCartney – Hazelwood Schools". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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