Bassam Mahfouz Explained

Honorific Prefix:Councillor
Bassam Mahfouz
Honorific-Suffix:AM
Office:Member of the London Assembly
for Ealing and Hillingdon
Term Start:6 May 2024
Predecessor:Onkar Sahota
Office1:Member of Ealing Council
for Northolt West End
Term Start1:5 May 2005
Birth Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality:British
Party:Labour
Predecessor1:Sophie Hosking

Bassam Mahfouz is a British politician serving as Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has served as a Member of Ealing Council since 2005.

Early life and education

Mahfouz was born in Beirut, Lebanon but fled the Lebanese civil war with his family aged four and settled in Northolt, London.[1] He attended St. Raphael's RC Primary School and Gunnersbury High School.[2]

Political career

Mahfouz was first elected to the Ealing London Borough Council in 2005 at the age of 24.[3] He unsuccessfully contested Northolt Mandeville in the 2002 election.

In 2006 election he was elected in Northolt West End ward. Mahfouz is currently serving as Cabinet Member for Safe and Genuinely Affordable Homes on the Ealing London Borough Council.[4]

In the 2010 United Kingdom general election he was the Labour candidate in Ealing Central and Acton but was defeated by Conservative candidate Angie Bray.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Bunder . Leslie . 22 April 2024 . Labour Party candidate Bassam Mahfouz on why he wants to be Ealing and Hillingdon London Assembly Member . Ealing.news . 4 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Bunder . Leslie . 2024-04-22 . Labour Party candidate Bassam Mahfouz on why he wants to be Ealing and Hillingdon London Assembly Member . 2024-05-04 . EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall. . en-US.
  3. News: Mistry . Ushma . 13 May 2005 . By-election win for Bassam . Ealing Times . 4 May 2024.
  4. Web site: . Councillor Bassam Mahfouz . 4 May 2024 . ealing.moderngov.co.uk . Ealing London Borough Council .
  5. Web site: BBC News Election 2010 Constituency Ealing Central & Acton . 2024-05-04 . news.bbc.co.uk.