Emma Best (politician) explained

Emma Best
Honorific Suffix:AM
Office1:Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
in the London Assembly
Termstart1:2 May 2023
Predecessor1:Peter Fortune
Office2:Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide
Termstart2:6 May 2021
Party:Conservative Party
Birth Date:1991 3, df=y
Birth Place:London, England
Leader1:Neil Garratt

Emma Dawn Best (born 23 March 1991) is a British politician who has been deputy leader of the Conservatives in the London Assembly since May 2023, and a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2021.[1]

Political career

She is currently a councillor on Waltham Forest Borough Council where she is Leader of the Conservative Group.

She served as a councillor in Redbridge for the Church End ward between 2014 and 2018.

In 2021, she stood in the North East London constituency, coming third. She was also on the party's London-wide list and elected through that.

In the 2022 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, she was elected in Endlebury ward.[2]

Best was elected as Deputy Leader of the London Assembly Conservative Group in May 2023.[3]

Personal life

Best is openly gay.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Full results for the 2021 Mayor of London and London Assembly elections. 9 May 2021. This Is Local London. en.
  2. Web site: Munro . Victoria . 2023-02-24 . Thousands in council cash for Chingford area spent 'outside the ward' . 2023-06-15 . Waltham Forest Echo . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Conservatives choose new City Hall leader. 2 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Openly gay South Woodford councillor talks about the struggle for equality. 18 February 2016.

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