Joanne McCartney explained

Joanne McCartney should not be confused with Joanne McCarthy (disambiguation).

Joanne McCartney
Honorific-Suffix:	AM
Office:	7th Deputy Mayor of London
1Blankname:	Mayor
1Namedata:	Sadiq Khan
Term Start:	9 May 2016
Predecessor:	Roger Evans
Office1:	Member of the London Assembly for Enfield and Haringey
Assembly1:	London
Term Start1:	10 June 2004
Majority1:	46,102
Predecessor1:	Nicky Gavron
Nationality:	British
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Children:	3
Occupation:	Barrister, 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.

Legal career

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

McCartney was elected councillor in the London Borough of Enfield in 1998, representing Edmonton and then Palmers Green.

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 Khan as Mayor of London in 2016, McCartney has served as Statutory Deputy Mayor of London.^[10]

Personal life

McCartney has three children, and was chair of governors at her local primary school.^[11]

External links

• Official site
• London Assembly profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: About me. 2011-09-18. Joanne McCartney AM. en. 2019-06-26.
2. Web site: Hornsey & Wood Green Labour. www.hornseywoodgreenlabour.org.uk. 2019-06-26.
3. Web site: Joanne McCartney - Assembly Member. 2016-01-04. London City Hall. en. 2019-06-26.
4. https://www.london.gov.uk/joanne-mccartney-welcomes-further-free-school-meal-funding-over-20000-children-enfield-and-haringey
5. Web site: Mayor launches Early Years Hubs to help most disadvantaged children | London City Hall. london.gov.uk. 2019-08-14.
6. Web site: Joanne McCartney: It's time to give more rail services to London Overground – just ask my constituents | OnLondon. 27 March 2019 . onlondon.co.uk. 2019-08-14.
7. https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/piccadilly-line-signalling-upgrade-0
8. Web site: Publication from Joanne McCartney: Children - victims of austerity | London City Hall. london.gov.uk. 2019-08-14.
9. Web site: 2016 GLA Elections - Enfield & Haringey result | London Elects. londonelects.org.uk. 2019-08-14.
10. Web site: Sadiq Khan appoints Joanne McCartney as London's deputy mayor. 2016-07-11. London Citizen. en-GB. 2019-06-26.
11. Web site: Joanne McCartney – Hazelwood Schools. en-US. 2019-06-26.