Joanne McCartney

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] 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]

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