What is Joanne McCartney?
[[File:Joanne McCartney 2018.jpg|thumb|right|220px]] '''Joanne McCartney''' is a British lawyer and a [[co-operative Party]] [[politician]]. She is a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. Since 2004, she has served as a member of the [[London Assembly]], representing [[Enfield_and_Haringey_(London_Assembly_constituency)|Enfield & Haringey]]. Following the election of [[Sadiq Khan]] as [[Mayor of London]] in 2016, McCartney became [[Mayor of London|Statutory Deputy Mayor of London]]. Prior to her career in politics, McCartney worked as a lawyer in [[labor law]]. She also served as a judge for the [[Housing Ombudsman]] handling disputes between landlords and tenants. McCartney was elected as a councilor in the [[London Borough of Enfield]] in 1998, representing [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] and then [[Palmers Green]]. McCartney was elected to the London Assembly for [[Enfield and Haringey (London Assembly constituency)|Enfield and Haringey]] in the [[2004 London Assembly election|2004 Assembly Elections]] and became a councilor in [[2006 United Kingdom local elections|2006 local elections]]. She is on the London Advisory Board of the [[Equality Commission]]. As a Member of Parliament, she has campaigned for [[devolution]]. McCartney won re-election in the [[2008 London Assembly election|2008]] by about 1,400 votes. In the [[2012 London Assembly election|2012 election]], she increased her margin to 36,741 votes. In the [[2016 London Assembly election|2016 election]], she broke records by winning by a margin of 51,152 votes. McCartney has three children and is chair of governors at the local primary school. {{DEFAULTSORT:McCartney, Joanne}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:English barristers]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) people]] {{bio-stub}}