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 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]
Personal life
McCartney has three children, and was chair of governors at her local primary school.[14]
References
^"About me". Joanne McCartney AM. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
