London Councils has confirmed its new Chair and Executive Committee at its Annual General Meeting, which took place on Tuesday 16 June.
The cross-party group, which represents all 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation, is a politically led organisation. The Chair and Executive Committee were elected at the AGM by London’s borough leaders and directly elected mayors.
The new Chair and Executive Members are listed alongside their portfolio areas below:
Chair and Executive Member for Finance and Devolution – Cllr Stephen Cowan
Deputy Chair and Executive Member for Growth, Economy, Skills and Employment – Cllr Kam Rai
Vice Chair – Cllr Elizabeth Campbell
Vice Chair – Mayor Zoë Garbett
Vice Chair – Cllr Gareth Roberts
Vice Chair – Deputy Chris Hayward
Executive Member for Housing and Homelessness – Cllr Anthony Okereke
Executive Member for Transport and Environment (TEC) – Cllr Paul Osborn
Executive Member for Children and Education – Cllr Una O’Halloran
Executive Member for Planning, Infrastructure and Regeneration – Mayor Jason Perry
Executive Member for Adult Social Care, Health and Prevention – Cllr Paul Swaddle OBE
Executive Member for Community Safety, Cohesion and Neighbourhoods – Mayor Liam Shrivastava
Executive Member for Public Service Reform, Technology, Data and Innovation – Cllr Shantanu Rajawat
Cllr Stephen Cowan, Chair of London Councils, said:
“Londoners face enormous challenges. They have a right to expect all elected representatives of London local government, from across the different political parties, to work together to find the solutions that rise to those challenges. Today, that was exactly what all of us determined to do.
“It is an honour to have been voted to chair London Councils and, along with my colleagues, to have the chance to serve.”
London Councils’ Leaders’ Committee, attended by all leaders or directly elected mayors of every London borough, will start to set out London Councils’ future strategy and priorities when it next meets on 21 July.
