A Deputy Mayor is a member of the London Mayoral cabinet, in the executive arm of the Greater London Authority. They serve as political advisors with responsibilities and powers corresponding to portfolios delegated by the Mayor. One of them must be designated as the Statutory Deputy Mayor, a member of the London Assembly who serves as the temporary Mayor during a vacancy or temporary incapacity of the Mayor.
History
Colour key (for political parties):
Current or final office holders of a mayoralty are highlighted in bold.
Livingstone mayoralties
The 2000 London mayoral election was won by Ken Livingstone, who ran as an independent after being expelled from the Labour Party. He announced that he would rotate the position of deputy mayor equally between the four parties represented in the London Assembly (London Labour, London Conservatives, London Liberal Democrats and the London Green Party). He offered the role to Nicky Gavron of the Labour Party for the first year. After some political manoeuvring, she accepted.
However, in 2001, Livingstone decided not to offer the role to the Conservatives, claiming it would be disruptive, Gavron remained in the role, In 2003, the Greens accepted an offer to nominate a deputy mayor and selected Jenny Jones, who became London's second deputy mayor.
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|rowspan=3|Statutory Deputy Mayor
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|Nicky Gavron
|2000–2003
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|Jenny Jones
|2003–2004
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|Nicky Gavron
|2004–2008
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Johnson mayoralty
After Boris Johnson became Mayor of London in May 2008, he appointed Richard Barnes as his statutory Deputy Mayor, with the specific responsibility for community cohesion and regeneration. However, he also gave the title of Deputy Mayor to several other people, each with a specific role: Ian Clement (Government Relations); Kit Malthouse (Policing); and Ray Lewis (Young People).
Sir Simon Milton, a former councillor, served as Deputy Mayor of Policy and Planning and Chief of Staff to Johnson until his death in office in 2011. In May 2011, Sir Edward Lister was then appointed as his successor. Richard Barnes ceased to be Deputy Mayor on 4 May 2012, when he lost his seat in the Assembly. Victoria Borwick succeeded him in the post. Borwick resigned in May 2015, following her election as Member of Parliament for Kensington, being succeeded by Roger Evans.
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!style="background:#cccccc;" colspan="5" |First Johnson mayoralty
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|Statutory Deputy Mayor<br />Communities, Cohesion and Regeneration
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|Richard Barnes
|2008–2012
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|Policing
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|Kit Malthouse
|2008–2012
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|Transport
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|Isabel Dedring
|2008–2012
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|rowspan=2|Policy and Planning
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|Simon Milton
|2008–2011
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|Edward Lister
|2011–2012
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|Young People
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|Ray Lewis
|2008
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|Government and External Relations
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|Ian Clement
|2008–2009
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!style="background:#cccccc;" colspan="5" |Second Johnson mayoralty
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|rowspan=2|Statutory Deputy Mayor
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|Victoria Borwick
|2012–2015
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|Roger Evans
|2015–2016
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|Business and Enterprise
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|Kit Malthouse
|2012–2015
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|Housing, Land and Property
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|Richard Blakeway
|2012–2016
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|Policing and Crime
|80px
|Stephen Greenhalgh
|2012–2016
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|Policy and Planning
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|Edward Lister
|2012–2016
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|Education and Culture
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|Munira Mirza
|2012–2016
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|Transport
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|Isabel Dedring
|2012–2016
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Khan mayoralty
The 2016 London mayoral election was won by Sadiq Khan for London Labour. Following the election, he appointed Joanne McCartney Statutory Deputy Mayor, along with nine additional deputy mayors, making Khan the first mayor to use all ten available Deputy Mayor spots.
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!colspan=3|Deputy Mayor
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|Statutory Deputy Mayor<br />Education and Childcare
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|Joanne McCartney
|2016–present
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| rowspan="2" |Policing and Crime
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|Sophie Linden
|2016–2024
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|Kaya Comer-Schwartz
|2024–present
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| rowspan="2" |Housing and Residential Development
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|James Murray
|2016–2019
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|80px
|Tom Copley
|2020–present
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|Fire and Resilience
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|Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross
|2018–2024
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|Planning, Regeneration and Skills
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|rowspan="2" | Jules Pipe
|2016–2024
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|Planning, Regeneration and the Fire Service
|2024–present
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| rowspan="2" |Social Integration, Social Mobility,<br>Community Engagement
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|Matthew Ryder
|2016–2018
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|Deborah Weekes-Bernard
|2018–present
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|rowspan="2" | Business
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|Rajesh Agrawal
|2016–2023
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|Howard Dawber
|2023–present
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|Culture and Creative Industries
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|Justine Simons
|2016–present
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|rowspan=2 |Environment and Energy
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|Shirley Rodrigues
|2016–2024
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|Mete Coban
|2024–present
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|rowspan=3|Transport
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|Val Shawcross
|2016–2018
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|Heidi Alexander
|2018–2022
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|Seb Dance
|2022–present
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