Caroline Woodley is a British
Labour Party politician who was elected as the
directly elected mayor of Hackney
The mayor of Hackney is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The post was created following a referendum in the London Borough of Hackney on 2 May 2002. The inaugur ...
in London in a by-election in 2023.
Hackney councillor
Woodley was
elected in 2018 to
Hackney London Borough Council
Hackney London Borough Council, also known as Hackney Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney, in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority c ...
from the
Cazenove ward and was
re-elected in 2022.
She became the cabinet member for families, parks and leisure.
Mayor of Hackney
Woodley was elected Mayor of Hackney in a
by-election held on 9 November 2023,
becoming the borough's third directly elected mayor following the resignation of her predecessor,
Philip Glanville.
References
External links
Mayoral website
Living people
Mayors of places in Greater London
Labour Party (UK) mayors
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century British women politicians
People from Hackney, London
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