Sakina Zahra Sheikh (born 1990) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a

Member of the London Assembly The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject ...

(AM) for Londonwide since

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. She also represents

Perry Vale Perry Vale is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is southeast of Charing Cross and located near Forest Hill to the east of Forest Hill railway station, where the railway line forms the western boundary. T ...

Lewisham Council Lewisham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in that its executiv ...

Early life and education

Sheikh studied Law with an emphasis on Human Rights.

Political career

Sheikh was first elected to Lewisham Council in 2018 as a councillor for Perry Vale ward. She was re-elected in 2022. In 2020, she ran for selection as a Labour candidate in the London Assembly list, which covers the entire city. Her campaign emphasised social housing, acting on the climate crisis, and equalities. She won second place on Labour's list of list candidates, and was elected as the second of Labour's two Londonwide Assembly Members in the 2021 London election. Since her election, she has continued to focus on the climate and is chair of the 2022-2023 Planning and Regeneration committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheikh, Sakina Living people 21st-century British women politicians Councillors in the London Borough of Lewisham Labour Members of the London Assembly 1990 births People from Lambeth Women councillors in England British people of Pakistani descent