Sophie Linden
Sophie Linden | |
|---|---|
 Linden in 2021 | |
| Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime | |
| In office 9 May 2016 – 7 October 2024 | |
| Mayor | Sadiq Khan |
| Commissioner | Bernard Hogan Howe Cressida Dick Stephen House (Acting) Mark Rowley |
| Preceded by | Stephen Greenhalgh |
| Succeeded by | Kaya Comer-Schwartz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1970 |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College |
| Profession | Politician |
Sophie Linden (born 27 February 1970) is a British politician, who is currently a senior advisor to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Linden was previously Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London from 2016 until 2024. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Education
Linden was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1989 to 1992.[1]
Political career
Linden's entire career has been spent in politics. From 1992 to 1997, she was a researcher for David Blunkett MP.[2][3] Following the Labour victory at the 1997 general election, she became a Special Adviser to Blunkett when he was Secretary of State for Education and Employment.[4] She was in the role from 1997 to 2001, following Blunkett as Special Adviser when he was appointed Home Secretary.
Linden moved to become a Labour councillor within the London Borough of Hackney, for the Dalston Ward; she was elected at the 2006 Hackney London Borough Council election and re-elected in 2010 and 2014, before resigning on 10 June 2016.[5] During this period, she worked for Bell Pottinger political communications, and unsuccessfully sought selection as Labour's Prospective parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn prior to the 2015 general election.[2] In 2016, she was appointed by the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.[6]
On 7 October 2024, Linden resigned as Deputy Mayor to become a senior adviser to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood.[7] She was replaced by leader of Islington London Borough Council Kaya Comer-Schwartz.[8]
References
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-linden-458404114/
- 1 2 Osley, Richard (23 May 2013). "Former Blunkett adviser Sophie Linden joins race to become Labour Party candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn | Camden New Journal". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
- ↑ Yong, Ben; Hazell, Robert (1 December 2014). Special Advisers: Who they are, what they do and why they matter. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781782254287.
- ↑ "Another Hackney political export: Sophie Linden". bloodandproperty.blogspot.co.uk. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ "Hackney Council – Councillor details – Councillor Sophie Linden". 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ "Mayor Sadiq Khan announces key appointments – Diversity UK". Diversity UK. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ "Sophie Linden: London's deputy mayor for policing quits role". BBC News. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ↑ "Policing deputy mayor named as Kaya Comer-Schwartz". BBC News. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.