Anne Clarke | |
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Member of the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden | |
Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Dismore |
Councillor for Cricklewood | |
Assumed office 6 May 2022 ServingwithAlan Schneiderman | |
Preceded by | Ward created |
Councillor for Childs Hill | |
In office 4 May 2018 –6 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago,Illinois,U.S. |
Citizenship |
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Political party | Labour & Co-operative |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Cricklewood, London, England |
Website | www |
Anne Marie Bates Clarke is an American-born British Labour Party politician who became the London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden in 2021. [1] She represented Childs Hill ward on Barnet Council from 2018 to 2022, [2] and represented Cricklewood ward from 2022. [3] Clarke is a school governor at Hampstead School and is an active member of the Cricklewood Town team.
Clarke is from Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago in the United States. She studied at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. Having moved to London to study in 1998, she became a naturalised British citizen in 2007. She lives in Cricklewood with her husband and two children. [4]
In 2021, Clarke was elected as the London Assembly Member for Barney and Camden, being subsequently elected in 2024. She won 70,749 votes, 19,143 more than Julie Redmond, the Conservative Party Candidate, who came second. [5]
Clarke is the Labour group spokesperson for Fire at the London Assembly, having lobbied for Londoners still living in homes with unsafe cladding and advocating for all recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry implemented.
She has also fought for firefighters' pay and conditions to ensure the London Fire Brigade has enough staff, advocating for staff throughout the Brigade's Culture Review and "engage" process, colloquially known as being in "special measures", which started in 2022 and concluded in 2024. [6]
Clarke has campaigned for better regulation of lithium-ion batteries, [7] obtaining data showing that they cause a fire every two days in London.
Anne also chaired the Assembly's Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee throughout 2022/23 and 2023/24. [8]
Currently, she serves as a member on the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee, as well as the Economy, Culture and Skills Committee and the Fire Committee. [8]
She is a volunteer at Childs Hill foodbank in her constituency.
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