Caroline Woodley | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Mayor of Hackney | |
| Assumed office 9 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Glanville |
| Hackney Borough Councillor for Cazenove | |
| In office 8 May 2018 –9 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Sharer |
| Succeeded by | Ian Sharer |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 1 |
Caroline Rebecca Woodley is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Mayor of Hackney since the 2023 by-election. [1]
Woodley joined the Labour Party in 2015,following the Conservative Party's win in that year's general election. [2] She was elected to Hackney London Borough Council in 2018 for the Cazenove ward,gaining her seat from the Liberal Democrats,and was re-elected in 2022. [3] [4] She became the cabinet member for families,parks and leisure. [5]
Woodley was elected Mayor of Hackney in a by-election held on 9 November 2023, [5] becoming the borough's third directly elected mayor following the resignation of her predecessor,Philip Glanville. [6] She was the first woman to be elected Mayor of Hackney. [2] Woodley is running for re-election in 2026. [7]
Woodley has a son,whom she raised as a single parent. [8]
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