Sakina Sheikh

Last updated

Sakina Sheikh
Sakina Sheikh AM.jpg
Sheikh campaigning in 2021
Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide
In office
8 May 2021 4 May 2024
Personal details
Born
Sakina Zahra Sheikh

1990 (age 3334)
London, England
Political party Labour
Website www.sakinasheikh.co.uk

Sakina Zahra Sheikh (born 1990) is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide from 2021 to 2024. [1] She also represents Perry Vale on Lewisham Council. [2]

Contents

Early life and education

Sheikh studied Law with an emphasis on Human Rights. [3]

Political career

Sheikh was first elected to Lewisham Council in 2018 as a councillor for Perry Vale ward. She was re-elected in 2022. [4]

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. [5] She won second place on Labour's list of list candidates, [6] and was elected as the second of Labour's two Londonwide Assembly Members in the 2021 London election. [7]

Since her election, she continued to focus on the climate and is chair of the 2022-2023 Planning and Regeneration committee. [8]

Sheikh lost her seat in the 2024 London Assembly election.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicky Gavron</span> British politician

Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron is a British politician who was deputy mayor of London under Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former Labour candidate for the 2004 London mayoral election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010-2024

Lewisham West and Penge was a constituency in Greater London created in 2010 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lewisham London Borough Council elections</span> London local authority, elections and history

Lewisham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham, in London, United Kingdom. Elections are held every four years using a plurality bloc vote electoral system for the councillors and the supplementary vote electoral system for the elected mayor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siân Berry</span> Former co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

Siân Rebecca Berry is a British politician who served as a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and as its sole leader from July to October 2021. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's principal speakers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claudia Webbe</span> British politician (born 1969)

Claudia Naomi Webbe is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East from 2019 to 2024. Elected to Parliament as a Labour MP in 2019, she sat as an Independent from 2021 until 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline Pidgeon</span> British politician

Caroline Valerie Pidgeon is a British former politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly from 2010 to 2024, and Londonwide Member of the London Assembly (AM) from 2008 to 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross</span> British politician (born 1969)

Fiona Ruth Twycross, Baroness Twycross is a Labour Party politician. She was born in South London before moving to Oxford. She studied at Cheney School in Oxford before going on to study Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in contemporary Scandinavian literature. She subsequently studied Public Policy and Management at Birkbeck, University of London. She has lived and worked in the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and the North East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Copley</span> British Labour Co-op politician

Tom Phillip Copley is a British Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician, serving as the Deputy Mayor of London for Housing and Residential Development. He served as a London wide member of the London Assembly from 2012 to 2020 and is a former councillor on Lewisham Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vicky Foxcroft</span> British politician (born 1977)

Victoria Jane Foxcroft is a British Labour politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North; she was previously the MP for Lewisham Deptford from 2015 until the seat's abolition in 2024. She is a former trade union official and was a Member of Lewisham Council from 2010 to 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline Russell</span> Green Party of England and Wales politician and activist

Caroline Russell is a British politician and activist serving as Leader of the Green Party in the London Assembly since October 2018, and a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since May 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Damien Egan</span> British Labour politician (born 1980s)

Damien James Egan is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North East since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously the MP for Kingswood in 2024 and the Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London from 2018 to 2024.

A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Lewisham East on 14 June 2018, following the resignation of Labour MP Heidi Alexander. It was the second by-election held during the 57th UK Parliament, which was elected in June 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Janet Daby</span> British Labour politician

Janet Jessica Daby is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East since 2018. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education since July 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 London local elections</span>

The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022, as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets, with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hina Bokhari</span> British politician (born 1975)

Hina Bokhari is a British politician and educator. A member of the Liberal Democrats, Bokhari has served as a Member of the London Assembly since the 2021 election. Upon her election, she became one of the first Muslim women to serve in the assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Croydon London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Croydon

In the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election, on 5 May 2022, all 70 members of Croydon London Borough Council, and the Mayor of Croydon, were up for election. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won the mayoral election.

The 2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Lewisham London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Newham London Borough Council election</span>

The 2022 Newham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 66 members of Newham London Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

This article lists the election results of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in UK elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 London mayoral election</span> Voting for the Greater London Authoritys head

The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly, some local council by-elections in London and regular local elections elsewhere in England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022, voting in this election took place under the first-past-the-post system for the first time, replacing the supplementary vote system. The results of the election were announced on 4 May 2024.

References

  1. "Election 2021: Full results for London Mayor and London Assembly". ITV News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. "Councillor Sakina Sheikh". Lewisham. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. Blagg, Hajera (4 May 2021). "Climate change is a class issue". United Left. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. "Election results for Perry Vale, 5 May 2022". councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. Sheikh, Sakina. "Sakina Sheikh: Why I'm standing to be a Labour London Assembly candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. Chappell, Elliot; Rodgers, Sienna. "Corbynsceptics score victories in London Assembly candidate selections". LabourList. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. "Results factsheet 2021 | London Elects". www.londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. "Sakina Sheikh | LGOV". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2022.