Damien Egan
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Damien Egan | |
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| File:PCM H5nu 400x400.jpg Damien Egan Mayor of Lewisham] | |
| 2nd Mayor of Lewisham | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Bullock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Damien Egen |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Damien James Egan is a British Labour Party politician, and the second directly elected Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London.[1]
Early life
Egan was born in Cork, Ireland, and raised in Bristol.[2] During his childhood, his family were homeless on two occasions.[3] He later studied at St Mary's Twickenham,[3] and moved to Lewisham after his graduation.[2] He has described his family as "cultural Catholics"; as an adult, he converted to Judaism.[4]
Political career
At the 2005 general election Egan came third as the Labour candidate in Weston-super-Mare. At the 2010 general election he was the party's candidate in Beckenham, where he again finished third behind the Conservative and Liberal Democrats candidates. Damien was elected as a councillor for Lewisham Central in 2010 and became the cabinet member for housing in 2014.[5] In 2018 he won the May 2018 Mayoral election and was re-elected in 2022.
Mayor of Lewisham
As a mayor, Egan has committed to deliver 1000 new social homes and double the number of Living Wage employers in the borough.[2] In January 2019, he launched London's first indoor sleeping pods for homeless people in the emergency night shelter.[6]
2018
He won the May 2018 mayoral election, having previously been a borough councillor for the Lewisham Central ward.
2022
Damien was re-elected in the 2022 election.[7] The Labour party held all 54 seats for local councillors in a majority win.
References
- ^ "London Mayoral Elections 2018 - Labour holds firm". East London Lines. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Mayor's biography". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ a b Jess McCabe (26 September 2018). "Experiences of homelessness: an interview with Lewisham Mayor Damien Egan". Inside Housing. Ocean Media Group. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Philpot, Robert (2 June 2019). "'Sometimes you feel like you're hiding something,' says Labour mayor of converting to Judaism". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Mayor's biography". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Lewisham Mayor launches innovative homeless sleeping pods". 999 Club. 999 Club and Lady Florence Trust. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Mayor of Lewisham announces new Cabinet team following elections". News Shopper. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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