Nicky Gavron is a English politician, Deputy Mayor of London, a member of the London Assembly and the former Labour candidate for the 2004 Mayor of London elections.

In 1986, she was elected as a Labour councillor for the London Borough of Haringey, and was leader of the London Planning Advisory Committee from 1994 until it was absorbed into the Greater London Authority. She was elected London Assembly Member for Enfield and Haringey in the 2000 London Assembly election and was Deputy Mayor of London from May 2000 until June 2003 [1] (http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/index.jsp), when Jenny Jones (Green) was appointed to succeed her.

Although she was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate for the 2004 elections, she stepped aside when Ken Livingstone was readmitted to the party. In the 2004 London Assembly election she was re-elected as a Londonwide Labour Assembly Member on the party list. Shortly after the election, Ken Livingstone once again appointed her to the position of Deputy Mayor [2] (http://www.nickygavron.co.uk/news.asp#news56). Within the London Assembly, she is a member of the Safer London Committee and the Metropolitan Police Authority. She also serves on the Mayor's Advisory Cabinet, holding the portfolio for spatial development and strategic planning [3] (http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/cabmtgs/cabmmbrs.jsp#nicky).

She is a millionaire and ex-wife of publisher Bob Gavron.

External links

• Official web site (http://www.nickygavron.co.uk/)
• Biography from the London Assembly (http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/gavronn.jsp)
• Passnotes from the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/mayor/Story/0,2763,218972,00.html)