Navin Shah

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Navin Shah
Chair of the London Assembly
In office
15 May 2020 – 7 May 2021
Preceded byJennette Arnold
Succeeded byAndrew Boff
Member of the London Assembly
Brent and Harrow
In office
1 May 2008 – 7 May 2021
Preceded byBob Blackman
Succeeded byKrupesh Hirani
Personal details
BornSeptember 1946 (age 74–75)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, British India[1]
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Rekha
Children2
Alma materUniversity College London
OccupationArchitect

Navin Fakirchand Shah (born September 1946[2]) is a British Labour Party politician.[3]

Shah moved to the United Kingdom in 1973 to study at University College London. He joined the Labour Party in 1977 and was elected to Harrow London Borough Council as a councillor for Kenton East Ward in 1994.[4] Shah was Leader of Harrow Council from 2004 to 2006, and remained the Harrow Labour Group Leader until June 2008.[citation needed]

He was elected as a member of the London Assembly at the 2008 assembly elections,[5] taking the constituency seat of Brent and Harrow, beating Conservative incumbent Bob Blackman. He was re-elected in 2012[6] and 2016.[7] He later challenged Blackman for his Harrow East parliamentary seat at the 2017 general election, and was defeated by just 1,757 votes.[8]

With the deferral of 2020 London Assembly election he was elected chair of London Assembly on the 15 May 2020 succeeding Jennette Arnold.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "About Navin Shah". www.navinshah.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Navin Fakirchand SHAH - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Navin Shah". Greater London Authority. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "London Borough Council Elections, 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Research Centre. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Results 2008". London Elects. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Results 2012". London Elects.
  7. ^ "Results 2016". London Elects.
  8. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (28 February 2018). "McDonnell-backed councillor selected in key marginal Harrow East". LabourList. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ Assembly, London (15 May 2020). "@NavinShah2016 has been elected as Chair of the Assembly.pic.twitter.com/GBMT40Fs2j". @LondonAssembly. Retrieved 15 May 2020.


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