Caroline Pidgeon London Assembly Member

Biography

Caroline was elected as a Liberal Democrat Member of the London Assembly in May 2008. Caroline became leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the Assembly in May 2010. She has a strong track record of campaigning on issues such as effective policing and improved public transport across the capital. She is currently Chair of the London Assembly's Transport Committee.

Caroline was a Liberal Democrat Councillor in Southwark between 1998-2010.  From 2002-04 she was Deputy Leader of Southwark Council, and between 2004 and 2008 she was initially Executive Member for Education, widening to Children’s Services and Education, as well as Deputy Leader of the Council Group.

In addition to work at the Town Hall, Caroline was a Director of Southwark Energy Agency from 1998 until 2001 and a board member of Aylesbury New Deal for Communities 2002 to 2004.  She was a Board Member of Lambeth and Southwark Housing Association between 2002-10 and has been a Trustee of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education since 2005. 

Caroline moved to London after graduating from the University of Wales Aberystwyth in 1994.  She worked in local government and the health service for over a decade before becoming a full time politician.

Biographical information as supplied by individual Assembly Members.

Contact details:
GLA
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4362
Email: caroline.pidgeon@london.gov.uk