Jennette Arnold London Assembly Member

Salary£53,439
Elected Date1 May 2008
PartyLabour Party
ConstituencyNorth East (Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest)
Responsibilities
  • Deputy Chair of the London Assembly
  • Chair of the Business Management and Administration Committee
  • Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) - MPA Register of Interests entry
Key Issues & Concerns
  • Culture
  • Civic engagement
  • Equalities
  • Education, training and youth services
ExpensesJennette Arnold's expenses
Gifts and HospitalityJennette Arnold gifts and hospitality register
Register of InterestsJennette Arnold Register of Interests

Biography

 

Following a successful career in nursing, Jennette Arnold worked as an Industrial Relations Officer and as Regional Director of Services and Special Adviser (Equalities) to the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing. She then moved on to become a leading associate with the award winning training and organisational development consultancy, Beacon Associates.

Jennette was elected to Islington Borough Council in 1994 and held a number of key positions, including a term as Deputy Mayor. In May 2000 she was elected to the London Assembly as a Londonwide Assembly Member and was Labour's lead member for children and young people and lead spokesperson for older people. She chaired the Cultural Strategy Group for London, sat on the Assembly's Economic and Social Development Committee and served as a member of the MPA.

In 2007 Jennette was listed by the New Nation Newspaper as one of Britain’s 50 most influential Black Women.

Biographical information as supplied by individual Assembly Members.

 

Contact details:

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

Telephone: 020 7983 4349
Fax: 020 7983 5879
Email: jennette.arnold@london.gov.uk