Sakina Sheikh
{{Short description|British politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Sakina Sheikh
| honorific-prefix = Cllr
| image = Sakina Sheikh AM.jpg
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| caption = Sheikh campaigning in 2021
| office = Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide
| term_start = 8 May 2021
| term_end = 4 May 2024
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| party = Labour
| birth_name = Sakina Zahra Sheikh
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990}}
| birth_place = London, England
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| website = {{url|https://www.sakinasheikh.co.uk/}}
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Sakina Zahra Sheikh (born 1990) is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide from 2021 to 2024.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-08|title=Election 2021: Full results for London Mayor and London Assembly|url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-05-07/election-2021-timings-and-results-for-london-mayor-and-assembly|access-date=2021-05-10|website=ITV News|language=en}} She also represents Perry Vale on Lewisham Council.{{Cite web|url=https://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=3015|title=Councillor Sakina Sheikh|website=Lewisham|accessdate=12 May 2021}}
Early life and education
Sheikh studied Law with an emphasis on Human Rights.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedleft.org.uk/climate-change-is-a-class-issue/|title=Climate change is a class issue|website=United Left|first=Hajera|last=Blagg|date=4 May 2021 |accessdate=7 June 2021}}
Political career
Sheikh was first elected to Lewisham Council in 2018 as a councillor for Perry Vale ward. She was re-elected in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Election results for Perry Vale, 5 May 2022 |url=https://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=61&RPID=56398924 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk |language=en}}
In 2020, she ran for selection as a Labour candidate in the London Assembly list, which covers the entire city. Her campaign emphasised social housing, acting on the climate crisis, and equalities.{{Cite web |last=Sheikh |first=Sakina |title=Sakina Sheikh: Why I'm standing to be a Labour London Assembly candidate |url=https://labourlist.org/2020/02/sakina-sheikh-why-im-standing-to-be-a-labour-london-assembly-candidate/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}} She won second place on Labour's list of list candidates,{{Cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Elliot |last2=Rodgers |first2=Sienna |title=Corbynsceptics score victories in London Assembly candidate selections |url=https://labourlist.org/2020/02/corbynsceptics-score-victories-in-london-assembly-candidate-selections/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}} and was elected as the second of Labour's two Londonwide Assembly Members in the 2021 London election.{{Cite web |title=Results factsheet 2021 {{!}} London Elects |url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021-elections/results-factsheet-2021 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=www.londonelects.org.uk}}
Since her election, she continued to focus on the climate and is chair of the 2022-2023 Planning and Regeneration committee.{{Cite web |title=Sakina Sheikh {{!}} LGOV |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-members/sakina-sheikh |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=www.london.gov.uk |language=en}}
Sheikh lost her seat in the 2024 London Assembly election.
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Category:21st-century British women politicians
Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Lewisham
Category:Labour Members of the London Assembly
Category:Labour Co-operative Members of the London Assembly
Category:Women councillors in England
Category:British people of Pakistani descent
Category:UK councillors 2018–2022