Steve Bullock (British politician)
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2017}}
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| image = Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock (28913042154).jpg
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Steve Bullock
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DL}}
| order =
| office = 1st Mayor of Lewisham
| term_start = 6 May 2002
| term_end = 6 May 2018
| predecessor = Office created
| successor = Damien Egan
| party = Labour Party
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Sir Steve Bullock {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DL}} (born 1953) is a British politician who served as the first directly elected mayor of the London Borough of Lewisham from 2002 to 2018.
Early life
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Born in Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire,{{cite web |title=The HFI Steve Bullock |url=https://thehfi.com/who/our-team/sir-steve-bullock-dl-chairman/33 |website=thehfi.com |publisher=Housing and Finance Institute |access-date=14 May 2024}} Bullock began his career as a van driver for Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea Urban District Council in 1972. He later worked as a policy adviser for Ken Livingstone at the Greater London Council, as Chief Executive of Greenwich Community Health Council and as Head of the Labour Group Office at the Local Government Association. Having served on the independent Commission for Local Democracy, Bullock was a founder member of the New Local Government Network.
Political career
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Elected to the London Borough of Lewisham council in 1982, Bullock then went on to serve as Chair of Finance, Chair of Leisure, Deputy Leader, and was Leader of the Council 1988-1993, prior to standing down from the council in 1998. Following this, he served as Chair of University Hospital Lewisham NHS Trust. Bullock's partner is Kris Hibbert, a former fellow councillor.
In 2001, Bullock was elected back to Lewisham council in a by-election before seeking the Labour nomination for the new post of elected mayor, having publicly supported the proposal (as chair of the hospital trust) in the October referendum campaign. He was subsequently elected in the first mayoral election.
Bullock was re-elected in the May 2006 Lewisham mayoral poll and became the Labour vice-chair of the Association of London Government later that year. He also served as Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association Labour Group. Bullock was re-elected as mayor of Lewisham in the May 2010 election and again in 2014.{{cite news|title=Independent inquiry clears Lewisham council of 'land grab' claims over Millwall development|url=http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2017/11/lewisham-council-impropriety-allegations-millwall-land-grab-unfounded-according-independent-inquiry/|publisher=East London Lines|date=28 November 2017|author=Ella Milburn|accessdate=8 April 2020}}
Honours
Bullock was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2007 Birthday Honours for services to local government.{{London Gazette |issue=58358 |date=16 June 2017 |page=1 |supp=y}}
Following his retirement as mayor, he was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE to serve as the Representative Deputy Lieutenant for Lewisham.{{cite web|url=https://greaterlondonlieutenancy.com/boroughs/lewisham/|title=Representative Deputy Lieutenant for London Borough of Lewisham - Sir Steve Bullock DL|publisher=Greater London Lieutenancy|accessdate=8 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/lewisham_mayor.html|title=Sir Steve Bullock - Mayor of Lewisham, London|work=CityMayors|author=Andrew Stevens|accessdate=8 April 2020}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.votesteve2010.co.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516202744/http://www.votesteve2010.co.uk/|title=Mayor Steve Bullock - Working for Lewisham|work=Vote Steve 2010|archivedate=16 May 2010|accessdate=8 April 2020}}
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Category:Labour Party (UK) councillors
Category:Mayors of places in Greater London
Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Lewisham
Category:Deputy lieutenants of Greater London