Heidi Alexander of Lewisham London Borough Council, at a planning meeting in North Deptford in 2009
Heidi Alexander (born 17 April 1975) is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 2010 to 2018. Alexander was born in Swindon, Wiltshire to Malcolm, an electrician, and Elaine Alexander (née Lanham). She was educated at Churchfields Comprehensive School and New College Sixth Form. Alexander studied at Grey College, Durham, where she received a BA in geography and an MA in European Urban and Regional Change. Alexander had a 6-month placement in the office of Cherie Blair at 10 Downing Street in 1998. She worked as a Parliamentary researcher for Lewisham MP Joan Ruddock from 1999 to 2005, and as campaigns manager for the charity Clothes Aid from 2005 to 2006. Alexander served as a Member of Lewisham London Borough Council for Evelyn from a by-election in 2004 until 2010. She was Deputy Mayor of Lewisham and Cabinet Member for Regeneration from 2006 to 2010. Alexander was selected as the Labour candidate for Lewisham East in October 2009, and elected to Parliament at the 2010 general election. Shortly after her election to Parliament, Alexander was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mary Creagh, then the Shadow Environment Secretary. She became an Opposition Whip in 2012, and was promoted to Deputy Shadow Minister for London and senior Opposition Whip in 2013. She served as a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee from 2010 to 2012 and Health Committee from 2016 to 2017. Following Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader in September 2015, Alexander joined the shadow cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Health.[8] The NHS Reinstatement Bill failed during March 2016 when Alexander was the Shadow Health Secretary. Caroline Lucas blamed a lack of support from the Labour Party as the major factor in allowin
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