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Steve Bullock | |
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| 1stMayor of Lewisham | |
| In office 6 May 2002 – 6 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Damien Egan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) Redcar,North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
Sir Steve BullockDL (born 1953) is a British politician who served as the firstdirectly elected mayor of theLondon Borough of Lewisham from 2002 to 2018.
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Born inRedcar,North Riding of Yorkshire,[1] Bullock began his career as a van driver forSaltburn and Marske-by-the-SeaUrban District Council in 1972. He later worked as a policy adviser forKen Livingstone at theGreater London Council, as Chief Executive of Greenwich Community Health Council and as Head of the Labour Group Office at theLocal Government Association. Having served on the independent Commission for Local Democracy, Bullock was a founder member of theNew Local Government Network.
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Elected to the London Borough of Lewisham council in 1982,[1] Bullock then went on to serve as Chair of Finance, Chair of Leisure, Deputy Leader, and was Leader of the Council 1988-1993,[1] prior to standing down from the council in 1998. Following this, he served as Chair ofUniversity Hospital LewishamNHS Trust.[1] 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.[1]
Bullock was re-elected in the May 2006 Lewisham mayoral poll and became the Labour vice-chair of theAssociation of London Government later that year. He also served as Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association Labour Group.[1] Bullock was re-elected as mayor of Lewisham in theMay 2010 election and again in2014.[2] He was the London Council's executive lead for housing and vice chair of Homes for London.
Bullock became involved in a controversy in January 2017 regarding his links to former colleagues (Dave Sullivan and others) who set up a company called Renewal, which bought land nearMillwall's football stadium,The New Den. In 2016 the company asked Lewisham for a CPO (Compulsory Purchase Order) for Lewisham to buy up land leased by the football club. There was a suggestion that the club would have to leave the area. The plan was eventually scrapped, and Lord Dyson, a former Master of the Rolls, convened an Enquiry to look into the matter.
Lord Dyson's report in late 2017 ruled that there had been “no impropriety, lack of due diligence, or breach of a code of practice on the part of any Council officer or member."[3]
Bullock was appointed aKnight Bachelor in the2007 Birthday Honours for services to local government.[4]
Following his retirement as mayor, he was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, SirKenneth Olisa OBE to serve as the Representative Deputy Lieutenant for Lewisham.[5]
| Preceded by New creation | Mayor of Lewisham 2002–2018 | Succeeded by |