15 Facts About Val Shawcross

Valerie Shawcross is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2016 to 2018.

Val Shawcross unsuccessfully stood, as the Labour candidate, to become Mayor of Croydon in 2022.

Val Shawcross gained an MA in Human Rights and Education at the London Institute in 1986.

Val Shawcross served as a councillor for New Addington in Croydon from 1994 to 2000, serving as chair of education and later as leader of Croydon London Borough Council from 1997 to 2000.

Val Shawcross was first elected to the London Assembly in 2000, and retained her seat in subsequent elections.

Val Shawcross served on the Assembly Budget Scrutiny Committee, and chaired the audit committee immediately following her election.

On 7 December 2010, it was announced that Val Shawcross would be Livingstone's running-mate in the 2012 London mayoral election, Ken Livingstone.

Val Shawcross unsuccessfully sought selection as the Labour candidate for the 2012 Croydon North by-election, with Steve Reed becoming the candidate and winning the seat.

In October 2021, Val Shawcross announced her intention to stand to be the first directly elected Mayor of Croydon.

Val Shawcross was selected as Croydon Labour's 2022 mayoral candidate in December 2021.

Val Shawcross was narrowly defeated by Conservative Jason Perry in the May 2022 Croydon Mayoral election, who won with a majority of less than 600 votes in the second round.

Val Shawcross's campaign was damaged by dissatisfaction with the Labour-held Council, which had led the borough into bankruptcy.

Val Shawcross was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 Birthday Honours for her services to local government.

Val Shawcross was made an Honorary Alderwoman of the London Borough of Croydon in 2019, and is a Freewoman of the City of London.

Val Shawcross is married to Michael Anteney and has lived in the London Borough of Croydon since 1985.