Navin Shah
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Background
Shah moved to the United Kingdom in 1973 to study at University College London. He joined the Labour Party in 1977 and was elected to Harrow London Borough Council as a councillor for Kenton East Ward in 1994.[3] Shah was Leader of Harrow Council from 2004 to 2006, and remained the Harrow Labour Group Leader until June 2008.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He was elected as a member of the London Assembly at the 2008 assembly elections,[4] taking the constituency seat of Brent and Harrow, beating Conservative incumbent Bob Blackman. He was re-elected in 2012[5] and 2016.[6] He later challenged Blackman for his Harrow East parliamentary seat at the 2017 general election, and was defeated by just 1,757 votes.[7]
With the deferral of 2020 London Assembly election he was elected chair of London Assembly on 15 May 2020 succeeding Jennette Arnold.[8]
Shah was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for political and public service.[9]
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- 1946 births
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- Alumni of University College London
- Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Ahmedabad
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