Damien Egan

Damien James Egan is a British Labour Party politician, and the second directly elected Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London.[1]

Damien Egan
Damien Egan Mayor of Lewisham]
2nd Mayor of Lewisham
Assumed office
7 May 2018
Preceded bySteve Bullock
Personal details
Born
Damien Egen
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour

Early life

Egan was born in Cork, Ireland, and raised in Bristol.[2] During his childhood, his family were homeless on two occasions.[3] He later studied at St Mary's Twickenham,[3] and moved to Lewisham after his graduation.[2] He has described his family as "cultural Catholics"; as an adult, he converted to Judaism.[4]

Political career

At the 2005 general election Egan came third as the Labour candidate in Weston-super-Mare. At the 2010 general election he was the party's candidate in Beckenham, where he again finished third behind the Conservative and Liberal Democrats candidates. Damien was elected as a councillor for Lewisham Central in 2010 and became the cabinet member for housing in 2014.[5] In 2018 he won the May 2018 Mayoral election and was re-elected in 2022.

Mayor of Lewisham

As a mayor, Egan has committed to deliver 1000 new social homes and double the number of Living Wage employers in the borough.[2] In January 2019, he launched London's first indoor sleeping pods for homeless people in the emergency night shelter.[6]

2018

He won the May 2018 mayoral election, having previously been a borough councillor for the Lewisham Central ward.

2022

Damien was re-elected in the 2022 election.[7] The Labour party held all 54 seats for local councillors in a majority win.

References
  1. "London Mayoral Elections 2018 - Labour holds firm". East London Lines. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. "Mayor's biography". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. Jess McCabe (26 September 2018). "Experiences of homelessness: an interview with Lewisham Mayor Damien Egan". Inside Housing. Ocean Media Group. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. Philpot, Robert (2 June 2019). "'Sometimes you feel like you're hiding something,' says Labour mayor of converting to Judaism". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. "Mayor's biography". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. "Lewisham Mayor launches innovative homeless sleeping pods". 999 Club. 999 Club and Lady Florence Trust. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. "Mayor of Lewisham announces new Cabinet team following elections". News Shopper. Retrieved 13 July 2022.


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