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http://www.valshawcross.com constituency created british labour co-operative member of the london assembly for lambeth and southwark 52,702 4 may 2000 michael anteney valerieshawcross.jpg val shawcross
 valerie shawcross
val shawcross

valerie shawcross cbe is a labour co-operative politician and member of the london assembly for lambeth and southwark .
shawcross was the labour co-operative candidate for bermondsey and old southwark at the 2010 general election .
she was first elected to the assembly in 2000 and retained her seat in 2004 and 2008 .
in 2000 ken livingstone appointed her as chair of the london fire and emergency planning authority -lrb- lfepa -rrb- a position she held until his defeat in 2008 .
she is currently the labour london assembly spokesperson for transport and chair of the london assembly transport committee .
she also currently serves on the assembly budget scrutiny committee .
she is a former labour party national women 's officer , and was a councillor for new addington in croydon from 1994 to 2000 , serving as chair of education , then leader of croydon council .
shawcross was appointed commander of the order of the british empire -lrb- cbe -rrb- in 2002 for her services to local government .
she is married to michael anteney .
on 7 december 2010 it was announced that shawcross would be the running mate of the labour party 's official candidate for the 2012 london mayoral election , ken livingstone .
shawcross narrowly failed in an attempt to become the labour candidate for the safe labour seat of croydon north to steve reed for the 2012 croydon north by-election after a meeting was held on 3 november 2012 of the local croydon north labour association .
shawcross also unsuccessfully attempted to reach the short list in the selection for the labour candidate for the west yorkshire constituency of halifax .
