The Deputy Mayor, Councillor the Lady (Victoria) Borwick F.R.S.A.

Cllr Lady Borwick was born in London in 1956 and has lived and worked in the city all her life. Married to Jamie, they have four children.

Cllr Lady Borwick has been a school governor of Ainsworth Nursery School, now Golborne Children’s Centre since 1990 and has worked with a wide variety of local organisations and residents groups. Cllr Borwick joined Kensington and Chelsea Council in 2000 as Councillor for Abingdon Ward. She has served on a range of committees including Education, Libraries and Arts, now Family and Children’s Services, Planning, and is currently Chair of the Borough Community Relations Group.

As an elected London wide Member of the Greater London Assembly, Cllr Lady Borwick has recently been appointed the Statutory Deputy Mayor to Boris Johnson. Lady Borwick has served on the Transport committee, leading the investigation on reducing the congestion in Oxford Street, and examining more innovative solutions to the transport issues in this part of London. Cllr Lady Borwick served on the Economics, Culture, Media and Sport committee including scrutiny of the budget for the Olympics Games. She also served on the Standards Committee, and undertook Confirmation Hearings. As Chairman of the Health and Public Services committee at the GLA, Cllr Lady Borwick has worked in cross party groups on improving access to childcare, reducing fuel poverty, a review of the emergency services including detailed work on the London Ambulance Service and how the GLA could help children in care.

As a Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Cllr Lady Borwick was Chairman of the Civil Liberties Panel leading the public scrutiny of public order policing 'Responding to G20', and the scrutiny of the use of DNA in policing: 'Protecting the innocent'. Within the MPA, Victoria was also Vice Chairman of the Communities, Equalities and People Committee.

In her working life, Cllr Lady Borwick has held senior management positions at the P&O Group, including Director of Clarion Events, based at Earls Court and Olympia, and she has also worked for the Open Europe Think Tank.