Education
Watts attended Haywood Comprehensive School, Nottingham. He graduated with a degree in politics from Durham University and before this worked in the Pretty Polly tights factory in Nottinghamshire.
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He was elected to the role in October 2013. In the borough elections of May 2014 he led the Islington Labour Party to an increased majority on the Council. Watts has lived in Islington for 15 years, representing Tollington ward in the north of Islington since 2006.
He is a governor of City and Islington College.
Politics
Previously he worked for a number of different campaigns and a consultancy organisation, which led to some work in the Balkans, including working in Kosovo helping develop democratic political parties.
Membership
Before becoming a full time member of Islington Council’s Executive, Watts ran the Children’s Food Campaign, a national campaign to improve children's diets.
