Tom Copley

March 11, 1985

Copley is openly gay. Prior to his election as a London Assembly Member, Copley worked for Searchlight, the anti-racist and anti-fascist organisation. He has also worked as the local organiser and agent for the Labour Party in Camden and on Ken Livingstone"s successful campaign to be selected as Labour"s candidate for the 2012 London mayoral election. Copley was Chair of London Young Labour from 2008 to 2009 and sat as London representative on the Young Labour National Committee from 2008 to 2011. In 2010, he stood for election to Camden Council in Haverstock ward. He was placed fourth on Labour"s assembly list for the 2012 London Assembly election and was elected as a London-wide assembly member in May 2012 after Labour received 41.1% of the vote. He is the youngest person ever to be elected to the London Assembly. Copley is Deputy Chair of the Assembly"s Housing Committee, and also sits on the Planning and Transport committees. In 2013 he undertook a rapporteurship into the challenges facing small theatres in London. This resulted in the Centre Stage report. Following his election to the London Assembly, he was made a patron of LGBT Labour. He is on the board of the New Diorama Theatre in Camden and a trustee of the British Humanist Association. Copley has repeatedly challenged Mayor of London Boris Johnson over housing issues in London. He has called for the introduction of a German model of rent regulation to be introduced to regulate rents in the private rented sector. In January 2013 he called for an investigation into allegations of blacklisting on the Crossrail project, claiming the practice was "almost endemic" in the construction industry.

Tom Copley

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Education

Copley studied at Bishop Wordsworth"s School in Salisbury, before going on to study Politics at the University of Nottingham.

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Copley is openly gay. Prior to his election as a London Assembly Member, Copley worked for Searchlight, the anti-racist and anti-fascist organisation. He has also worked as the local organiser and agent for the Labour Party in Camden and on Ken Livingstone"s successful campaign to be selected as Labour"s candidate for the 2012 London mayoral election.

Copley was Chair of London Young Labour from 2008 to 2009 and sat as London representative on the Young Labour National Committee from 2008 to 2011.

In 2010, he stood for election to Camden Council in Haverstock ward. He was placed fourth on Labour"s assembly list for the 2012 London Assembly election and was elected as a London-wide assembly member in May 2012 after Labour received 41.1% of the vote.

He is the youngest person ever to be elected to the London Assembly. Copley is Deputy Chair of the Assembly"s Housing Committee, and also sits on the Planning and Transport committees.

In 2013 he undertook a rapporteurship into the challenges facing small theatres in London.

This resulted in the Centre Stage report. Following his election to the London Assembly, he was made a patron of LGBT Labour. He is on the board of the New Diorama Theatre in Camden and a trustee of the British Humanist Association.

Copley has repeatedly challenged Mayor of London Boris Johnson over housing issues in London.

He has called for the introduction of a German model of rent regulation to be introduced to regulate rents in the private rented sector. In January 2013 he called for an investigation into allegations of blacklisting on the Crossrail project, claiming the practice was "almost endemic" in the construction industry.

Membership

As well as the Labour party, Copley is also a member of the Company-operative party and the Fabian Society. He is a republican and a member of Republic, the campaign for an elected head of state.

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