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'''Sophie Linden''' is the [[Labour Party]]'s former Deputy Leader of Hackney Council who was appointed on 24 May 2016 by Mayor of London, [[Sadiq Khan]], to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) to lead the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).<ref>[http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2016/05/24/sadiq-khan-sophie-linden-deputy-mayor-policing/ "Sadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing"]</ref>
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'''Sophie Linden''' is a former Special Adviser (SA) to the [[Labour Party]] from 1997 to 2005, and lobbyist for the public relations firm [[Tim Bell|Bell Pottinger]] from January 2006 to 2010.<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p7, accessed 20.09.10</ref>
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On 24 May 2016, Labour's Deputy Leader of Hackney Council, Sophie Linden, was appointed by newly-elected Mayor of London, [[Sadiq Khan]], to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) to lead the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).<ref>[http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2016/05/24/sadiq-khan-sophie-linden-deputy-mayor-policing/ "Sadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing"]</ref>
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==Background==
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Prior to the 2001 election, Sophie Linden was a part-time Special Adviser to Labour's Secretary of State for Education and Employment [[David Blunkett]], later moving to the Home Office, when Blunkett was [[Home Secretary]]. 
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===2006, Lobbying===
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In January 2006, Linden joined the lobbying firm Bell Pottinger Public Affairs ([[BPPA]]) as a Director, where her biography apparently "highlights her SA role".<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p7, accessed 20.09.10</ref> Former BPPA Managing Director [https://twitter.com/PeterBingle Peter Bingle] described Linden as "one of the best ministerial advisers of this generation".<ref>Staff writers, "[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/search/534025/Bell-Pottinger-appoints-former-New-Labour-aides/ Bell Pottinger appoints former New Labour aides]", ''PR Week UK'', 05.01.06, accessed 20.09.10</ref>
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===2010, Parliamentary candidate===
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In 2006, Linden became Labour Councillor for the Dalston Ward in Hackney.<ref>Hackney Labour Party, "[http://www.hackney-labour.org.uk/candidates?PageId=1d4fc5bd-6791-ba64-4112-bc06d7c5f626 Your Labour councillors for Dalston]", accessed 20.09.10</ref> In 2010, she was shortlisted for consideration as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Leyton and Wanstead, angering local Labour activists who felt that local members were "sidelined" by regional bosses.<ref>Carl Brown, "[http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/wfnews/5004846.LEYTON__Anger_as_Labour_sidelines_local_party_members/ LEYTON/WANSTEAD: Anger as Labour sidelines local party members]", ''Waltham Forest News'', accessed 20.09.10</ref> Linden lost out to [[John Cryer]], now MP for Leyton and Wanstead, who held the seat for Labour.<ref>BBC, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c63.stm Leyton & Wanstead]", accessed 20.09.10</ref>
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Linden's biography on her candidacy bid website - which omits to mention her role at BPPA - reads as follows:<ref>Sophie Linden, "[http://www.sophielinden.co.uk/about.html About Me]", accessed 20.09.10</ref>
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:I am a committed, hard working campaigner with strong local and national experience. I have been a member of the party for over 20 years. I have spent my adult life standing up for Labour values and for those who most depend on us.
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:My earliest experience of elections was taking numbers at polling stations for my mother who won a council seat off the Tories in the early 1980s.
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:From 1992-1997 I worked as a researcher to David Blunkett MP. I have experience of developing Labour policy in opposition and Labour’s attacks on the Tories and Liberal Democrats.
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:From 1997-2005 I was privileged to serve the Labour government in the Department for Education and the Home Office as a special adviser. I personally worked with Labour MPs and the party to deliver historic Labour goals of lowering class sizes, providing free nursery education and ''Sure Start''; reducing crime and anti-social behaviour; delivering neighbourhood policing and reducing the harm that drugs cause.
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:Since 2006 I have served as a Hackney Councillor and a cabinet member for customer services and sustainability. I work tirelessly as a Ward Councillor. I am passionate about building safer communities and tackling inequality.
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:I work with the Labour group to implement and develop our manifesto commitments. I have developed our environmental policies to ensure that our work to reduce carbon emissions is focused on tackling fuel poverty.
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:Other life experience:
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:I am rooted in East London. I have lived in Hackney for 20 years, I moved here when I was 16, and chose to come back and live in East London after University. I would love the opportunity to use my experience to serve the people of Leyton and Wanstead. I have also worked for the ''End Child Poverty'' campaign – building up its membership and campaigning to raise the profile of the injustice of child poverty in Britain.
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:I have taken an active role in improving the life chances and opportunities of those who live in East London. I am on the board of ''Groundwork East London'' whose objective is to improve the lives and environment of residents – including Waltham Forest and Redbridge.
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:I am a member of ''Unite''. I am married to a Headteacher and we have four lovely children.
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===Contact===
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:Email: slinden AT hotmail.co.uk<br>
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:Website: http://www.sophielinden.co.uk/
  
 
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Sophie Linden is a former Special Adviser (SA) to the Labour Party from 1997 to 2005, and lobbyist for the public relations firm Bell Pottinger from January 2006 to 2010.[1]

On 24 May 2016, Labour's Deputy Leader of Hackney Council, Sophie Linden, was appointed by newly-elected Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) to lead the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).[2]

Background

Prior to the 2001 election, Sophie Linden was a part-time Special Adviser to Labour's Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett, later moving to the Home Office, when Blunkett was Home Secretary.

2006, Lobbying

In January 2006, Linden joined the lobbying firm Bell Pottinger Public Affairs (BPPA) as a Director, where her biography apparently "highlights her SA role".[3] Former BPPA Managing Director Peter Bingle described Linden as "one of the best ministerial advisers of this generation".[4]

2010, Parliamentary candidate

In 2006, Linden became Labour Councillor for the Dalston Ward in Hackney.[5] In 2010, she was shortlisted for consideration as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Leyton and Wanstead, angering local Labour activists who felt that local members were "sidelined" by regional bosses.[6] Linden lost out to John Cryer, now MP for Leyton and Wanstead, who held the seat for Labour.[7]

Linden's biography on her candidacy bid website - which omits to mention her role at BPPA - reads as follows:[8]

I am a committed, hard working campaigner with strong local and national experience. I have been a member of the party for over 20 years. I have spent my adult life standing up for Labour values and for those who most depend on us.
My earliest experience of elections was taking numbers at polling stations for my mother who won a council seat off the Tories in the early 1980s.
From 1992-1997 I worked as a researcher to David Blunkett MP. I have experience of developing Labour policy in opposition and Labour’s attacks on the Tories and Liberal Democrats.
From 1997-2005 I was privileged to serve the Labour government in the Department for Education and the Home Office as a special adviser. I personally worked with Labour MPs and the party to deliver historic Labour goals of lowering class sizes, providing free nursery education and Sure Start; reducing crime and anti-social behaviour; delivering neighbourhood policing and reducing the harm that drugs cause.
Since 2006 I have served as a Hackney Councillor and a cabinet member for customer services and sustainability. I work tirelessly as a Ward Councillor. I am passionate about building safer communities and tackling inequality.
I work with the Labour group to implement and develop our manifesto commitments. I have developed our environmental policies to ensure that our work to reduce carbon emissions is focused on tackling fuel poverty.
Other life experience:
I am rooted in East London. I have lived in Hackney for 20 years, I moved here when I was 16, and chose to come back and live in East London after University. I would love the opportunity to use my experience to serve the people of Leyton and Wanstead. I have also worked for the End Child Poverty campaign – building up its membership and campaigning to raise the profile of the injustice of child poverty in Britain.
I have taken an active role in improving the life chances and opportunities of those who live in East London. I am on the board of Groundwork East London whose objective is to improve the lives and environment of residents – including Waltham Forest and Redbridge.
I am a member of Unite. I am married to a Headteacher and we have four lovely children.

Contact

Email: slinden AT hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://www.sophielinden.co.uk/

DMPC role

Outside of powers to issue a Police and Crime Plan, and to appoint and remove senior Met officers, the role of the DMPC in London is similar to that of an elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elsewhere. Although not directly elected, once the Mayor as occupant of MOPAC delegates his authority, the DMPC has all other powers and duties of a PCC.

The DMPC heads up MOPAC and is accountable to the Mayor for: the delivery of his Police and Crime Plan; for ensuring robust oversight of the police; and driving effective criminal justice and crime reduction services across London.

The DMPC works with a range of agencies and service providers to improve services in the city, and with one important exception – the national Strategic Policing Requirement – the DMPC does not answer to Whitehall, but to Londoners. She has a duty to consult with local people in setting her objectives.

Metropolitan Police

In London, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, answers to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, with a separate reporting line to Home Secretary Theresa May on national matters. Sir Bernard must at all times retain the confidence of both the Mayor (and DMPC) and the Home Secretary.[9]

MOPAC

Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
2nd Floor, City Hall
The Queen’s Walk
London SE1 2AA
Tel: (020) 7983 6532 (available 9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Fax: (020) 7983 5999
Twitter: @MOPACLdn

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References

  1. Info-Dynamics Research, "Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government", GMB: April 2006 Briefing, p7, accessed 20.09.10
  2. "Sadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing"
  3. Info-Dynamics Research, "Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government", GMB: April 2006 Briefing, p7, accessed 20.09.10
  4. Staff writers, "Bell Pottinger appoints former New Labour aides", PR Week UK, 05.01.06, accessed 20.09.10
  5. Hackney Labour Party, "Your Labour councillors for Dalston", accessed 20.09.10
  6. Carl Brown, "LEYTON/WANSTEAD: Anger as Labour sidelines local party members", Waltham Forest News, accessed 20.09.10
  7. BBC, "Leyton & Wanstead", accessed 20.09.10
  8. Sophie Linden, "About Me", accessed 20.09.10
  9. "The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime"
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