Heidi Alexander

Before joining the Mayor's team Heidi was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East. Elected in 2010, she served in the Whips' Office before being appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Health. Between 2006 and 2010 Heidi worked as Deputy Mayor of the London Borough of Lewisham and Cabinet Member for Regeneration.

She is a graduate of Durham University from where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and a Masters degree in European Urban and Regional Change.

As Deputy Mayor for Transport and Deputy Chair of Transport for London, Heidi will be focused on delivering the Mayor's Transport Strategy, ensuring that London has a reliable, comfortable and affordable public transport system accessible to all, creating safe, healthy streets where people want to walk and cycle, and ensuring that new homes and new jobs are part of a sustainable, integrated transport system which delivers good economic growth across London.