Philip Glanville

Philip Glanville
Mayor of Hackney
Assumed office
May 2016
Preceded by Jules Pipe
Personal details
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Profession Politician

Philip Glanville is a British Labour Party politician who currently serves as the Directly elected mayor of Hackney in London.[1][2]

Philip Glanville was elected Mayor of Hackney in September 2016, becoming the borough's second directly elected Mayor following the resignation of the incumbent, Jules Pipe. He has supported several local community and trade union movements, most recently joining lecturers at Loughborough University London on the picket line to protest changes in university pension scheme[3].

He was previously a councillor in Hoxton for ten years, and spent three years as Cabinet Member for Housing before briefly becoming Deputy Mayor in 2016. He became civilly partnered to his husband Giles McCrary III, a native of Texas, in February 2011 and then was one of the first in the United Kingdom to convert his civil partnership into marriage at a midnight ceremony on 10 December 2014.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Gelder, Sam. "Hackney mayor by-election: Landslide win for Labour's Philip Glanville after poor turnout". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Philip Glanville elected Mayor of Hackney". Philip Glanville elected Mayor of Hackney. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  3. ↑ Bickerton, James. "Hackney Mayor joins lecturers on picket line". Hackney Post.
  4. ↑ Citizen, Hackney (2014-12-11). "Councillor Philip Glanville makes history with midnight wedding". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
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