Sophie Linden


Sophie Linden is a British politician, and currently the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. She is a member of the Labour Party.

Political career

From 1992 to 1997, Linden was a researcher for David Blunkett MP. Following the Labour victory at the 1997 general election, she became a Special Adviser to Blunkett when he was Secretary of State for Education and Employment. She was in the role from 1997 to 2001, following Blunkett as Special Adviser when he was appointed Home Secretary.
Linden moved to become a Labour councillor within the London Borough of Hackney, for the Dalston Ward, from 4 May 2006 to 10 June 2016. During this period, she sought selection as Labour's Prospective parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn prior to the 2015 general election, but was unsuccessful. In 2016, she was appointed by the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.