Stephen Greenhalgh
| Stephen Greenhalgh | |
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Greenhalgh in 2012
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| Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime | |
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In office 6 June 2012 – 9 May 2016 |
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| Mayor | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Kit Malthouse (Policing) |
| Succeeded by | Sophie Linden |
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| Born |
4 September 1967 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Fulham, London (private) |
| Alma mater |
St Paul's School Trinity College, Cambridge (MA) |
| Profession | Businessman politician |
Stephen John Greenhalgh (born 4 September 1967) is a British businessman and politician, and was the first Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Greenhalgh was born in Watford, spending most of his childhood in London. His mother was expelled from Czechoslovakia, and his father was a surgeon. He attended St Paul's School, where he was a Senior Foundation Scholar. In 1985, he went up to read History and Law at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Perry Exhibitioner. There he took part in rowing and rugby, and in 1988 he was President of the Cambridge Union Society. He graduated in 1989 and worked as a brand manager for Procter & Gamble until 1994. That year, he became a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1999, he became the Managing Director of BIBA Medical, a business that he had set up.
Greenhalgh began his political career in the local politics of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, first standing for election in 1994 in Sands End, a relatively poor ward within Fulham. He was unsuccessful. In a by-election in 1996, he was elected to the Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in the Town ward, at a time when the Conservatives were in opposition on the Council. Two years later, he became the Conservative spokesman on social services. Then, in 1999, he became the deputy leader of the Conservative group, and in 2003 the group leader, and in 2006 the Council leader. At the next elections in 2010, the Conservatives under Greenhalgh lost two Council seats but still retained a large majority. During his time on the Council, Greenhalgh became famous for being a cost-cutter, for which he has received both praise and criticism.
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