Val Shawcross

Valerie Shawcross CBE
Shawcross in 2020
Deputy Mayor of London for Transport
In office 9 May 2016 – 21 May 2018
Mayor	Sadiq Khan
Preceded by	Isabel Dedring
Succeeded by	Heidi Alexander
Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark
In office 4 May 2000 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Florence Eshalomi
Personal details
Born	Middleton, Lancashire, UK
Political party	Labour Co-op
Spouse	Michael Anteney
Alma mater	University of Liverpool (BA) London Institute (MA)

Valerie Shawcross CBE is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Labour Co-operative parties, she was Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark from 2000 to 2016.

Shawcross was a Member of Croydon London Borough Council from 1994 to 2000, and served as Leader of the Council from 1997 to 2000. She unsuccessfully stood, as the Labour candidate, to become Mayor of Croydon in 2022.