Jules Pipe - Mayor of Hackney

Biography

Jules Pipe was re-elected as Mayor of Hackney for a second term in May 2006, having become the borough’s first directly elected Mayor in October 2002.

As one of only twelve directly elected Mayors in the country, Jules has overseen the transformation of Council finances and the delivery of Council services, resulting in a net increase of 50 percentage points in resident satisfaction, and a three-star rating from the Audit Commission expected in February 2008.

Since Jules Pipe became Mayor, Hackney is seeing the fastest fall in crime in London, the establishment of five new secondary schools and the successful campaign to put Hackney on the tube map.

Since 2002, Hackney has seen the third-lowest Council Tax increase of any London borough, with Council Tax frozen for the past two years. Jules is at the forefront of Hackney’s ambitious plans and aspirations for the borough’s 2012 legacy.

Before becoming Mayor, Jules worked as a newspaper journalist, working as a sub-editor for, among others, the Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph, as well as serving as a ward councillor from 1996 to 2002, and Leader of the Council from June 2001 until elected as Mayor in 2002.

He was born and grew up in East London, and has lived in Hackney for 14 years.

In the 2008 New Year's Honours List, Jules was awarded a CBE in recognition of his service to local government.

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Page updated: 30 Jun 2008