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Toby Harris
(Lord Harris of Haringey)

Independent Member

Lord Toby Harris was appointed as the Home Secretary's nominee on the Metropolitan Police Authority in July 2004.

He was an elected member of the London Assembly, representing Brent and Harrow, and the Leader of the Labour Group on the GLA from 2000 to 2004. He served as the first Chair of the MPA for the same period.

He was a member of Haringey Council from 1978 to 2002 and was its Leader from 1987 to 1999, having previously spent five years as Chair of Social Services. He was Chair of the Association of London Government, representing the 33 local authorities in London, from its formation in 1995 until 2000, having previously chaired the Association of London Authorities.

From 1986 to 1993, he was Chair of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities’ Social Services Committee and led for local government in negotiations about the introduction of Community Care and the Children Act. He has been a member of the Executive of the Local Government Association and of the Association of Police Authorities.

Professionally, he has held key positions in the consumer movement, having been Deputy Director of the Electricity Consumers' Council and Director of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales, the statutory body representing NHS patients. More recently, he has been a consultant to a number of companies, including KPMG, National Grid Transco, and Wyeth Laboratories.

He was made a Life Peer in June 1998.

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