Jennette Arnold (Labour, North East)
London
Assembly Member
Following a successful career in nursing, Jennette Arnold worked as an Industrial Relations Officer and as Regional Director of Services and Special Adviser (Equalities) to the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing. She then moved on to become a leading associate with the award winning training and organisational development consultancy, Beacon Associates.
Jennette was elected to Islington Borough Council in 1994 and held a number of key positions, including a term as Deputy Mayor. In May 2000, Jennette was elected to the London Assembly. She was re-elected in 2004 as the Assembly Member for North East London. Within the Labour Group on the London Assembly she is the Lead Member for Culture and Older People issues and also Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group for London.
Jennette was re-appointed in 2004 as a Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority. As a Member of the Metropolitan Police's multi-agency Domestic Violence Working Group Jennette worked to help shape the Met's Domestic Violence Strategy and lobbied to secure funding for Community Safety Units. As an Assembly member Jennette investigated the impact that safety concerns have on women's employment opportunities and ensured that the needs of workers were included in the Mayor's Safer Travel at Night project. Jennette chaired the London Assembly Scrutiny into Smoking in Public Places, and has worked with the GMB and TUC on the issue of Safer Workplaces.
Specific interests
- Policing crime prevention & community safety
- Key Human Resource issues, particularly recruitment and retention and Health & Safety.
- Police Reform Agenda
- Domestic Violence
MPA Link Member for:
- London borough of Hackney
- London borough of Islington
- London borough of Waltham Forest
Contact details
- Telephone: 020 7202 0184
- Email: membersservices@mpa.gov.uk