Navin Shah

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Navin Shah AM

Member of the London Assembly for Brent and Harrow
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2008
Preceded by	Robert Blackman

Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Architect

Navin Shah is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the London Assembly and has been a councillor in the London Borough of Harrow since 1994.

Shah is a self-employed architect.

Shah joined the Labour Party in 1977 and was first elected to Harrow Council in 1994 for Kenton East ward. In 2004 he became Council leader, becoming Leader of the opposition in 2006 when Labour lost control. He served as a Harrow representative on the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) and in turn represented LFEPA on the Local Government Association's Urban Commission.[1]

He was elected as a member of the London Assembly at the 2008 assembly elections, taking the constituency seat of Brent and Harrow, beating Conservative Robert Blackman. He continued to serve on LFEPA, now as an Assembly Member, and also sits on the Metropolitan Police Authority, the Audit Panel, the Health and Public Services Committee and the Planning and Spatial Development Committee.[2]