Leonie Cooper
Leonie Cooper
Biography
Leonie Cooper AM was elected as the London Assembly Member for Merton & Wandsworth in May 2016. From 2016-18 she was the chair of the cross-party London Assembly Environment Committee, which under her leadership produced a ground-breaking report on single-use plastic water bottles, that led directly to the Mayor’s programme of public water fountains. Since 2019, she has been the chair of the cross-party Economy Committee, which produced its first-ever report on the Skills required in the low-carbon, circular economy.