Steve Bundred
English politician
Stephen Bundred (born 1952) is a retired Labour Party politician and public administrator in London, England. He is unusual in having had a career in party politics before holding high-ranking apolitical public offices, including as Chief Executive of Camden London Borough Council (1995–2003), Chief of Executive of the Audit Commission (2003–2010) and Chair of Monitor (2010–2014).
He was a researcher for the National Union of Mineworkers. He was elected as a Labour councillor on Islington London Borough Council in a by-election in 1977 and served for one year (although his wife Kathleen was later an Islington councillor). He then stood for Labour for election to the European Parliament in 1979 for London South East, but lost to the Tory candidate. Bundred served on the Greater London Council from 1981 until its abolition in 1986, representing Islington North. Upon the GLC's abolition, he was elected to represent Islington North on the Inner London Education Authority. On the GLC, he was known as being part of the left and allied to Ken Livingstone.
He entered local government administration as director of finance at the London Borough of Hackney, Birkbeck College, and then the London Borough of Camden. He became Chief Executive of Camden Council in 1995.
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