Bassam Mahfouz

Constituency: Ealing and Hillingdon

Year elected: 2024

About

Bassam has lived in the constituency for more than 40 years after fleeing war in Lebanon as a child. He has served as an Ealing councillor since 2005, representing Northolt and serving in the Cabinet since 2010.

He has campaigned for social justice, step-free access at Greenford and Hanwell stations, a progressive council tax support scheme and the London Living Wage. He also led environmental work that made Ealing one of London’s top recycling boroughs and ended the council’s use of landfill.

Before joining the London Assembly, Bassam ran a refugee charity supporting more than 2,000 people each year and worked for a G15 housing association on inclusion and advice services.

Proudest achievements

• Helping frontline council workers move from low pay to the real London Living Wage.
• Securing lifts at Greenford and Hanwell stations after challenging initial opposition.
• Helping to ensure HS2 was tunnelled through Ealing.
• Securing funding to raise the Elizabeth line platform at Ealing Broadway.
• Calling for greater fiscal devolution for London, including powers for a tourism levy.

Priorities

• A greener, more accessible city with safer streets for all road users.
• Tackling the cost of living and increasing take-up of the London Living Wage.
• Rebuilding trust in policing and strengthening community policing.
• Building more genuinely affordable homes and improving support for private renters.
• Supporting the NHS, including better mental health support in schools.

Group roles

• Labour lead on the economy.
• Labour lead on oversight.

Committee roles

• Member of the Economy Committee.
• Member of the GLA Oversight Committee.
• Member of the Transport Committee.
• Member of the Environment Committee.