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Damien Egan
British politician
b. 1982age 44Living
Became Mayor of Lewisham in 2018, one of a wave of Labour figures who used borough-level government in London to build a public profile around visible, delivery-focused local leadership. He won a seat in Parliament in 2024, representing Kingswood and later Bristol North East after boundary changes, following a route from council and mayoral office to Westminster that has become common among his generation of British Labour politicians.