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- Born in Streatham, south London in 1945, Kenneth Robert Livingstone attended Tulse Hill Comprehensive before taking up a job as a lab technician working on cancer research in the Royal Marsden Hospital.
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Education. Philippa Fawcett Teacher Training College. Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English retired [2] politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008.
Apr 26, 2024 · Ken Livingstone (born June 17, 1945, Lambeth, London, England) is a British politician, who made constitutional history on May 4, 2000, when he was elected mayor of London —the first time that British voters had directly elected a candidate to an executive office at any level of government. He served as mayor until May 2008.
Sep 20, 2023 · He left school at 17 and started work as a laboratory technician. By his early 20s he was an active Labour Party member. He had a child at the age of 57 with his long-term partner and later wife...
Sep 20, 2023 · BBC News & PA Media. 20 September 2023. Getty Images. Ken Livingstone was a major figure in London's politics for decades. Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has Alzheimer's disease, his...
May 21, 2018 · Mr Livingstone boasts achievements such as the introduction of the Oyster card for London transport, free use of public transport for under-18s in full-time education and a revival and...
Sep 20, 2023 · Ken Livingstone: Former London mayor has Alzheimer's, family say. 20 September 2023. Getty Images. Ken Livingstone was a major figure in London's politics for decades. By James Kelly &...
Mar 14, 2013 · Last Edited December 2, 2022. Ken Livingstone, theatre director, designer, teacher (born 21 January 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland; died 5 May 2019 in Montreal, QC). Ken Livingstone was the first graduate of Canada’s first MA course in theatre ( University of British Columbia , 1967).