Joanne Anderson

Joanne Anderson
2nd Mayor of Liverpool
In office
10 May 2021 – 5 May 2023
DeputyJane Corbett
Preceded byJoe Anderson
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Liam Robinson as Leader of Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Councillor for Princes Park
In office
17 October 2019 – 7 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1971-01-07) 7 January 1971 (age 53)
Liverpool, England
Political partyLabour
Children1
Alma materLiverpool John Moores University

Joanne Marie Anderson (born 7 January 1971)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who served as the second and final directly elected Mayor of Liverpool from 2021 to 2023. She previously served as the Liverpool City Councillor for the Princes Park ward from October 2019 to May 2021. She was the first woman to be Mayor of the city and the first black woman to be a directly elected mayor in the UK. Anderson left office in May 2023 at the end of her term.