Wendy Simon

Wendy Simon
Mayor of Liverpool
Acting, De facto
In office
10 December 2020 – 10 May 2021
DeputyHerself
Preceded byJoe Anderson
Succeeded byJoanne Anderson
Deputy Mayor of Liverpool
In office
May 2018 – 10 May 2021
MayorJoe Anderson
Herself (Acting)
Preceded byAnn O'Byrne
Succeeded byJane Corbett
Liverpool City Councillor
for Kensington and Fairfield
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2007
Preceded byRichard Marbrow (LD)
Majority1,323 (62.0%)
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Children1[1]
Websitewendyformayor.org.uk

Wendy Simon is a Labour Party politician who exercised the powers and duties of the office of Mayor of Liverpool from 2020 to 2021. Mayor Joe Anderson temporarily stepped aside in December 2020. Although Anderson formally remained as Mayor until the end of his term, Simon performed Anderson’s duties.[2] She also served as Deputy Mayor of Liverpool from 2018 to 2021.

  1. ^ Topping, Alexandra (13 January 2021). "Wendy Simon: the interim mayor running Liverpool from her living room". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson steps aside amid bribery probe". BBC News. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.