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Brenda Dacres, Baroness Dacres of Lewisham

1966–

United Kingdom

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Brenda Vanessa Dacres, Baroness Dacres of Lewisham (born November 1966) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who was Mayor of Lewisham from 2024 to 2026. In 2024, she became the first black woman to be elected Mayor of Lewisham, and the second black woman directly elected mayor in England after Joanne Anderson.

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