Brenda Dacres, Baroness Dacres of Lewisham
The Baroness Dacres of Lewisham | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Lewisham | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Damien Egan |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 7 January 2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1966 (age 59) |
| Party | Labour |
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Brenda Vanessa Dacres, Baroness Dacres of Lewisham OBE (born November 1966) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who is Mayor of Lewisham. 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.