New Mayor, Emma Apthorp

Councillor Emma Apthorp is to become Hammersmith & Fulham’s youngest-ever Mayor. She was elected as a new councillor for the Hammersmith Broadway ward in this year’s local elections on 5 May. It is hoped that she will modernise the role, encourage more young people to engage in democratic public life and to put the goal of making the world better for women and girls as the centrepiece of the next mayoral year.

Emma was born and grew up in Hammersmith. While at Cambridge University between 2017 and 2021, she campaigned for the university to pay its employees a living wage. Her community work includes advocating for penal reform through the charity, Sing Inside, and fundraising for breast cancer charities. In response to the pandemic and educational inequality, she provided free mathematics GCSE tuition.