Rajesh Chada, known as Raj Chada, is a lawyer and

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politician in

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. He was the Leader of

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from 2005 to 2006 and a councillor for

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between 2002 and 2006. He is a top criminal solicitor specialising in defending protesters and he is regularly quoted in the national press. He has been covered in major newspapers for defending 300

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activists, the Stansted Fifteen, nine

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protesters at Heathrow, protesters at DSEI,

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's sit-in in Fortnum and Masons, and Johnny Marbles. He is described by

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as having "a strong reputation for his work representing political protesters and other individuals charged with public order offences" and was named the Legal Aid Practitioners Criminal Lawyer of the Year in 2012. Chada is a Labour Party politician. He was elected to Camden Council in 2002, representing Gospel Oak ward. He quickly joined the Cabinet with responsibility for Housing, before becoming the Leader of the council in 2005, replacing

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after she stepped down due to fear that she would lose the coming election (which Labour did). He was considered less 'Blairite' than Roberts, but lost his seat in 2006 to the Conservatives because of association with Blair post-Iraq War and delays in housing improvements. Chada stood for selection in a number of parliamentary seats without success, including Darlington and Reading West in 2010 and his home seat of Holborn and St Pancras in 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chada, Raj Leaders of local authorities of England Councillors in the London Borough of Camden Labour Party (UK) councillors English solicitors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British politicians of Indian descent