Neeraj Patil (Kannada: ಡಾ. ನೀರಜ್ ಪಾಟೀಲ್) is a British politician. A doctor of Indian origin, he served as the Mayor of the London Borough of Lambeth from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Labour Party, he was the borough's first mayor of Asian origin. He is a consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine who completed his fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He served as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Worthing Hospital and was a member of KWASH campaign to save the Emergency services at Worthing General Hospital. He was first elected as a Councillor for the Larkhall ward in 2006 and reelected in 2010. He received Pope Benedict XVI during his official visit to London on 18 September 2010.
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