Internal Elections 2026 – Candidate statements

Mar 31, 2026

Here you can find all candidate statements for the internal elections across the NEC, NCC, NPF, and NWC elections.

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Positions which were open but for which we did not receive statements are not listed here.

NEC Elections

NEC CLP Section (Division-III)

Abdi Duale

I am standing for re-election to Labour’s NEC to ensure CLPs and members remain at the heart of our party.

My family was lifted out of poverty by a Labour Government, so I know personally the difference Labour in power makes. That is why I have spent years campaigning and supporting our candidates. As a former organiser, I know our values only change lives when they’re matched with hard graft, strong local parties, unity across our movement, and a focus on winning.

Over the past four years, I have interviewed dozens of Labour candidates who are now MPs, Mayors, and Councillors serving their communities. At a time when Reform and the populist right are on the rise, we must remain united and deliver the change we promised.

With a Labour government now in office, the NEC’s role is crucial. With your support, I’ll continue to:

Support CLPs to organise, campaign, and grow
Strengthen our campaigning operation
Improve the diversity of our candidates
Work with all parts of our movement in the best spirit of Labour’s traditions
Ensure better communication with CLPs and members

I am a proud GMB member. Please also consider supporting Angela Davies, Peter Mason, and Jane Thomas.

Alex Kularatnam

I am seeking nomination for the NEC CLP Representatives (Division III) because I believe I can be an effective and committed campaigner for the Labour Party.

Since joining the Party after graduating from university, I have built extensive campaigning experience across elections, beginning from the 2022 local elections in Slough. I have worked for two Members of Parliament, developing a strong understanding of how to translate Labour values into meaningful engagement with voters and disenfranchised constituents. This has grounded my political understanding of what the Labour Party represents today: a movement rooted in solidarity, fairness, and delivering real change for working people.

Central to that mission is our historic and ongoing relationship with the trade union movement. I appreciate immensely the fundamental role trade unions play to Labour’s identity, ensuring that the voices of workers remain at the heart of our politics and campaigning priorities.

In my current role as a Digital Organiser across Lewisham, Greenwich, and Southwark, I am deeply connected with Party members and candidates. I regularly engage and mobilise them, encouraging participation in campaigning efforts, particularly in the run-up to the May local elections.

I would bring this experience, political clarity, and organising energy to the NEC.

Andrew Achilleos

As a successful Campaign Organiser and CLP Chair for over a decade in Dagenham and Rainham, I earned my keep working with members to see off the populist right of UKIP, The Brexit Party, and the Tories.

My politics was born on the markets of east London and shaped on the streets of Dagenham, where listening to people, building a strong narrative around the things that matter, and standing up for what is right featured heavily.

As a councillor in Barking and Dagenham I specialise in climate change and serve as Chair of Scrutiny. From planting a forest to leading a SEND provision review, I am proud of my achievements.

I am a member of Unite and the GMB and have worked in a senior role for the local MP since 2012. I also stood in Romford at the last general election, significantly slashing the Tory majority.

To weather the gathering storm our Party needs an authentic, pragmatic, and experienced voice on the NEC, representing the views of not just our grassroots CLP membership, but of ordinary people from communities across the country.

With your vote, together we can hold back the politics of division and make hope possible again.

Angela Davies

I believe passionately in our party values – equality, community, tolerance, solidarity and a socially just society. I want to continue putting my Labour values into action and serve people in our communities as well as our party.

For the last 32 years, I am proud to have worked in the substance misuse and mental health field in our precious NHS. I am passionate about tackling inequality in all its forms.

As a councillor on Wirral Borough Council and as Deputy Leader of the Labour Group, I understand the challenges our communities and public services face. I really enjoy being a community champion, avid campaigner and activist, and have enjoyed visiting CLPs to talk about the work of the NEC and listen to people’s feedback and views.

I am on the North West Regional Executive Committee, as well as CLP Treasurer, and Campaign Coordinator for our Borough Campaign Group. I also serve as a school governor, and as a board member for our local Youth Zone.

I am a member of Managers in Partnership (part of UNISON) and Christians on the Left.

Please also nominate Abdi Duale, Peter Mason, & Jane Thomas.

Anthony Mayo

Nothing in this country has ever been given freely to ordinary people—it has always been won through struggle. From John Frost and Zephaniah Williams, and the Chartists who marched for the right to vote, to Aneurin Bevan, whose values shaped the NHS, to Keir Hardie and a movement built on fairness, opportunity, and respect.

Today, we stand at a crossroads. We face new and evolving threats: the manipulation of information, the misuse of technology, and the growing reality of climate change—each testing the resilience of our society and institutions.

The ironmasters and mine owners of the past have been replaced by modern tech giants and oligarchs. Wealth and power are increasingly concentrated, while too many in Britain remain trapped in poverty.

I have reflected deeply on my reasons for stepping forward. My background in leadership, focused on threat and error management and systems failure, has shaped how I understand these challenges.

Now is the time to act. We must redress the balance and build a fairer society that works for everyone.

Cat Arnold

I’m Cat Arnold, running for a second NEC term. I am grounded in protecting Labour Party, reputation, democracy, and values. Values of social and environmental justice, equity, and transparency.

I was proud to see Labour in government, but that win was controlled by a small set of people wielding introspective power. Our party is at its strongest when its movement is respected and inspired.

It’s a critical moment for party integrity. We must retain members and enthuse young people facing an environment, jobs and housing crisis to join and stay. I represent members’ views through pluralistic dialogue across the party, unions, and affiliates.

I’ve helped drive improvements to NEC safeguarding policy and procedures. I am committed to increasing access to party roles and systems for those protected under the Equalities Act, while recognising intersectionality too.

I am a collaborator, driven by experiences of being a councillor, SERA member, Co-operative Party Branch Secretary, and Executive member of LCER. In my day job as a charity leader, I work with over 50 volunteers, building shared vision, teamwork, and collaborative leadership skills vital for negotiation and co-production.

I pledge to Reset the Labour Party! Supporting Mainstream candidates: Kerry, Jovan and Elizabeth

Chinedu Ugwu

I am seeking election to the National Executive Committee to represent members’ voices and strengthen our collective impact. I am committed to fairness, transparency, and delivering real change that improves people’s lives. I will work to ensure our party remains rooted in its values, supports local members, and champions equality and opportunity for all. By listening, engaging, and acting decisively, I aim to help shape policies that reflect our shared priorities. I will collaborate across the party, uphold accountability, and contribute to building a strong, united movement capable of winning and delivering for communities across the country.

Colin Storey

I am standing for election to the National Executive Committee as a CLP representative because I believe our party is strongest when it is rooted in its membership and organised around our shared values of equality, solidarity and democracy.

Labour’s strength has always come from our local parties, activists and affiliated organisations. As a CLP representative, I would work to ensure that the voices, experiences and concerns of members are clearly heard at the heart of the party. I am committed to transparent decision-making, meaningful member engagement and a culture of respect across all levels of Labour’s structures.

We face the twin challenges of winning power and using it to deliver real change for working people. That means building an effective, disciplined and inclusive party that can campaign confidently in every community, while staying true to our principles. I will support policies that tackle inequality, strengthen public services, protect workers’ rights and address the climate crisis, and I will advocate for fair processes that allow members to shape our direction.

I have experience working within my CLP to campaign, organise and support members, and I understand both the opportunities and frustrations faced by grassroots activists. On the NEC, I would

Cyriac George

I would like to run for the position of Labour National Executive Committee. Presently, I am standing as the Labour Senedd candidate from the Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd Senedd constituency. I am actively involved in campaigns in both Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd and Gwr Abertawe Senedd constituencies. As a Senedd candidate in the Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd constituency, I led the campaign in many parts of the constituency. I coordinated the campaign by using various labour colleauges, labour-affiliated organisations, and digital campaigns by videos, a campaign website, and social media. Presently, I am a Sketty branch member and serving as Swansea West CLP delegate in General Committee from the Sketty branch.

I am serving as the President of a community association in Swansea. I served as a governor of a Primary school in Swansea. I also served as a Parish Councillor of various Parish communities.

I am working as a Learning Disability Nurse at Swansea Bay NHS Trust. Alongside my professional life, I have served as a school governor, parish councillor, president of a community association, and a volunteer in a range of charitable causes. These experiences have shaped my understanding of the challenges working families face, from wages and housing to childcare,

David Littlefair

MAKE LABOUR WORKING CLASS AGAIN

I am former front line homelessness worker and was brought into politics by the experience of processing miners’ compensation claims as a teenager.

Labour has become a party that is almost exclusively for middle class managerial professionals. I have campaigned, as part of Blue Collar Parliament, to ask Labour to make more space for working class professionals and blue collar workers.

I am running on a slate with Restoration (www.ourrestoration.org.uk) and this is our aim – to build a class-first politics for Labour

We want Labour to rebuild its identity and re-include working class Britain so that we can win the next election.

– More working class and blue collar MPs

– More protection for British industry in our industrial strategy

– More taxes on wealth to spend in declining post industrial Britain

– No more big money private donations in Labour

Please also nominate Stella Tsantekidou, Jake Croft, Sam Theodoridi, Peter Newman, and Andrew Achilleos

Donald Roy

I have been a more or less active member of the Labour Party for over fifty years and under ten leaders and two acting leaders. I have held various offices locally – most recently Vice Chair (Campaigns)/Campaign Co-ordinator Putney Labour Party 2015 to 2022 and Procedures Secretary/Secretary Wandsworth Local Campaign Forum 2021-2022.

Have also published two novels – the more recent The Election – A Modern Chronicle of Barsetshire 2025 being comic, contemporary and political.

I can be reached on [email protected] and at @[email protected]

I worked as a professional economist mainly in the public sector for a quarter of a century and retain a professional interest in retirement. In the late 1980s I served as a Technical Representative (equivalent to shop steward) for my union – now part of Prospect.

Not associated with any particular faction but more than willing to work with anyone prepared to improve professional standards in the party and to achieve genuine inclusiveness in its approach. My local experience between 2015 and 2022 suggests that such aims are both achievable and desirable.

Served as a trustee of local charity for ten years (as its chair for six of them).

Gemma Bolton

I’m standing for a fourth term on Labour’s NEC because I believe that our Labour government needs a fundamental change in direction, and for a democratic party where members are valued at every level.

Labour must implement transformative, bold and popular policies that reject the hate and division of the far-right. We must invest in our communities to reverse years of Tory decline; support public ownership; fight poverty and racism and adopt a peace-oriented foreign policy – which includes opposing Trump’s agressive military actions in Iran and Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Through years of activism, I’ve seen that we’re strongest as a party when members feel empowered. That’s why local parties should always select their parliamentary and council candidates.

In addition to serving three NEC terms; I’ve been a parliamentary candidate; served on the Women’s Conference Arrangements Committee; as CLP Equalities and Youth Officer; as Co-Chair of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) and on the South East Regional Executive.

I endorse the Reset the Labour Party statement. Please also support the other Centre Left Grassroots Alliance (Momentum/CLPD) candidates: Yasmine Dar & Minesh Parekh, as well as the 3 Mainstream candidates: Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul & Kerry Postlewhite.

Twitter/X: @gembolton

George Davies

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Our Party is strongest when members feel informed, engaged and properly represented.

As a CLP Secretary I know that too often members are unclear about how the Party operates. I want to help change that by championing:

Transparency – so members understand how the Party works, how decisions are reached and who is responsible for them

Communication – between the national Party, Regions and MPs, from the NEC to CLPs, providing information on activity and reporting back to you

Representation – making sure all CLPs, their activists and members are represented and heard at all levels

Every member should know that their voice matters, that they can play a meaningful role in shaping Labour’s future.

If elected, I would work to be a practical, approachable and committed NEC representative, ensuring local parties have an advocate at national level. Labour is at its best when it is transparent, accountable and connected to the members who sustain it.

I am not part of any ticket or group, I believe the NEC needs independent voices, and I ask you to help me become one.

I will also be supporting James Turnbull L1945465, who shares similar views.

Jacob Croft

My name is Jake Croft, I’m a Labour and Co-operative candidate for Hull City Council and standing for NEC on the Restoration slate. I grew up in Grimsby in a household supported by that increasingly rare asset that was a parent in a well-paid unionised job for life in industry. My Dad spent his career as an oil and gas worker at Lindsey Oil Refinery on the south bank of the Humber. I was mortified when, after financial mismanagement by its billionaire owner, the government allowed this strategic asset (which produced 25% of UK diesel) to go bust taking those jobs with it.

The NEC has for too long been run for the purposes of factional control of one flavour or another rather than good management guided by our foundational purpose as the political wing of the working class and the Trade Union movement. We must rebuild our relationships with the Trade Unions, promote braver policy making from our Labour Government and promote authentic working-class voices within our movement. It is on that basis I have decided to run for the NEC alongside the restoration slate.

Please visit www.ourrestoration.org.uk for more information on our slate and our platform

James Turnball

I WILL VISIT EVERY CONSTITUENCY OR ONE NEXT TO IT IN THE 2 YEAR TERM.

Why?

I believe the membership of this Party have been let down by a lack of transparency surrounding the NEC. Many CLPs don’t know what role it has or how to contact members on it, let alone see them face to face in their constituency.

In the past year, I have visited constituencies all over the UK to help with canvassing and general campaigning and will continue to do so whether I am able to get onto the NEC or not.

However, if I were to be elected I will:

Always be contactable

Attend CLP meetings to take questions (and hopefully attract members that you don’t normally see too).

Share with your secretary written reports from each meeting.

My hope is that the more members feel heard by those at the very top, the stronger our Party will be.

Please get in touch, no matter whether you are a role holder or an ordinary member to see how you can help!

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 07713 969313

Please also support George (Adam) Davies A747430

Jane Thomas

I was elected onto the NEC in 2024. I take this role seriously, acknowledging the responsibilities we have for the Party financially, legally and politically, alongside the vital role in keeping you as members connected and valued.

I’ve spent time supporting the National Women’s Committee, advocating for better support to those women in elected positions who are facing increased abuse on a daily basis. The work we do this year to combat violence against Women and Girls is vital.

I bring substantial and varied campaign experience to the NEC. Formerly Chair of South Yorkshire Women’s Development Trust, Head of the England team at Friends of the Earth, executive member of the European Movement, active on Sheffield’s Fairness Commission.

I also bring extensive political campaigning experience to the NEC – former parliamentary candidate, member of Yorkshire Regional Board, current and former member of the NPF, leading the election of Labour’s first mayor in South Yorkshire.

This is a vital year – internationally and at home. We must not be distracted. Unity is vital to keep the focus on delivery for our communities and a second term Labour government.

Unison member. Please also nominate Angela Davies, Abdi Duale and Peter Mason

John Wiseman

As a democratic socialist, trade unionist, teacher and co-operator, former clp chair and secretary, we need change within the Labour party and movement. We need to be more democratic, reporting back within our structures (including the CLPs) and making ourselves more accountable to the communities, constituencies and people that elect us. Conference must be a welcoming place to all, which must be listened and adhered to more often. It has been the case that many decisions on policy and rule have been ignored in the past. CLPs and BLPs need help and support to understand structures and policy setting as well as rule change. Party discipline must start with the grassroots members and all stakeholders in the party, with honesty and care been given to all. Training of our activists must be a priority, and the importance of Equality and Diversity must be at the top of the agenda. Teaching about our Labour history, is a way to build on the diversity of our movement. We must never forget ‘United we stand, divided we fall.’ Let us give hope a chance, and think about all our members and public, be ‘wise’ and nominate John Wiseman for the Labour NEC.

Jon Ashworth

Our historic commitments to social justice, equality, internationalism and anti-racism must always be at the heart of our mission.

We must campaign relentlessly to defeat the dangerous Reform Party winning power.

We know from doorstep conversations, people want us to tackle rip offs and profiteering that make life so unaffordable, to improve public services, to tackle poverty and stay true to our commitments on a greener future.

I was shadow health secretary. I’m passionate about the NHS. Fighting for a public, free at the point of use NHS has never been more pressing when opponents threaten it with cuts, charges and privatisation.

Rank and file party and trade union members are the soul of our Party. Members must be heard in policy making.

Our councillors improve communities. They can do so much more if we shift further resources and power from Westminster to communities.

As a unite member (and former T&G branch chair) I believe in the union link. I’ve supported workers in industrial disputes. Labour must always guarantee workers their rights to bargain for improved pay, pensions and conditions.

I’m standing for the NEC to help ensure Labour radically transforms the country for the better and wins again.

Jovan Owusu-Nepaul

I joined Labour in 2014, having seen the impact that austerity was having in my community in Birmingham.

I’m Labour through and through. I’ve campaigned for, worked for, and stood for Labour – against Farage – as our 2024 parliamentary candidate.

After years in opposition, we now have a historic opportunity to transform our country. To do that, it’s clear that we need bold ideas and to revitalise our broad church.

From young people to pensioners, those employed to those out of work, many feel left behind. Change is happening, but we need to go further, faster and be more radical.

Our movement has historically championed the ordinary, the aspirational, and the less privileged. We must do that today.

That’s why I’m standing for Labour’s NEC. To promote big ideas and action, and the democratic culture needed to bring these to life. Labour succeeds when we are broad and when all across our movement feel empowered to win the hearts and minds of voters.

I will stand up for members and tirelessly defend Labour values. I’m backing my Mainstream colleagues Cat Arnold and Kerry Postlewhite. I’ve signed the Reset the Labour Party statement and encourage support for all those backing a reset.

Kerry Postlewhite

I joined the Party in the 1980s, grew up leafleting, and our front room was often a committee room. Labour has always been part of my life.

I’ve been active in Labour Students, working for Labour councillors and for Socialist MEPs in Brussels. I’ve campaigned in countless elections, was a parliamentary candidate in 2024, knock doors in by-elections and now the Senedd elections. Part of Hereford & South Herefordshire CLP, I volunteer in my community.

I’m Chair of Mainstream because Labour is best when broad, open and confident in its values.

I left over Iraq, but returned because Labour remains the only party that can transform working people’s lives.

These elections matter. The NEC must reflect Labour’s core principle: by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone.

I’m a member of the Co-operative Party, SERA, LME, LCID, LAWS, LWN, LC&C and Community.

As CLP representative, I would speak up for all members. Winning in 2024 was huge – now we must step up, tax wealth, bring essential services into democratic ownership, end child poverty and tackle the cost of living crisis.

Please also nominate Cat and Jovan. I pledge to Reset the Labour Party.

Minesh Parekh

I’m Minesh Parekh and I’m standing for the NEC to help reset our government.

I’m a Labour & Co-operative councillor in Sheffield where I have passed community wealth building policies. I have been a party organiser, helping elect MPs in 2019 against the national swing. I’m now a policy worker, mitigating the harms of the hostile environment.

Winning the last general election should have led to us undoing the harms of the austerity and ushering in a decade of radical renewal. Instead, what we have seen is economic timidity, a rightward shift on welfare and migration, and our supporters abandoning us. We need to change course.

Our party is strongest when all wings have a voice and can contribute. We must move beyond this political culture that disciplines dissent and organises self-defeating stitch-ups. We need a politics built on consensus rather than control.

I endorse the Reset the Labour Party statement. Please also support the other Centre Left Grassroots Alliance (Momentum/CLPD) candidates: Gemma Bolton and Yasmine Dar, as well as the 3 Mainstream candidates: Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul & Kerry Postlewhite.

I will advocate for genuine Labour values, party democracy, and the transformative Labour government we need.

Neeraj Patil

I have been a Labour member for 23 years and I’m standing for NEC as an independent voice for grassroots members. I am not aligned to any faction or slate because the NEC should represent ordinary members and CLPs, not internal factions.

Independence matters. When I walk into the NEC room, I answer to members and CLPs.

Labour is strongest when it is member-led. CLPs must have an important role in parliamentary selections. I support Proportional Representation because our democracy needs reform and Labour should have the courage to lead that debate.

On the NEC my focus will be: strengthening party unity, empowering members, and ensuring Labour is ready to win 2029 General Election.

I understand how the NEC works because I have previously served on it. I bring strong experience in public service, having served eight years as a Lambeth councillor, including as Mayor of Lambeth (2010–2011). In 2017 I stood as Labour’s parliamentary candidate and reduced a Conservative majority from 10,180 to 1,554.

Alongside my political work, I have served over 30 years as an NHS A&E doctor, including throughout COVID. I would be honoured to bring that experience and independence to the NEC with your support.

Nicu Ion

I am seeking election to the National Executive Committee to ensure that Labour truly represents those too often unheard within our movement. As the first Roma elected to public office in the UK, I stand as a voice for communities that have historically faced exclusion, discrimination, and political invisibility.

As an educator (maths teacher), I have been committed to developing critical thinking, fairness, and opportunity, while also gaining extensive experience in leadership roles across public service and community work. I am also the initiator of the first memorial in the UK dedicated to Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust, and to the brave soldiers of the North East who helped liberate the concentration camps—reflecting my commitment to remembrance, justice, and shared history.

My experience is grounded in frontline advocacy and engagement. I understand the structural barriers that many underrepresented groups—including Roma and migrant communities— continue to face, both in wider society and within political participation. Representation must go beyond symbolism; it must create real access, influence, and change.

I am committed to a democratic, accountable Labour Party that reflects modern Britain and leaves no community behind.

Pervez Qureshi

My name is Pervez Qureshi, and I have been a longstanding member of the Labour Party and a dedicated grassroots campaigner. I have been selected as a councillor candidate for the May 2026 council elections in Newham, London.

I wish to put myself forward for the position of NEC member. I believe I can make a meaningful contribution through my understanding of our diverse, multi-ethnic communities and their needs and aspirations.

We are living through a particularly challenging political period, both in the United Kingdom and across the wider Western world. The rise of anti-mainstream sentiment and far-right politics is deeply concerning. At the same time, we face significant economic challenges, largely inherited from the previous Conservative government and compounded by ongoing conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Throughout my life, I have been actively engaged in community business and charitable work. My experience includes roles as a community funeral director, finance director of a community property investment company, chair of school governors, and general secretary of a social enterprise. I am also a food bank volunteer and fundraiser.

I believe my experience and commitment equip me to contribute effectively at the NEC.

Peter Mason

The Labour Party can only win for working people if we are united and in power.

I led the Jewish Labour Movement during one of the darkest points in our Party’s history. We can’t ever go back to failure and divisiveness.

I now lead a Labour Council, with a Labour Government at our back – implementing Labour priorities, with Labour values, delivering change for people who rely on us every day to have their backs.

We’ve seen the destruction caused by the Tories to our communities. We can’t let them do it again, whatever shade of blue they campaign under.

Governing is tough, and needs determination, focus and composure. Every election matters. Every advancing step toward achieving our manifesto and fulfilling our promise to the British people, matters.

If you re-elect me to the NEC, my focus will remain sharply on ensuring we are fighting hard to win in national legislatures, city and town halls across the country year round, and are ready and energised to win the next general election.

I’m standing together with the Labour to Win team. Please also nominate and support Angie Davies, Abdi Duale and Jane Thomas.

Reza Rahnema

I am writing to apply for a position on the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee. I am committed to strengthening our party’s democratic structures, empowering members, and ensuring that our decisions reflect the values of fairness, dignity, and opportunity for all. The NEC plays a crucial role in shaping the culture, accountability, and strategic direction of the Party, and I am eager to contribute constructively to that work.

Throughout my professional and voluntary experience, I have developed strong organisational, analytical, and communication skills. I have worked collaboratively across diverse teams, supported complex decision‑making processes, and helped deliver initiatives that required transparency, consistency, and long‑term planning. I believe these strengths would allow me to serve effectively and responsibly on the NEC.

I am particularly motivated by the need to rebuild trust with members, strengthen grassroots engagement, and ensure that policy development is informed by the lived realities of communities across the country. I would work with colleagues to uphold the Party’s rules, support local representatives, and promote a culture of respect, inclusion, and accountability.

Sam Theodoridi

I’m Sam Theodoridi, a Labour and Co‑operative councillor in Worthing and a care worker, standing on the Restoration slate. I’ve supported adults with learning disabilities and autism in a council care home for over a decade.

Care is in my blood. My mum has been a care worker for over 35 years, my dad spent most of his career in adult social care and my grandad worked as a nurse until he was 75.

I live in a working‑class household in a deprived part of Worthing. I’ve lived in the same home all my life, and I represent the community I grew up in.

My upbringing has shaped my values: loyalty, honesty, integrity, fairness, and a belief that everyone deserves dignity and respect. They’re values at the heart of our movement – the values of trade unionists, socialists, social democrats, Labour voters, and people across our country.

Working class people who live these values need to be visible in our Party, so we can reconnect with working class voters who remained loyal for so long but now feel abandoned and politically homeless. This is their movement too.

Please visit www.ourrestoration.org.uk for more information on our slate and platform.

Satish Kumar Seniaray

I have been a member of the Labour Party since 1977’s and rejoined online in 2017. I was steward with T&GWU Union since 1988 and joined NALGO union which merged with current UNISON union. I have been work place Steward with Unison. I worked over 33 years with Birmingham City Council. I had served as elected Secretary of the Handsworth Ward Labour party. I work actively with the CLP Secretary and Chair to deliver Labour Party aims and objectives and help the local residents. Contribute in the elections to get the labour candidates elected. I have done door knocking assisted with leaflet delivery. I have also done canvassing on labour phone banking app. I have also attended various online and in person training sessions arranged by the Labour Party and the Local Government Association. I completed BA from Delhi University India and studied Law at Delhi University. I completed MBA from University of Birmingham, Post Graduate diploma in Housing from Birmingham Polytechnic.

I have been a Governor of Handsworth Wood Boys school, served as secretary of the local police consultative committee. I initiated a petition at the Ward Committee to get grant from the Council to carry out repairs to

Shiv Sama

I am seeking to serve as a National Party Officer to support Labour’s organisational strength, member engagement, and effective delivery of its national mission.

As Chair of the Avon Indian Community Association, I have extensive experience managing complex operations, coordinating volunteers, and delivering large-scale community events. This has given me a strong foundation in organisation, communication, and inclusive leadership—skills essential for supporting the party’s internal effectiveness.

My longstanding Labour Party membership has provided insight into the importance of clear communication, strong local campaigning, and responsive party structures. Working closely with Darren Jones MP has further strengthened my understanding of aligning constituency priorities with national strategy.

In my role with the Avon and Somerset Police Independent Advisory Group, I have championed transparency, accountability, and fairness—values that are vital in maintaining confidence in party processes and governance.

I will work to ensure party systems are efficient, inclusive, and member-focused, supporting CLPs and volunteers while strengthening links with diverse communities. My aim is to help Labour build a well-organised, representative, and forward-looking movement capable of delivering meaningful change.

Srikanth Panjala

I am honoured to seek nomination to serve our Party at a national level. As a serving councillor for Aveley and Uplands, I have spent the past four years working closely with residents, listening to concerns, and delivering practical results.

My experience in local government, alongside over eight years as a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator, has given me a strong understanding of the challenges facing working people and the importance of accountable, community-focused leadership.

I joined the Labour Party because I believe in fairness, equality, and the power of collective action. Our Party is strongest when it is united, member-led, and rooted in the everyday experiences of the people we represent.

If nominated, I will bring a constructive and collaborative approach, with a strong commitment to integrity, transparency, and due process. I am passionate about supporting members, strengthening engagement, and helping build a Party that is inclusive, disciplined, and focused on winning and delivering for communities across the country.

Stella Tsantekidou

I am campaigning to focus the Labour party on re-industrialisation, ending corruption and class politics.

I am a child of the financial crisis and a disillusioned, downwardly mobile member of the middle class. Since I moved to the UK at 18, I have made it my home and Labour my family. As an immigrant, I crave to be rooted in community, which is why I fight the forces that made that impossible for me and others.

I started my career giving debt and welfare advice for an East London charity, then worked for Labour frontbenchers in Parliament, and later returned to the third sector, where I campaigned to end homelessness and reform our criminal justice system and victims’ services.

I committed to this country because the moral clarity I experienced in British civil society warmed my heart. But I watched brilliant, committed people burn out trying to fix systems designed to resist them. The only counterweight to organised capital is organised labour.

Peter Mandelson spent his career in service to the rich and powerful. I’d rather serve the people who make this country great.

Not New Labour, Not Blue Labour, just proud to be Labour.

Susan Brierley

I have been a Labour Party member now for many years and although my permanent address is in France 🇫🇷 I have done much work canvassing for Calderdale my hometown whom I have much involvement.

I have enjoyed Labours historical work on zoom, recently highlighting Margaret Bondfield and Harold Wilson’s landslide election of 1966. I also enjoy participating in the minutes of Labour lnternational.

When my financial status, improves, which it should do in the next few months as I am an author of Lady in Red, Wit and Wisdom and my second book A Lady with Bi-Polar, Memoirs is in the throes of being published I am hoping from the royalties which are due at the end of the year, to be able to purchase a property in Calderdale.

I know little of the work of the National Executive except that they are aligned with the unions and as a registered nurse and midwife was always part of a professional union, also that they are active in choosing the next Labour Leader.

I would appreciate the role of member of National Executive Commitee except at the moment would hopefully participate by zoom or teams with some in house involvement.

Tahir Malik

My name is Tahir Mahmood Malik, and I am proud to stand for election to the Labour Party National Executive Committee.

I have been a committed Labour member since 2000, working to advance our core values of equality, fairness, and social justice. I served as Secretary of Challney Labour Branch for seven years, supporting members, organising meetings, and strengthening local campaigning. I also represented members as a delegate to the NCLP Executive and General Committees, contributing to key discussions and decisions, and attended Labour Party Conference in 2014 as a delegate.

In 2011, I was elected as a Labour Councillor, serving until 2023. During this time, I worked closely with residents to address local concerns and improve services. I was honoured to serve as Mayor of Luton, representing our diverse community and promoting civic engagement. I also served as Chair of the Labour Councillors’ Group for three consecutive years, providing leadership and support to colleagues.

In 2024, I received a British Citizen Award (BCAc) in recognition of my community service.

I am standing for the NEC to bring experience, dedication, and a strong commitment to our members and communities.

Tharmalingam Paskaran

I am a chemist graduate with decades of experience in the chemical/scientific/ pharmaceutical sectors. Also I have a vast and varied experience and skill sets from working in diverse sectors. Here is a list of some (although not exhaustive) of the skills, which are: people to people skills gained from working as a customer specialist for Universal credit help line( when I was working for teleperformance/ serco-addeco/ Argos – Sainsbury), Business acumen from negotiating deals with international business which involved complex communications and leasing with MHRA and other relevant partners which then progressed to setting up and try to launch my own ventures, technical knowhow which I gained by decades of work in the scientific sector and also launching my innovative technology startup Third Generation Separation Technology etc. In all my positions, I had shown my dedication to the post, shown professionalism and had been very proactive. My experience in diverse sectors and the skills/knowledge that I have gained from them would strengthen my contribution for the above position.

I apply on the strength of being involved in political campaigns since I joined the labour party around the 2024 General Elections (although I was active in the political arena before

William Smith

I am standing as a candidate for the National Executive Committee as a CLP Representative as a committed and authentic young member from Wigan in the North West, determined to strengthen members’ voices across our Party.

Previously, as a Panel Candidate for Councillor in the 2026 local elections, I have worked closely with senior members, contributing to campaign strategy and representing my area as a Conference Delegate.

These experiences have given me a strong understanding of internal democracy, grassroots organising, and collective leadership.

I currently serve as Youth Officer in my CLP, where I engage young members who feel increasingly alienated from politics, particularly in disadvantaged communities. The NEC must be transparent and accessible, ensuring members feel heard and empowered.

Alongside my Labour work, I have a strong record of youth activism, including serving as Vice Chair of Wigan and Leigh Youth Cabinet and on the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority.

I am committed to serving the Party with integrity, energy, and purpose.

Yasmine Dar

I’m standing for re-election to the NEC to continue to speak out for members, the lifeblood of our Party.

I’ve been on Labour’s ruling body since 2018, consistently advocating transformative economic policies, for a more positive agenda on migration and asylum rights, and for peace and justice internationally. I strongly support the 2025 Labour Conference policy for stronger action against the Gaza genocide, and TUC policy for “wages not weapons”. I endorse vital campaigns to defend our NHS and for urgent action on climate change.

Empowering members is my top priority. I actively promote Party democracy, including dynamic, inclusive equalities structures, the rights of members to select candidates and a strong trade union link.

As a BAME woman, social worker, anti-racist activist, and Councillor, my experiences fuel my determination to fight for a Labour government that transforms society.

In the face of spiralling living costs and a rise in far-right politics, we need to listen to members and affiliates and change course to be successful in government.

I endorse the Reset the Labour Party statement. Please also support other Centre Left Grassroots Alliance candidates: Gemma Bolton and Minesh Parekh; and the three Mainstream candidates: Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Kerry Postlewhite.

Zahid Bhatti

I am Zahid Bhatti (www.zahidbhatti.com), a committed Labour Party member since 2007, and I am proud to put myself forward for election to the National Executive Committee. My journey in public life has been shaped by service, community action and a deep belief in Labour values of fairness, equality and opportunity for all.

Over many years, I have worked closely with communities, supported charitable and educational initiatives, and championed causes that strengthen social justice. I have been a strong and consistent promoter of the NHS, recognising it as one of Britain’s greatest achievements and a vital public service that must always be protected, properly funded and accessible to everyone.

I believe the Labour Party must continue to be rooted in its members, connected to working people and focused on delivering real change in people’s lives. I want to bring energy, loyalty, practical experience and a strong community voice to the NEC. I will work to ensure our party remains democratic, inclusive and forward-looking, while standing firm in defence of public services, equality and opportunity.

Dr Zahida Abbas Noori

For over three decades, I have passionately dedicated myself to serving our community with both strategic vision and heartfelt commitment. Balancing my roles as a businesswoman and mother of two, I have gained invaluable insights into the daily challenges faced by families, especially those from BAME backgrounds.

My journey began with 27 years as a school governor, focusing on improving academic standards and enriching community life. Elected as a Councillor in 2006 and re-elected with the highest votes in London, I have consistently shown commitment to effective community service. My work in journalism has allowed me to raise awareness and hold officials accountable for critical public issues.

As a trade unionist with experience in GMB and UNITE, I have championed workers’ rights and fair conditions. Within the Labour Party, I’ve served as Branch Secretary and CLP Women Officer, Member of BAME Labour and LWN. I also secured a top 10 position out of 27 in the 2024 NEC elections.

Running for the NEC, I pledge to advocate for increased NHS funding, a living wage, affordable housing, secure pensions, lower living costs, and accessible education, striving to be a strong voice for Labour’s core values and meaningful community change.

NEC BAME Representative

Harnam Mann

I have been a proud member of the Labour Party for over a decade and have remained committed to strengthening our movement at the grassroots. During elections, I consistently work to support our candidates, campaign in elections, and engage directly with residents to ensure their concerns are heard and reflected. I previously served as Vice-Chair of my CLP and currently serve as BAME Officer. In this role, I have prioritised building stronger relationships with ethnic minority communities, listening carefully to their concerns, and ensuring their voices are represented in local party discussions and decision-making.

I have also worked collaboratively with BAME Officers in neighbouring CLPs to coordinate borough-wide outreach and engagement, helping to strengthen participation and representation across our communities. Alongside my local work, I maintain a strong focus on the national picture. I actively engage with data and research on inequalities affecting ethnic minority communities, particularly in education and health outcomes, and consider how these issues can be addressed through effective policy and organisation within our Party.

If elected to the NEC, I will work to ensure that BAME members and communities are heard, respected, and fully represented at every level of the Labour Party.

Fatima Begum

Since 2012 I have been active in the Labour Party, supporting candidates in Luton and in target wards and constituencies across the Eastern region. During this time I have stood as a Labour candidate in four elections, reflecting my commitment to public service and representing our party.

I serve as a Labour councillor in Luton and previously held Cabinet responsibilities for Adult Social Care and for Highways. Alongside this I work in public health, serve as a Governor at ELFT, and sit on the council’s health scrutiny committee where I regularly raise questions about health inequalities and the barriers ethnic minority communities face in accessing healthcare.

As someone of Bangladeshi heritage, I have always been committed to ensuring ethnic minority communities are recognised, represented and heard. I campaigned for South Asian Heritage Month to be formally recognised by the council, challenging the lack of visibility of South Asian communities and ensuring their contributions are acknowledged.

In 2023, drawing on my lived experience as a kidney transplant recipient, I brought forward a motion to raise awareness of organ donation within ethnic minority communities, which passed unanimously. I continue to campaign on this issue, encouraging greater awareness and discussion.

If elected as

Sonia Ward

I am standing for the NEC BAME Officer position to bring proven leadership from the grassroots to our National Executive. As the current BAME Officer, Leeds North East and Secretary, Chapel Allerton Branch, I have a deep understanding of the structural changes required to truly empower our membership.

My primary focus is the rigorous, nationwide implementation of BAMELabour guidelines. We must move beyond rhetoric to ensure these standards are the bedrock of our party’s operations. By prioritising these guidelines, we ensure that every member is supported by clear, accountable, and fair processes at every level of the movement.

Through my participation over the years, I have championed social justice and community empowerment, honoring the legacy of our Ankhcestors by building sustainable, representative structures eg Chapeltown & Harehills Law Centre, United Caribbean Association, Chapeltown West Indian Centre, Unity Housing Cooperative, GROW (Giving Real

Opportunities to Women), Hillcrest Primary School, Chair of Governors etc. I will bring this same dedication to the NEC, ensuring our national policy development is equitable, inclusive and reflects our collective heritage.

My Pledges:

Accountability: Full adoption of BAMELabour guidelines across all regions.
Representation: Strengthening the link between Branch Officers and the NEC.
Integrity: Building a party that

Carol Sewell

Labour’s BAME members need a strong voice at the top of our Party — a voice that can be trusted, shaped by experience, commitment and delivery. I am proud to seek re-election as your BAME Representative on the NEC to continue providing that voice.

At a time when Reform seeks to divide communities and exploit economic hardship, we must be clear and confident in standing against scapegoating and fear. I will continue to fight for fairness and hope — bringing our Party together to defeat the right and deliver real change.

As a former National Chair of UNISON’s Black Members Committee and a senior trade unionist, I will be a voice for BAME members in the Party and in our affiliated unions.

On the NEC I’m proud to have delivered codes of conduct tackling Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Black racism — things we demanded and fought for together.

Labour cannot take BAME support for granted. I will continue to push for greater representation in parliament and local government, all-BAME shortlists, and policies that challenge inequality at every level. I am determined to strengthen our Party and ensure Labour lives up to its values.

Vote Carol Sewell for an experienced, trusted voice on Labour’s NEC.

NEC Disabled Members Representative

Jonathan Hurley

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WE NEED ALWAYS HELP HAVING THATS SO NEEDED TO RESPECT US TO WHAT WE WANT WE DO NEED HELP

SOME OF A LOT MY PEERS DON T UNDER STAND ABOUT BENEFITS AT AĹL EVEN VALUE OF MONEY 💰 WE DO NEED HELP SIADLY MY PERANTS HAVE HAD ME TO LOOK AFTER THEM

SO LETS GO ON THIS IS WHY WE DON T UNDER STAND OF THE VALUE OF MONEY

WE GET BENEFITS THATS ALL WE KNOW

I WAS BROUGHT UP MANNER MAKE THE MAN

WHY I WANT TO STAND IS OLD FASHION FAMILY VALUES RULES

WHY I WANT TO STAND MY PEERS NEED ME TOO

I AM SO PROUND TO BE A DISABILITY PEER AND DISABILITY LABOUR MEMBER

WHY TO STAND UP ITS THE WAY I BEEN BROUGHT UP

AND VALUING MY PEERS AND MY PERANTS AND PERSONALY RESPECT AND RESPECTED

PLEASE GIFF ME THAT CHANCE TO BE THAT PERSON

AND WE HAS DISABILITY LABOUR SHOULD BE GOVERING OUR COUNTRY

WE HAVE THAT RIGHT

WE NEED TO BECOME GOVERNING DISABILITY LABOUR

Emily Pomroy-Smith

I am standing because too many disabled members are still shut out of power. We are underrepresented at every level and often marginalised within our own party structures. Barriers are built into how we organise, how we meet, how decisions are made, and who is assumed to belong.

Access is not just about ramps or technology. It is about expectations, and whether people believe you are capable and worth listening to. Too often, disabled members are treated as an afterthought or expected to adapt to systems not designed with us in mind.

Accessibility must be at the heart of our party’s democracy. When we design participation around disabled members, we create a Labour Party that works better for everyone.

As a disabled woman, parent, carer, and as a CLP Chair and former Disability Officer, I have worked to break down barriers through accessible meetings, flexibility and clear communication.

If elected, I will embed accessibility across the NEC’s work, challenge ableism, represent disabled members across our movement, and ensure accountability through regular reporting.

Labour is strongest when disabled members are visible, valued, and involved. I would be honoured to have your nomination.

NEC Local Government Representative

Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg

Labour is strongest when we unite around delivering change that restores power, dignity, and opportunity to every community. With elections and local government reorganisation on the horizon, we face a crucial opportunity to strengthen democracy.

As councillors, we see how Labour in office improves lives and how far trust must still be rebuilt. I’m standing because councillors deserve a strong voice at the heart of our party, shaping the decisions that affect those we serve. I bring experience of leading a council, serving as finance lead for the District Councils’ Network and campaigning for Labour in local government.

In 2024, I was proud to champion the reintroduction of councillor pensions, but the next step is ensuring more people can serve sustainably. Fair, consistent allowances widen who can stand, support councillors through reorganisation, and balance financial responsibility. A national framework will end councillors voting on their own allowances, which has too often been used to penalise those who serve our communities.

My pledges:

Strengthen councillors’ influence in party decisions.
Protect meaningful local democracy.
Deliver a truly fair national councillor allowances framework.

For a strong team on the main ballot, please also support Kerry Postlewhite, Jovan Owusu Nepaul and Cat Arnold.

Jamie Green

I’m Jamie, a Councillor in Cardiff where I’m chair of the All Party Council Group on Neurodiversity and the Welsh Language Committee.

After winning my seat from the Tories in 2022, I’ve worked tirelessly for my community, speaking up for action against austerity, building council houses, tackling violence against women and girls and the inclusion of neurodivergent people. I’m proud to have passed policy to make Cardiff the UK’s first neurodiversity-friendly city and backed the campaign to divest pensions linked to the war on Gaza.

My priority as an NEC rep would be the increase of local government funding and rebuilding after 14 years of Tory cuts. With Labour in power nationally we have a real chance to transform local government but we need the funding to enable us to do this.

The road towards a fairer society and better public services runs through local government. We must be bold and champion our communities in all their diversity, building council houses, supporting community wealth building policies, and centring climate justice.

As your NEC Rep I would be a voice for all councillors, accountable to you through regular reports and making myself available to discuss your issues.

Peter Wheeler

My name is Peter Wheeler and, along with Clare Holland, I represent Labour Councillors on Labours National Executive Committee.

I have been a Councillor for 14 years and am currently the Chief Whip on Cheshire West and Chester Council, a member of Cheshire Fire Authority and the LGA Fire services committee.

A Party member for 53 years, a Labour organiser and a former trade union officer I have been through thick and thin, good times and bad with the Party. I know that the key to getting through difficult times is to stay UNITED as a party and continue to deliver on the core issues that matter to voters: tackling poverty; improving public services; cutting the cost of living and building a fairer, cleaner country.

On the NEC Claire and I constantly remind members that Councillors are on the front line in terms of delivering our movements priorities. We are proud that this Government is allowing Councillors to join the pension scheme and continually press for improvements to safety arrangements for councillors.

I hope you will be able to nominate both Claire and myself to give local councillors the representation we deserve.

NEC Wales Representative

David Smith

Seeking re-election to the NPF to continue providing a strong, experienced citizen’s voice, I bring high-level experience from the UK Food Standards Agency, the Co-operative Group’s Main Board, and a healthcare professional standards body.

Healthcare & Patient Safety

I have actively challenged ‘deskilling’ in the NHS and inappropriate use of Physician Associates, submitting critical evidence against doctor substitution and drafting amendments to 2026 GMC legislation to prioritise patient safety.

Food Policy & Public Health

Ultra processed food costs the NHS billions (diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure). I champion government preventative policies, including the reformulation of food and ‘tobacco style’ health warnings on food and menu’s high salt, Sugar, fat products

NHS Dentistry

Urged expanding capacity and modernisation to resolve the dentistry bottleneck by accelerating ‘Provisional Registration’, establishing New Mutual Recognition, and financial incentives to ensure dentists work where needed most.

NPF Reform & Representation

I have questioned the lack of “joined-up” working between Commissions, and I am committed to improving NPF effectiveness, ensuring a genuine dialogue between members and representatives. I will continue to represent your views across all six commissions with diligence and transparency.

Please support Welsh Labour Grassroots candidates: Edward Stubbs, Sarah Thomas, and Dawn McGuinness

Ymgeisio cael fy ail-ethol i’r NPF – barhau ddarparu llais cryf a phrofiadol; dod â phrofiad lefel uchel o’r Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd DU, Prif Fwrdd y Grŵp Cydweithredol, a chorff safonau proffesiynol gofal iechyd.

Gofal Iechyd a Diogelwch Cleifion

Rwyf wedi herio’r ‘dad-sgilio’ y GIG a defnydd amhriodol o Gymdeithion Meddygol, gan gyflwyno tystiolaeth feirniadol ynerbyn amnewid meddygon a drafftio gwelliannau i’r ddeddfwriaeth GMC 2026 i flaenoriaethu diogelwch cleifion.

Polisi Bwyd ac Iechyd Cyhoeddus

Mae bwyd wedi’i brosesu’n uwch yn costio biliynau i’r GIG (diabetes, gordewdra, phwysedd gwaed uchel). Rwy’n hyrwyddo polisïau ataliol, gan gynnwys ailfformiwleiddio rhybuddion iechyd bwyd ar ‘arddull tybaco’ o labeli fwydydd chynhyrchion halen, siwgr, a braster.

Deintyddiaeth y GIG

Anogais ehangu capasiti a moderneiddio i ddatrys y tagfeydd deintyddiaeth – gyflymu ‘Cofrestru Dros Dro’, sefydlu Cydnabyddiaeth Gydfuddiannol Newydd, a chymhellion ariannol i sicrhau deintyddion yn gweithio lle mae’r angen fwyaf.

Diwygio a Chynrychiolaeth y Gronfa Blaid Genedlaethol (NPF)

Rwyf wedi cwestiynu’r diffyg gweithio “cydgysylltiedig” rhwng Comisiynau,;rwyf wedi ymrwymo i wella effeithiolrwydd yr NPF; sicrhau deialog wirioneddol rhwng aelodau a chynrychiolwyr. Byddaf yn parhau i gynrychioli’ch barn ar draws y chwe chomisiwn gyda diwydrwydd a thryloywder.

Cefnogwch ymgeiswyr Gwreiddiau Llafur Cymru: Edward Stubbs, Sarah Thomas, Dawn McGuinness.

Michael Antoniw

I believe that it is more important than ever that there is an accountable and authentic Welsh voice on the NEC if Welsh Labour is to succeed.

That’s why I’m standing for the Welsh seat on the National Executive Committee, having previously represented the First Minister Mark Drakeford on the NEC.

Labour is strongest when it is radical and when it is Labour.

Welsh Labour wins the hearts and minds of the people of Wales when it is Welsh Labour, standing up for Wales.

We are part of the broad Labour movement. Proud of our radicalism and history. Proud of our democratic socialism. But we have lost our way. I will stand up for Wales, for Welsh Labour policy and for the democratic engagement of the whole membership.

We must rebuild trust and restore our Welsh radicalism at the core of our policy and at the heart of our communities and trade union movement.

I have been a member for 52 years, served as Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution in the Welsh Government under three First Ministers.

If elected, I will report to and be accountable to you and to the membership.

Rwy’n credu ei bod hi’n bwysicach nag erioed fod llais Cymreig atebol a dilys ar y PGC os yw Llafur Cymru am lwyddo.

Dyna pam rwy’n sefyll am y sedd Gymreig ar y Pwyllgor Gwaith Cenedlaethol, ar ôl cynrychioli’r Prif Weinidog Mark Drakeford ar y PGC yn y gorffennol.

Mae Llafur ar ei gryfaf pan mae’n radical a phan mae’n Llafur.

Mae Llafur Cymru yn ennill calonnau a meddyliau pobl Cymru pan mae’n Llafur Cymru, yn sefyll dros Gymru.

Rydym yn rhan o’r mudiad Llafur eang. Yn falch o’n radicaliaeth a’n hanes. Yn falch o’n sosialaeth ddemocrataidd. Ond rydym wedi colli ein ffordd. Byddaf yn sefyll dros Gymru, dros bolisi Llafur Cymru a thros ymgysylltiad democrataidd yr aelodaeth gyfan.

Rhaid inni ailadeiladu ymddiriedaeth ac adfer ein radicaliaeth Gymreig wrth wraidd ein polisi ac wrth wraidd ein cymunedau a’n mudiad undebau llafur.

Rwyf wedi bod yn aelod ers 52 mlynedd, wedi gwasanaethu fel Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog dros y Cyfansoddiad yn Llywodraeth Cymru o dan dri Phrif Weinidog.

Os caf fy ethol, byddaf yn adrodd ac yn atebol i chi ac i’r aelodaeth.

Ann Jones

I am a Councillor for Warwick District Council, representing the village of Bishop’s Tachbrook. In my day job, I am a data engineer. This gives me a unique view of how technology and infrastructure can drive growth for the country.

In Warwick District, we have growing investment in local manufacturing and technology companies, but housing remains an issue for residents across the district.

We need policy to provide more housing across the country, to build infrastructure to connect communities, and to drive down the cost of living.

Our country is a world leader in green energy, but the cost of electricity doesn’t shift due to our reliance on gas. We must drive forward policy that creates many more nuclear power plants and battery storage for our booming renewable energy industry.

Investment needs to go beyond housing and power. We need digital infrastructure to achieve the opportunities that AI can provide. In my work, I see the digital bottlenecks of our country and they must be safely unlocked with policies that protect us and remove grey areas of law.

Thank you for your time and with your support I will back policy to build homes, upgrade energy, and unlock digital growth.

Mae angen llais cryf ar Gymru wrth fwrdd y Pwyllgor Gweithredol Cenedlaethol, i weithio gyda Llywodraeth Lafur y DU a grŵp Llafur yn y Senedd, a sefyll dros yr hyn sydd orau i Gymru.

Rydym yn wynebu ein her anoddach eto, gyda chynnydd Reform UK a Phlaid. Mae angen profiad arnom, y gallaf ei gyflawni yn ystod fy mlynyddoedd yn y Senedd a Mudiad yr Undebau Llafur. Mae ein gwrthwynebwyr eisiau ein rhannu, mae angen rhywun arnom a all bontio’r bwlch ac adeiladu ar ein cyflawniadau blaengar.

Fel aelod am dros 40 mlynedd, mae fy ngwerthoedd wedi’u gwreiddio yn ein mudiad. Gallaf fod yn llais i chi ar y Pwyllgor Gweithredol Cenedlaethol, i sicrhau ein bod yn glynu wrth ein hegwyddorion, ac yn cyflawni ein haddewidion a wnaethom i Gymru a’r DU.

Byddaf bob amser yn hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb, gan helpu menywod ac ymgeiswyr anabl i sefyll a chael eu hethol. Ar y Pwyllgor Gweithredol Cenedlaethol, rwyf am weld mwy o gymorth i aelodau cyffredin gymryd rhan yn ein mudiad.

Ail-etholwch fi, i barhau i fod yn llais Cymru ar y Pwyllgor Gweithredol Cenedlaethol, i ymladd dros Blaid Lafur beiddgar, radical, dosturiol sy’n newid bywydau pobl er gwell, yma yng Nghymru ac ar draws y byd.

NEC Youth Representative

Caspar Chatham

Who cares about young members in our party?

With half-finished internal elections, cancelled travel funds and withering youth branches, it feels like no one does. Increasingly, too many members agree- with 25,000 lost since 2020, now even the Greens have more than us!

As a youth officer and co-chair of the last university society in the North East, I’ve seen first-hand what young members do to get and keep Labour in power. But as our government moves forward, we’re being left behind.

That’s why I’m running for Youth Representative on the National Executive Committee- because members deserve someone who cares again.

If I’m elected, you’ll get:

A Young Labour or Labour Students contact in every university and constituency

A representative who will report *every* meeting and decision made. No factionalism!

An independent, honest voice on key issues from trans rights to tuition fees

I don’t have an agenda beyond getting young members going again and putting their democratic interests first- always. And if I haven’t fulfilled my promises by the end of my first six months, I’ll resign!

I hope you will consider backing me to deliver the change you deserve. Contact me on X/Instagram @cc4nec

Elsie Greenwood

For the past four years, it’s been my privilege to represent young members on the NEC. Together, we secured a historic Labour government, a victory that empowers us to deliver real change. From the Renters’ Rights Bill to the Youth Guarantee and lifting 400,000 children out of poverty, Labour is delivering for young people.

As your representative, I chair the NEC Audit and Risk Committee and the NPF “Breaking Down Barriers” policy commission. From governance to policy, I’ve made sure the issues affecting young members are raised and addressed. I have fought for a stronger youth voice, securing the first Young Labour conference in a decade and the Next-Gen leadership programme.

If re-elected, I will:

Work closely with Young Labour and Labour Students to deliver together.
Strengthen links with trade unions to advocate for young workers.
Harness the talents of young members, through social media and modern campaigning, to reach more young voters.

Young members helped deliver the 2024 general election win, now we must ensure this government delivers for young people. Young members have the power to shape what comes next. I would be honoured to continue representing you on Labour’s NEC.

Treasurer

Abu Gasmalla

I pledge to set and foster the financial requirements needed to ensure our party possesses the capability to win the challenge ahead.

Amin Zalkhoko

I am putting myself forward with honour for Treasurer because I care about how our party works and how we support our members. My background is in community organising across Greater Manchester, where I’ve worked closely with local communities, councils, and organisations to bring people together and build trust.

Through this work, I’ve seen how important it is to be open, responsible, and fair especially when it comes to resources. People need to feel confident that things are being handled properly, and that’s something I take seriously.

I am someone who listens, works with others, and takes responsibility.

For me, this role is about trust. It’s about making sure the party continues to operate in a way that reflects its great values and supports as always to the people it represents.

Martyn Bell

I WANT THE COUNTRY TO BE GOOD AT HELPING MORE HOUSEING INCLUDING

HELP FOR HOMELESS AND MORE JOBS DECREASE THE DRIVEING TEST AGE,

IMPROVE NHS HOSPITALS BUILDINGS

BRING MORE THINGS FOE TOURISIM .,

IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND MAKE

ROADA SAFER. THÈRES MORE SO PLEASE

CHOOSE ME TO MAKE A VERY BIG DIFFERANCE

IN THE PARTT AND COUNTRY.

TIME FOR CHANGE

Raymond Kargbo

Raymond is eager to run for the nomination as a National Party officer, driven by a strong commitment to public service and a passion for advancing the party’s core values. With a background in leadership and community involvement, he brings a wealth of experience in organizing, collaborating, and advocating for policies that benefit the broader community. Raymond believes that effective leadership requires a clear vision, transparency, and a willingness to listen to diverse perspectives within the party.

His goal as a National Party officer is to foster unity and engagement among party members, ensuring that their voices are heard and their concerns addressed. He is dedicated to promoting policies that support economic growth, social well-being, and sustainable development, aligning with the party’s mission to build a prosperous and inclusive nation. Raymond is also committed to strengthening grassroots participation, encouraging young people and underrepresented groups to take an active role in shaping the party’s future.

Raymond’s approach combines strategic thinking with practical action, aiming to build bridges within the party and the wider community. He values integrity, accountability, and collaboration as the foundations of effective political leadership. By running for this nomination, Raymond hopes to contribute meaningfully to the National Party’s

Ruth Brady

I am proud to be standing to be your Party Treasurer.

I want to build on the work of my friend and former colleague Mike Payne, whose leadership helped ensure the Party had the resources to fight and win the 2024 General Election. I will continue this work whilst recognising the significant challenges we now face as a party in Government.

As a committed party member of nearly 20 years, I understand that a strong financial foundation is essential for winning elections, and sustaining a Party that can support our government and remain rooted in our communities.

As GMB Regional Secretary for Wales and the South West of England and former TUC Cymru President, I understand the vital role of trade unions, members and affiliates. Their voice and trust must remain central to how we manage our finances.

As Treasurer, I will:

ensure our finances are robust, transparent and fit for a Party of government
support investment in local parties so they remain active and visible
uphold accountability to members, unions and affiliates

At this pivotal moment, we must sustain a Labour government and deliver for working people.

Please support me to be your next Labour Party Treasurer.

Syed Ali Atzaz Naqvi

As a dedicated Labour member, I believe our strength lies in unity, organisation, and purpose. My commitment is to serve our members diligently, ensuring every voice is heard and every branch is empowered. I will bring efficiency, transparency, and a relentless focus on the values that define us: solidarity, equality, and community.

I understand that effective leadership requires both strategic vision and practical action. I will work tirelessly to strengthen our infrastructure, support our activists, and build the cohesive team necessary to deliver Labour victories locally and nationally. My focus will be on fostering an inclusive environment where members feel valued, engaged, and motivated to act.

This is not about individual ambition; it is about collective responsibility. I am ready to dedicate my time, energy, and experience to the role, ensuring our party operates effectively and champions the causes our members hold dear.

I respectfully ask for your trust and your nomination. Together, we can build a stronger, more united Labour Party.

Auditor

Srikanth Panjala

NCC Elections

NCC CLP Representative

Aland Ibrahim

I, Aland Ibrahim, would like to declare interest in standing and nominating myself for a role, for too long I’ve been on the sidelines simply handing out leaflets, I want to be more involved, it’s important now more than ever to tackle the worrying rise in the far right movement in the UK, I want to contribute to the numbers of labour supporters and workers, it is in labours interest to recommend and nominate as many people as possible, so help me, to help you, so we can help bring the change the UK desperately needed and voted for in 2024

Alice Smart

My name is Alice Smart and I’m standing for the National Constitutional Committee to ensure our disciplinary processes are transparent, accountable and fair to every member of our party, from grassroots activist to MP.

Now more than ever, we must uphold the highest standards within our party so that we can face outwards – taking the fight to our opponents, delivering on our manifesto promises, and securing a second term Labour government. Our communities deserve no less.

My familiarity with Labour’s disciplinary procedures is significant, particularly from my involvement with the Yorkshire and Humber REC where I regularly sit on panels for selections and appeals.

My Labour Party journey started 15 years ago, when I joined our movement as a teenager. Since then I have served our party in many roles including 12 years as a Leeds City Councillor and more recently, as a member of the National Policy Forum.

I am a working mum of two little boys who inspire me every day. In my day job, I manage the constituency office of a Labour Government Minister. I am also a proud member of the GMB.

I also recommend nominating Jonathon Hawkes, Sheri-Ann Bhim and Sue Pugh.

Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill

The National Constitutional Committee plays an important role in Labour party affairs: upholding our constitution and maintaining party discipline. In order to do these things, it needs those who sit on it to be fair and equitable, to consider all evidence carefully, and to ensure that all members can have confidence in the disciplinary processes of our party. If elected to the NCC, I will aim to always treat every case fairly and try to ensure a just resolution.

I am a trade unionist, and am the Equalities Officer in my workplace branch of Unite. I’m also Women’s Officer and Policy Officer in Ely and East Cambridgeshire CLP. I sit on my local parish council where I chair the personnel, finance and governance committee.

I am proud to be supported by the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance and Momentum. Please also support Dave Levy, Harry Hurst and Rachel Garnham

Dave Levy

The critical issue with the Party’s disciplinary process is to restore trust in its fairness. The rules and their enforcement must offer dignity, respect and make the promises of membership rights a reality.

The Forde report identified the risk that the disciplinary process could be used factionally; the reforms since the EHRC report have not removed that risk nor rebuilt a culture of trust.

I am an experienced Party activist, and have acted as a workers’ companion for the last eight years. I am experienced in assessing cases of bullying and discrimination. I have been trained in employment and equality law.

I will act with fairness, consider all the evidence, and take advice on the law where necessary.

I am supported by the CLGA and would ask you to vote for me, and my running mates, Rachel Garnham, Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill and Harry Stratton.

Harry Stratton

My name’s Harry Stratton, and I’m running for NCC because I believe in a fair and transparent process that treats all members with dignity and respect.

As a barrister, I’ve worked pro bono representing some of Britain’s most precarious workers in demanding fair treatment at work; represented human rights activists against authoritarian regimes; and defended MeToo victims against SLAPP lawsuits. As Chair of Republic, I oversaw efforts to privately prosecute Prince Andrew. As Secretary of Unite’s Legal Workers Branch, I campaigned for a fairer justice system and against legal aid cuts. I also co-authored the leading academic textbook on access to justice, Zuckerman’s Civil Procedure.

What this doesn’t capture is that I’m a warm and gentle person, who believes that every person has a right to be heard and to be treated with compassion. If elected, I promise to publish regular Ann Black-style reports on NCC decision-making to the fullest extent within the rules, so that all members can know how the NCC interprets the rules and what is being done in their name.

I am standing with the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance. Please also support Dave Levy, Rachel Garnham and Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill.

Jonathon Hawkes

An active Labour Party member for 18 years, I’ve been proud to serve in a range of roles within my CLP, including Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. I’ve been a councillor for over 10 years and I’m currently Leader of the Labour Group on Dartford Borough Council.

Across these roles, I’ve experienced how important it is that our rulebook is applied fairly and consistently, and that we always uphold the values on which our party is built.

I am standing to serve on the NCC because I believe our party is strongest when we maintain the highest standards. The NCC has a vital role in making sure we uphold our rules and values.

Having sat on numerous selection panels, I understand what we should expect from our candidates and activists. Like many of you, I am out on the doorstep regularly and every conversation is an opportunity to represent our Party positively. With Labour in government, this matters more than ever.

I am also a proud member of Community Union and the Co-operative Party. I would be honoured to have your support and also ask you to vote for Sheri-Ann Bhim, Sue Pugh and Alice Smart.

Rachel Garnham

Disciplinary processes must be transparent, accountable and fair to grassroots members and trade unionists.

In my three years on Labour’s National Executive Committee I fought for principles of natural justice to be applied within Labour’s disciplinary processes. The right for those accused to have clear, timely information, to have the opportunity to put their case, and a genuine right to appeal are fundamental. Procedures too often appear politically motivated, targeted against the left while other wrongdoing is ignored.

I’m very concerned about equity in Labour’s disciplinary processes. It has been troubling that so many supporters of Palestinian human rights are reported to have been excluded from membership. I am concerned about fair treatment for disabled members, older members and those with mental health conditions. The Forde report exposed serious failings and should have led to greater improvement.

If elected, I pledge to uphold the rulebook, reject factionalism and apply principles of natural justice.

I’m an experienced activist, Labour Party member for 30+ years, member of UCU, Socialist Health Association and Socialist Education Association. I’ve participated in many disciplinary hearings and always been scrupulous in fair application of the rules. Please also support Dave Levy, Caoimhe Ní Dhónail and Harry Stratton.

Richard Taylor

If you or I were the subject of a disciplinary case, we would want that to be considered by someone:

experienced,
impartial,
objective,
of a diverse back-ground,
able to reach an evidenced-based outcome expediently,

but, above all, treat us with fairness, dignity, and respect.

It’s not someone’s ‘voice’ or ‘faction’ that matters for this role; it’s their experience and skill-set. I came 4th in last year’s NCC election – and hope my experience and determination to try again will have your support this year.

I’m a senior employment lawyer, mediator, and employee relations specialist. My specialism is in complex workplace investigations, grievances, and disciplinaries. These focus on allegations of discrimination, sexual harassment/assault, fraud, and bullying. If allegations are upheld, I ensure that proportionate and fair outcomes are delivered expediently and appropriate, evidence-based reasons are communicated to parties.

I’m proud of the memberships and roles I currently hold with Labour, including the Society of Labour Lawyers and being Chair of Tooting Labour. I am also a proud member of the Co-operative Party and Unite.

I’ve the background to succeed and I’d be fair, objective, and impartial in the role. If I’m nominated, ensure your conference delegates vote for experience over factionalism.

Satish Kumar Seniaray

Sheri-Ann Bhim

I’m Sheri-Ann Bhim, Labour Councillor for Graveney Ward on Merton Council, where I serve as Chief Whip of the Labour Group. Since 2023, I’ve helped lead one of the slimmest Labour majorities in London, maintaining discipline, trust and collective responsibility whilst also helping to ensure our Labour administration delivers for residents across the borough. I also sit on the Planning Committee and Governance and Audit Committee, reflecting my strong commitment to accountability, transparency and robust decision-making.

I’ve been a Labour member for over 12 years, with my political roots in Labour Students, where I was active throughout my student years before going on to lead the national student wing of our Party. That experience shaped my belief in strong internal democracy, effective organising, political education and developing the next generation of Labour leaders.

Alongside my elected role, I’m a trainer with the Labour Women’s Network, supporting women to step forward and thrive within our movement, and a proud member of GMB and Community Union, rooted in a belief in collective voice and workers’ rights.

My record is grounded in grassroots activism, Party service and Labour values, putting fairness, opportunity and justice into practice. Please do also considering

Srikanth Panjala

Sue Pugh

I joined the Labour Party in the late 1980’s because I believed that only Labour represented my views and after so many years of unjust Conservative rule, I wanted to see a government who believed in fairness, honesty and hope for the future. This is still true today.

I have worked for almost 40 years to support Labour and Labour values, whether it was as an activist, a Councillor, a Regional Organiser, Chair of Labour Northwest Regional Board and currently as CLP Secretary.

Now, as we are the Party in power, we must show that we are a united, honest and fair party, with plans and policies to reverse the damage the Tories have inflicted in their 14 years in Government – to bring children and families out of poverty, save our NHS, care for our elderly and continue to improve workers’ rights.

We must fight for the changes we so badly need.

I am a proud member of the GMB trade union, a member of the Co-operative Party and a current member of the NCC.

Please vote for me and also Jonathan Hawkes, Sem Moema and Alice Smart in the CLP section of the NCC.

NPF Elections

NPF East Mids Representative

Alexander Burt

Our party is at a crossroad. Bleeding votes from all sides, under siege from the right wing press and reaching historic levels of unpopularity. We cannot go on as we are; we must change or we face annihilation.

The National Policy Forum plays a crucial role in developing our party’s programme and it will play a vital role in dragging ourselves out of the hole we’re in. It is a space where ordinary members can have their voices heard and shape policy. But without representatives interested in hearing the expressed views of party members, it becomes another echo chamber insulating a narrow leading clique from the disaster we’re headed towards.

As your NPF rep, I will be accountable to you. I will take your voice and contributions to the heart of government policy. I will fight for a programme that can change our country and arrest our slide to oblivion. I will push us further and faster on workers rights, the cost-of-living and the climate crisis and I will be your voice for the socialist programme that will defeat Reform and the far-right movement behind them.

I’m proud to be backed by the CLGA. Please also consider supporting Dora Polenta

Dora Polenta

I’m standing for NPF because I believe socialism is not merely an aspiration but a living practice, forged through collective struggle and democratic participation.

Throughout my political life, I’ve worked to connect grassroots organising with formal political structures, understanding that transformative change emerges from the dialogue and tension between movements and institutions. Labour must be rooted in solidarity, internationalism and anti-imperialism, with an uncompromising commitment to anti-racism, intersectional feminism and trans rights. The NPF is a critical space where that political direction must be shaped and defended.

As a borough councillor, I’ve helped develop policies grounded in care, mutual aid and community power, informed by lived experience rather than managerial abstraction. My political practice has been embedded in social movements and local government, where I’ve seen communities organise collectively, particularly during the pandemic, when solidarity filled the gaps left by austerity and state retreat.

I want to bring this experience to the NPF to ensure members’ voices drive bold, redistributive and democratic policy: defending public goods, expanding sanctuary for refugees, confronting inequality and imperial violence, and building a green, caring economy rooted in social justice.

I’m happy to be endorsed by the CLGA. Please also support Alex Burt.

Hajira Piranie

I am standing for the National Policy Forum because I want members’ voices and experiences to shape Labour’s policy agenda.

I currently serve as a Regional Executive Board member and as a member of the NCC, giving me a strong understanding of our Party’s structures, values and disciplinary processes. I am a proud GMB member and a GMB officer- representing members daily and fighting for fairness and equality in the workplace. This experience keeps me grounded in the real challenges people face, with the need for practical and deliverable policies.

I am a sepsis survivor and an ambassador for the UK Sepsis Trust. This has driven my long-standing commitment to health policy, which was a central focus during my time as a parliamentary candidate. I am passionate about tackling health inequalities, improving patient safety, and ensuring the NHS has the workforce and funding it needs to deliver high quality care for all.

If elected I would work collaboratively, listen to members and affiliates, to help develop credible policies rooted in Labour values- capable of being delivered in government.

Jennifer Walker

Now is the time to bring new politics to life.

I’m standing because we need to elect people who will champion party democracy and transparency within the National Policy Forum and help develop a genuinely transformative vision for our country.

I am currently in my second term as a district councillor and leader of my Labour group, but my political activism began earlier, when I witnessed first-hand the devastating impact of austerity on the schools where I taught. That experience shaped my belief that we need bold policy challenges – not minor tweaks that merely manage decline.

As a small business owner, I see every day how the system is rigged to reward those with the deepest pockets. I am not a career politician. I believe in a better world built through increased engagement, grassroots participation, and collective action.

I am a longstanding trade union member, have held key roles in my local Labour branch and Constituency Labour Party, and am proud to be a member of the Co-operative Party.

I would be honoured to receive your support. I also encourage support for Michael Durrant and Mainstream’s NEC candidates: Cat Arnold, Kerry Postlewhite, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul (CLP section); Elizabeth Dennis (councillors’ section).

Kelly Duddridge

Hi! I am currently a member of the Home Office Policy Commission, and I have LOVED my first year and a bit on the NPF, especially with contributing to Labour’s response on Violence Against Women and Girls and Anti-social Behaviour.

I’m also a Town and Unitary Councillor, CLP Secretary, GMB member and graduate of the Wonderful Jo Cox Women in Leadership program and a working mum of 4.

Areas of interest for me include tackling VAWG, the Housing, SEND and Poverty crises and challenging inequality. I’m a massive believer in social justice and fairness.

Being part of the membership feedback process is critical to restoring public services, restoring trust in politics and securing success in 2029.

Please also vote for Nathan Oswin, Rory Palmer, Hajira Piranie and Ruby Simpson.

Michael Durrant

I am proud to be endorsed by Mainstream for the NPF. Labour needs a policy process that listens to members and tests policies before they reach the public.

Working in the NHS, I see how weak scrutiny produces poor outcomes. Recent technocratic choices have damaged Labour; members must be engaged in policymaking.

As your NPF representative, I bring experience in policy development and improvement across the NHS and local government. As a District Councillor and Chair of our Communities Scrutiny Committee, and with my professional background in Mental Health policy development, I understand how decisions are shaped, tested and implemented. I work daily with the kinds of questions the NPF considers, from shifting care into the community to tackling inequalities. My involvement in local government reorganisation has strengthened my understanding of national and local policy. As a GMB representative, I have experience examining policy, advocating for members and providing practical scrutiny.

I pledge to reconnect the policy development process with CLPs, ensure members’ voices are central and rebuild a culture where Labour’s platform reflects our values. This is the heart of radical realism: ambitious, practical and just. I endorse the Mainstream NPF candidates and NEC nominees Cat, Kerry, and Jovan.

Nathan Oswin

I’m proud to have been elected twice onto the National Policy Forum to represent our East Midlands region and had the privilege to visit and speak at many CLPs across our five counties during that time.

For the past two years I’ve stood up as Vice-Chair of the NPF representing all CLPs.

In that time I’ve helped ensure we have a more accessible way for members to engage, meaning you can access your reps through the NPF website and submit your ideas through their or through email.

It’s members like you that have the policy answers we need to give us the best chance possible at the next election.

Having stood up for workers at the Covid-19 Public Inquiry and as a director of the Hillsborough Law Now campaign I know what it takes to make others voices heard by those in power and help articulate their concerns and vision.

I hope you’ll give me your vote to continue to do this on the NPF for all our East Midlands region.

I’ll be backing Rory Palmer, Hajira Piranie, Kelly Duddridge and Ruby Simpson to also represent our East Midlands on the National Policy Forum and hope you’ll join me.

Ruby Simpson

Over the coming years, we face a growing threat from Reform both locally and nationally. Our Labour government must be brave and bold in responding to new challenges- and that means party activists must have a strong voice in government through the NPF.

I know our movement and our region. As Chair of East Midlands Young Labour, I have brought young members together through socials and campaign days.

Over the last term, I have shown that I deliver as your NPF Youth Rep. I have kept members informed with a newsletter, raised the issues facing young people directly with Ministers, and delivered education events explaining the work of the NPF and the role members play in shaping policy. I have listened closely to young members about the issues that matter most to them- I am always available to contact via email- and spoken at CLP meetings about the role of the NPF and how I am working to ensure young members’ voices are heard.

If re-elected, I will continue to deliver for young members across our region- keeping you connected and represented.

Please also vote for Kelly Duddridge, Nathan Oswin, Rory Palmer, and Hajira Piranie.

NPF East Representative

Adam Fox

I am seeking re-election to Labour’s National Policy Forum to continue giving a strong voice for members across the East of England.

I have been a Labour Party member for over 20 years, serving as a Labour councillor and Labour Group Leader in local government. I am a proud trade unionist, and within my local party I have held a range of roles, including CLP Secretary and CLP Chair.

As a councillor, I have helped put Labour values into action: delivering new council homes, supporting our local high streets, and taking meaningful steps to tackle the climate emergency. Good policy must be rooted in what works on the ground. I am Labour’s candidate to be Mayor of Greater Essex and want us to continue to devolve power to local areas.

On the National Policy Forum, I have sat on the Kickstart Economic Growth Commission, and I want to continue to help rebuild our economy and strengthen our public services.

If re-elected, I will continue to engage actively with members in the region and ensure that your voices and priorities are heard in a united Labour Party.

Please also vote for Louise Chinnery, Richard Howitt, Ann Reeder and Rosie Jackson.

Anicuta Lazar

I am a community leader, CEO of Union Romani Voice, and a local Labour candidate, committed to equality, social justice, and inclusive public policy.

For over a decade, I have worked directly with marginalised communities across the UK and Europe, supporting access to healthcare, education, and legal rights. Through my leadership, I have helped deliver frontline services to thousands of individuals facing structural inequalities, particularly within Roma and migrant communities.

I have also contributed at European level through my traineeship at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, strengthening my expertise in human rights, policy development, and institutional advocacy.

I am currently leading a £1.2 million health equity initiative addressing systemic barriers and improving outcomes for underserved communities.

As a candidate and community advocate, I am committed to bridging lived experience with national policymaking. I will ensure that Labour’s policies reflect the realities of those most affected by inequality. I will bring a strong, informed, and community-led voice to the National Policy Forum and advocate for greater representation, gender equality, and inclusive leadership through the National Women’s Committee.

Ann Reader

Please support me to represent Eastern Region on the NPF. I will encourage members to contribute to Labour’s policy development.

I joined the Party in South Norfolk in 1982. I am Chair of Norfolk Local Government Committee, connecting constituencies and groups during devolution and local government reorganisation. I chair Waveney Valley CLP, straddling Norfolk and Suffolk; I know what it’s like to live in a rural area with a Green MP and Green-led councils.

Professionally, I worked in international development, then as Brent Borough Organiser and the Party’s Head of Local Government. I was a Councillor and Cabinet Member in Brent and a European Parliamentary candidate in the South West.

Policy interests are devolution, electoral reform, environment, equalities, Europe, housing, public services and rural issues. I am a member of the GMB and the Co-operative Party.

Over the next two years, we will be refreshing policy ahead of the General Election that Labour must win to secure ten years of national renewal to rebuild our economy and public services. We need policies to take on the Greens and defeat Reform and show the benefits of a Labour Government.

Please also vote for Louise Chinnery, Adam Fox and Richard Howitt

Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill

After a historic win in 2024, it’s imperative that this Labour Government lives up to its roots as a socialist, trade-union movement, and ensures that those across the left have a party that we can believe in.

The abolishment of the two-child benefit cap was a step in the right direction, and Labour’s policies must continue to make the country a better place: improving the quality, availability and affordability of housing, meeting our environmental and climate goals, strengthening the NHS, improving our underfunded mental health and social care systems, and delivering real improvements to workers across this country.

Labour’s policy platform must be one that draws voters to our Party; it must offer real change. I’ll work to ensure that everyone within the Party has their voice heard within policy debates, especially those that are historically marginalised; intersectionality is key to a successful party.

I’m the Equalities Officer in my workplace branch of Unite, the Policy Officer and Women’s Officer in my CLP, and I sit on my local parish council, where I chair the personnel, finance and governance committee.

I’m proud to be supported by CLGA. Please also support Shahid Nadeem, Rachel Garnham and Catherine Howells (Youth).

Catherine Howells

It’s no secret that young people feel let down by the Labour Party. This was particularly highlighted to me as the Youth Officer of my CLP and previously Chair of my university Labour Club. I am standing for the National Policy Forum as I believe our policy-making structures should listen to and fight for our young members.

As a trade unionist, I’ve seen the difference a Labour government can make. The employment rights act will make a huge difference to workers’ lives, but this should only be the starting point for the real change this government can bring.

Reform poses a real threat in the East. Our response to this will be a defining moment for the Labour Party. We must be championing bold policies that provide solutions to issues like housing, the climate crisis and privatisation. This would be my priority on the NPF.

I am proud to be supported by the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance. Please also support Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill, Rachel Garnham, Russell Cartwright, and Shahid Nadeem.

Fatima Begum

I have been active in the Labour Party since 2012, supporting candidates in Luton and in target wards and constituencies across the Eastern region. During this time, I have stood as a Labour candidate in four elections.

I have served on Luton Council since 2021, where I have previously been Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and for Highways. In these roles, I worked closely with officers, the executive, and our Labour group to shape strategy and deliver services. This has given me a strong understanding of the challenges facing local government and the vital role Labour councils play in improving people’s lives.

Alongside being a councillor, I work in public health in a local authority and serve as a project manager in the charity sector. I am also a Governor on ELFT, this has given me insight into governance at a regional level.

In 2023, I brought forward a motion on organ donation, informed by my experience as a kidney transplant recipient. This passed unanimously, and I continue to champion awareness, particularly within South Asian communities.

If elected as Local Government Representative, I will be bringing community voices and real local government experience into Labour’s national decisions. I will

Kevin Hind

At the next election, Labour will face a battle for the soul of our country.

I am standing for the NPF because I strongly believe we will only defeat right-wing populism and extremism by honouring our democratic socialist instincts: promoting social solidarity, strengthening community cohesion, tackling inequality, fighting misinformation and improving education.

Furthermore, I strongly support the role of local government in delivering these aims. We should take all layers of local government seriously, including parish councils, which are often a way for Labour representatives to build support from the bottom up.

My policy specialisms are in higher and further education, information technology, local government, planning, licensing and public safety.

I am a software solutions analyst currently working for a Cambridge-based business that digitizes content for university and college libraries. During 11 years as a town councillor I was chair of the planning committee. I am a member of the Metropolitan Police Independent Advisory Group for policing in football. I am actively involved in Epping For Everyone, which promotes community cohesion.

Please vote for the Mainstream slate in the NPF elections. For the NEC, I will be supporting Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Kerry Postlewhite in the CLP section.

Louise Chinnery

As a member of the Labour Party for many years, I have been Mid Beds CLP chair and now TULO officer.

The NPF gives members the opportunity to contribute policy ideas and feedback challenges around implementation. I have visited CLPs to promote the work of the NPF and to encourage members to participate in our policy making.

I have been involved in the breaking down barriers to opportunity commission. I have attended online policy meetings and stakeholder roundtables. The evidence received by the commission helped to shape our policy on the removal of the two-child benefit cap.

I work for UNISON representing NHS members. The landmark employment rights act is making a difference to working people.

Finally, I am the parent of an autistic young person and have experienced the broken SEND system. We are taking steps to reform the system to ensure that early support and intervention is available close to home. Clearing up the Tories mess and fixing the SEND system will take time. I am keen to play my part in helping to get this right.

I would be proud to represent Eastern regional members again on the NPF.

Please support Adam Fox, Ann Reeder, Richard Howitt

Malla Reddy Gurram

I am proud to stand for election to the National Policy Forum because I believe the Labour Party must continue to be a bold, values-driven movement that delivers real change for working people.

At a time of deep economic inequality, public service strain, and growing insecurity in many communities, we need policies that are both principled and practical—policies that improve everyday lives while building a fairer, more sustainable future.

I am committed to ensuring that members’ voices are at the heart of our policy-making process. Our strength as a party comes from our grassroots, and the National Policy Forum must reflect the experiences, ideas, and aspirations of members across the country.

My priorities include:

Championing economic justice, secure jobs, and fair wages
Strengthening public services, especially our NHS and education system
Tackling the climate crisis with urgency while creating good green jobs
Promoting equality, dignity, and opportunity for all

I will work collaboratively, listen actively, and advocate consistently to ensure that our policies are ambitious, credible, and rooted in Labour values.

Together, we can shape a programme that not only wins elections but also transforms lives.

I would be honoured to have your support.

Mary Lines

I make this application as a lifelong Labour Party supporter who has lived and worked in this area for many years.

My career was in the Probation Service, the final 14 years as Chief Executive of Essex Probation. Followed by 3 years as a Non-Executive Director for the IOPC, a Trustee and Secretary writing policies for a Domestic Abuse Charity and NED of a private company. As CEO I had overall responsibility for policy development across all aspects of the organisation, some of which link closely with Labour’s current change agenda. I created networks with other CEOs, local and national politicians, engaged with staff, unions and stakeholder. I was able to “sell” my policies to staff, unions, my board and national influencers, a skill I learned as a union representative during the earlier part of my career. I contributed to national policy development, learning about the political environment and how to influence it.

As a member of the NPF I will contribute to and influence the policies whilst keeping others informed to raise awareness and encourage the engagement of members. I believe I can bring ideas and experience to support Labour’s vision for this country.

Please support my application.

Rachel Garnham

I am an experienced, committed campaigner serving seven years on the National Policy Forum, 25 plus years in local Labour positions and previously three years on the National Executive Committee. I am a UCU activist and strong supporter of Labour’s trade union link.

Labour needs a radically different policy programme to rebuild support from voters; seriously addressing the cost of living, racism and climate crises; redistributing wealth and rebuilding public services.

On the NPF I championed Eastern Region CLP NPF submissions including:

NHS investment not privatisation;
Local accountability of schools;
Increased public sector pay.

I promoted civil liberties, argued with ministers for a wealth tax, and advocated for policy made by Labour’s Women’s Conference. At the pre-manifesto NPF, I proposed amendments that made a difference, including a commitment to international law in Palestine and measures to address the higher education crisis.

I want to continue to promote this platform on the NPF, and work towards a more democratic, transparent and inclusive policy-making process, recognising the sovereignty of annual conference.

Members having a voice matters. It makes for better policy-making, and a more successful Party.

Please also support other grassroots candidates Russell Cartwright, Shahid Nadeem, Caoimhe Ní Dhónail and Catherine Howells.

Richard Howitt

I am re-standing to represent Eastern Region CLPs in the National Policy Forum to act as a voice for local members and champion of our region. In the last NPF final document, I strenuously supported local CLP proposals from Southend to S.E. Cambs and further. As former Member of the European Parliament, I prize my good contacts and knowledge of the whole region. But I am always keen to meet and talk with new members. As experienced member of the NPF, I know how to constructively influence Ministers and their teams. I have served on the ‘Britain Reconnected’ policy commission, advocating efforts towards peace, respect for human rights and multilateralism. As a lifelong member of Unison, I will always champion public services. As a Cambridgeshire County Councillor, I will always champion local government. In my professional life, I have experience working in environmentalism and in social care, about which I can contribute ideas. Above all, I hope to contribute to policies which will ensure Labour wins the next General Election and which secures Labour’s ten-year mission for national renewal. Please also vote for good colleagues Louise Chinnery, Adam Fox and Ann Reeder.

Rosanna Jackson

As a sitting member of the NPF, on the Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity commission, I am looking to be re-elected to continue contributing to our policy development.

Alongside the NPF, I have remained actively engaged in left-wing policy as Co-Chair of the Young Fabians, working to ensure that young people on the left have a serious and organised voice in shaping the Party’s policy direction.

Professionally, I have worked in research for Members of Parliament. This has given me a detailed, practical understanding of how policy is developed, negotiated, and implemented, and the importance of coherence between our values, our messaging, and what we deliver in government.

We have a wealth of talent across our membership, and I am standing again to help ensure those voices are reflected in our policy-making.

Please also vote for the other candidates in Eastern : Louise Chinnery, Ann Reeder, Adam Fox, and Richard Howitt.

Russell Cartwright

As a previous member of the National Policy Forum, I am seeking CLPs’ support for this election.

After years of austerity, our communities need Labour to reverse this decline with a change of direction. Popular, real Labour policies are needed to drive economic growth and improve living standards.

We need investment in the Health Service to reverse creeping privatisation, and a National Care Service. To fund this, income tax needs to be based on genuine ability to pay and with a Land Value Tax replacing regressive Council Tax and Business rates. At present, 1% of the population own 70% of the land, discouraging economic growth.

Essential utilities and transport should be converted to public ownership. Labour should introduce a second Employment Rights Bill to meet our manifesto commitments.

I have been a CLP Secretary for most of the time since 1990, and a former vice-chair of the Region as well as holding national posts in the Party. In Unite, I am a member of its national Political Committee and also a member of the Co-op Party, the SEA and the SHA. Please also nominate my Grassroots comrades – Rachel Garnham, Shahid Nadeem, Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill and Catherine Howells.

Shahid Nadeem

I am seeking election as your East of England NPF representative. As a CLP Secretary, Unite Branch Treasurer, and with my experience as a local councillor and Chair of the Standards Committee, I have a strong understanding of governance and principled leadership.

If elected, I will utilise my experience as an Executive Board Member of SME4Labour, Founder of Pakistanis for Labour, and Vice-Chair of the South Essex Co-operative Party to develop strong regional policies and increase member engagement across the East of England.

I am dedicated to establishing an agenda focused on the economy, health, housing, and human rights—aimed at providing security and opportunity for everyone. During my past term on the NPF, I supported amendments for a £15 minimum wage, reinforced housing initiatives, a Green New Deal, and increased public ownership.

I am committed to deepening regional engagement and ensuring our policies reflect the aspirations of communities in the East of England. I am committed to ensuring members’ views influence our Party’s direction. It would be my honour to represent the East of England once again.

I would also ask you to support Russell Cartwright, Rachel Garnham, Caoimhe Ní Dhónail and Catherine Howells (Youth).

Srikanth Panjala

NPF London Representative

Abdi Mohamed

I am seeking re-election to the National Policy Forum to continue representing members and shaping Labour policy rooted in fairness and lived experience. I am a sitting NPF member and have served over the past year on the Tackling Barriers to Opportunity policy commission, contributing to work focused on widening access, breaking down structural inequality, and ensuring Labour delivers meaningful social mobility.

Alongside this, I am a Labour councillor, working daily with residents and bringing frontline insight into the party’s national policy discussions. I am proud to be an active member of the GMB union, grounding my politics in the values of collective action and working-class representation.

Outside the Labour Party, I work as a campaigner for a national charity, leading influencing and policy work that challenges inequality and amplifies the voices of disabled people and marginalised communities. This experience strengthens my contribution to Labour’s policy-making and keeps me closely connected to the real-world impact of political decisions.

I am particularly passionate about tackling inequality, supporting young people, and ensuring opportunity and social mobility are genuinely accessible to all.

Please also support Bora Kwon, Sara Conway, Tom Collinge, and Harriet Spoor as Youth Rep.

Anita MacDonald

My life and career embody the commitment required to deliver for the Labour Party and the communities we serve. Coming from a deprived mining background, I understand firsthand the challenges facing working families.

Professionally, I am a qualified secondary headteacher and the CEO of the innovative EdTech company, Meteor EdTech, giving me insight into both public services and private sector growth. I also helped write the Labour tech paper on EdTech and AI. My commitment to education policy is further demonstrated by my membership on the MU Education Committee. My extensive political experience includes serving as a dedicated councillor for eight years and standing as a former Parliamentary Candidate. This background has equipped me with the strategic thinking and resilience needed for national roles.

Beyond my professional life, I bring a diverse skillset as a social media blogger, offering a modern channel for outreach, and as a passionate pianist and opera singer, demonstrating dedication and discipline. I am ready to apply my expertise in education, technology, and community representation to help shape a transformative Labour agenda. I am confident I possess the unique blend of political, professional, and personal experience to make a significant contribution to both committees.

Bora Kwon

I’m standing for the NPF to offer my experience as a Labour party member, activist, and councillor. Having campaigned for, and seen the election of a new Labour government after 14 years of Tory rule, it’s been heartening to see the real improvements being made to the country, and as a party member I think it’s vital that we contribute to the policies and direction that our government is taking to make all of our lives better.

I joined the party 15 years ago and I have been a councillor in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham since 2018. I currently serve as the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health and have seen how Labour policies in action can truly change lives.

Having served for the past two years as an NPF rep, it has been a valuable experience in discussing, formulating and drafting the policies to take our ambitions for the country forward. If elected again, I will continue to report back and work with CLPs to enable and ensure that members are able to contribute to our policy making process.

Please also vote for Tom Collinge, Sara Conway, Abdi Mohamed and Harriet Spoor.

Dave Levy

I will fight for a policy platform in the interests of the many, not the few, based on anti-poverty, pro-social justice and anti-racist principles. Labour’s programme must also be based on membership involvement.

The policies pursued by the Labour Government need to change. I believe my views represent those of the membership and I have the skills based on decades in the movement to ensure that progressive critiques are made and policies developed.

The policies need to change and I believe I can help make this happen.

I will work hard, represent the regions members, and keep in touch.

My experience as an economist, IT professional, trade unionist, and civil rights campaigner would best suit me for the Economy, Culture, or Democracy commissions.

I have been a member of the Labour Party for 52 years and have held various positions with it and stood for public office.

I am President of my GMB branch, trained in employment law; I represent & organise members in their workplace.

I am a member/subscriber to Amnesty, Liberty, the Open Rights Group, and the Labour Movement for Europe. I am active in Another Europe and CLPD

Emma Whysall

I’m standing for the NPF because I believe members should drive Party Policy.

As a local councillor and former CLP secretary I know that the experience in our membership holds the ideas and inspiration we need for the future. Labour must use government to transform our county with bold policies. We must pull from all the expertise we have in our party for new and fresh ideas and be innovative and true to our values.

As a Trade Union Lawyer and a Labour Councillor I hear daily the problems we’ve been left by the last Tory Government. Fixing their mess is going to take hard work and the breadth of the Labour movement to achieve.

If elected I want to reach out to local Parties and Members to encourage engagement in policy development. The NPF has too long been inaccessible to members, it should be part of the role of every representative on the NPF to reach out and get members involved – as your rep I would reach out to CLPs to encourage engagement.

I’m proud to be endorsed by Mainstream: please vote for their other London nominee, Panny, and NEC candidates Cat, Kerry and Jovan.

Harriet Spoor

I am standing for the National Policy Forum because I want to ensure young members’ voices are heard when we develop policies.

I am proud to be a Labour Councillor in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, where I am the youngest Labour Councillor not only in my borough but in London.

My commitment to Labour began like many of you – through grassroots organising and on our Labour doorstep. I have experience in representing young members as my CLP’s Youth Officer and Vice Chair of my Young Labour group, in the heart of East London.

I’m a proud member of the GMB union and believe strongly in our trade union movement’s role in defending workers’ rights and labour values. Alongside this I work for one of our fantastic Labour MP’s and have previously worked in the Dialogue phonebaking team.

My key policy interests are in education, transport, and local government, where I am passionate about delivering meaningful and visible change for our communities. I also co-chair a VAWG Strategy in my area, where combating crime and violence is at the heart of work in my community.

Please also vote for Abdi Mohamed, Sara Conway, Tom Collinge and Bora Kwon.

Jose Luis Millares Briceno

I hold a Master’s degree in Economics, Finance and Accounting in the United Kingdom. At present, I am running a newly established business with my wife, a venture that encapsulates the work and purpose I have long aspired to pursue, combining economic insight with social impact and community development.

As a committed member of the Labour Party, I strongly support its values and its mission to build a fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable society. I am particularly motivated to contribute to developing policies that strengthen economic resilience, support small and medium-sized enterprises, enhance access to education and skills, and promote social and economic inclusion.

My professional and community engagement has enabled me to understand the challenges faced by diverse communities at both local and international levels. I am keen to bring this perspective into the policy-making process and contribute constructively to the work of the Forum.

I would consider it a privilege to serve and help advance policies aligned with our shared principles.

Josue Mankoto

As a dedicated Labour member and Policy Officer in Enfield North, I am committed to engaging members and shaping policy that aligns with the community’s priorities.

My legal academic background, coupled with my professional legal activities, has provided me with a comprehensive understanding of legislative processes, accountability, and the significance of well-defined and effective policy frameworks. Furthermore, my experience in communications and public engagement enables me to articulate complex policy in a manner that is both accessible and impactful for members and the public.

Within Enfield North, I have actively participated in policy discussions by engaging members, addressing local concerns, and ensuring that the voices of grassroots communities are reflected in broader debates. I am particularly interested in policies that promote social justice, expand opportunities, and enhance public trust in institutions.

I am seeking election to the National Policy Forum to contribute to the development of a program that is both ambitious and credible. Should I be elected, I will collaborate with others to ensure that our policy-making remains inclusive, transparent, and responsive, drawing upon both legal expertise and practical experience to support policies that deliver tangible change.

Jumbo Chan

Amidst a turbulent world, the British people are hungry for a profound transformation of our country, strangled by decades of neo-liberal orthodoxy. The solutions offered by the Labour leadership is not solving deep economic anxieties, and the public are increasingly looking elsewhere for their politics.

This is why I will be championing the implementation of a Wealth Tax, and the nationalisation of water and utilities. I will also be supporting the development of an industrial policy that prioritises creation, rather than trickle-down economics or the liquidation of our valuable national treasures.

As Tony Benn once said, politics is a question of not personalities, but of issues. After serving diligently as a Labour councillor for over a decade — during which I campaigned for the proper funding of public services, municipal socialism and against corporate parasitism as Chair of the Audit and Standards Committee — I was not surprised when the NEC blocked me because of the issues which I stand for.

I go forward undeterred, and I will champion the much-needed socialist policies bravely, earnestly, and hopefully, with your support.

I am supported by the Centre Left Grassroots Alliances. Please also support Rathi Guhadasan, Pat Quigley and Dave Levy.

Kumud Joshi

As a councillor of four years in Redbridge, I have seen a number of issues with the way the council is run, particularly in how our diversity is often limited in subtle but legally permissible ways across various processes and procedures. I want to fight for greater transparency within local government. I am also concerned about the rise of populist parties and believe the party should investigate why this is happening. Is there a gap in our offer that is drawing otherwise reasonable people towards these extremes?

Lela Bolkvadze

I would like to submit my candidacy for a membership in the National Policy Forum (NPF) because I believe that the most effective policies are rooted in rigorous evidence-based approaches and with 20 years in Higher Education and a PhD in Education Sciences, I have an experience of using datadriven insights to attain improved outcomes, communicating complex ideas and converting them into actionable strategies, connecting with diverse groups and develop approaches that actually produce tangible changes.

We currently face a polarized landscape where extreme rhetoric often overshadows practical solutions. I believe The Labour Party is the only force capable of bridging this divide.

Politics is a calling for me to improve the lives of others, and it is a responsibility I take very seriously.

I believe in the power of education. I am not a career politician, I am a dedicated professional who believes in service, fairness, and the strength of a united society.

If elected, I will work tirelessly to ensure our policies are grounded in the daily needs of people. I am ready to contribute, listen, and turn these challenges into a story of progress which will not be debatable and will be felt and recognized by everyone.

Lynda Ouazar

I am a Labour councillor candidate in Tower Hamlets, a trade union representative with the United Tech and Allied Workers union, and a PhD researcher focused on work, skills, and fairness in modern organisations.

My work and lived experience in London have shown me where the system is failing working people. Too many workers face insecure conditions, poor management practices, and limited access to the skills they need to progress. At the same time, rapid technological changes, including AI, are reshaping jobs without sufficient protection or employee voice.

Through my research, I examine how behavioural skills such as leadership, communication, and conflict resolution are developed, and why gaps between education and employer expectations continue to disadvantage workers.

As a member of the National Policy Forum, I would advocate for practical, evidence-based policies that strengthen workers’ rights, improve management standards, and ensure that the UK’s skills system reflects the realities of modern work.

I would be grateful if you could confirm receipt of this email and advise on the next steps.

Magnus Sorenson

I am seeking to represent members on the Labour Party National Policy Forum because I believe Labour must combine bold ambition with credible delivery.

In Croydon, I have been developing a detailed long-term framework for town centre recovery and regeneration, focused on housing, public realm, transport integration and new forms of local economic production. This work has reinforced my belief that good policy is not just about vision, but about how we structure delivery, align institutions and de-risk implementation.

I want to bring that practical, systems-focused approach into Labour’s policy development, particularly in areas such as housing supply, urban regeneration, community energy and local growth. Labour has a real opportunity to lead on rebuilding places in a way that is people-first, economically serious and environmentally sustainable.

I am particularly interested in strengthening the link between national policy and local delivery, ensuring that what we commit to can be implemented effectively on the ground.

Above all, I want to contribute constructively, working with others across the party to develop policies that are ambitious, credible and capable of transforming communities like Croydon.

Panny Antoniou

I am standing for the NPF as I have significant experience in policy formulation and implementation and am dedicated to the core Labour values of democracy, pluralism, and transformative change.

I have written for Fabian Society and FEPS publications, winning the Jenny Jeger Prize in 2023 for my work on intergenerational fairness. I also managed the APPG for SME Housebuilders and set up the Young Fabians’ Housing & Infrastructure Network. Additionally, I helped write SERA’s 2022 rewilding pledges which have been adopted by Labour Councils across the country.

I also served on the Young Fabians Executive Committee as the International and Outreach Officer, strengthening links with think tanks and sister organisations in PES. As Bureau member for the Young European Socialists, I was instrumental in hosting international events in London and strengthening cooperation post-Brexit.

More recently, I founded the Centre for International Security and Defence Studies –the UK’s first progressive defence and security think tank strengthening Britain’s role in building a safer, more resilient, and more just international order. Here we focus on protecting democracy, supporting allies, and preparing for future threats through cooperation, resilience, and sustainability.

Please also support the other Mainstream candidates for the NPF and NEC.

Pat Quigley

Labour was elected on a promise of change in 2024. After a decade of Tory austerity, working class people looked to the new government to improve their lives and communities. Polling shows widespread disappointment with our Party’s handling of the issues blighting our society.

As part of the NPF, I’ll push for policies that address entrenched poverty, ensure secure, decent housing for all and high quality educational, health and public services that deliver good outcomes for everyone.

I joined the Party 10 years ago. I’m active in my local party, having served as branch Secretary for 5 years. I’m now Women’s Officer of my CLP and Secretary of the Women’s branch.

I’m an experienced collaborator who has worked with diverse groups. I worked in education for 40+ years, at classroom and headteacher level. I’m interested in SEND policy and issues affecting families and children. I’m a retired member of the NEU.

I’m a member of several Socialist Societies. I sit on the National Executive of the SEA.

I’m involved in community campaigning for council housing and the Right to Food.

I’m proud to be supported by the CLGA. Please also support Jumbo Chan, Rathi Guhadasan and Dave Levy. ‎

Rathi Guhadasan

As 2025-26 national Socialist Health Association (SHA) chair and previous vice chair, I have been heavily involved in health-, NHS- and public health-related policy work, including integrated approaches with sectors such as education and housing. I have attended Labour annual conference in 2022 as CLP delegate and 2023 and 2025 as SHA delegate. I have written motions for my CLP and SHA, participated in compositing at conference, and have collaboratively and inclusively developed SHA NPF submissions.

I am a qualified paediatrician with a background in international public health and the international development and humanitarian sectors, including global health policy. I have a keen interest in many areas of policy, particularly health, and would like to see a more integrated, intersectoral approach to public health policy. We must also see a proper Green New Deal. If elected, I will endeavour to represent the grassroots of our Labour movement and be accountable and transparent to members.

I’m proud to be supported by Momentum and the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance (CLGA). Please also nominate and vote for Pat Quigley, Jumbo Chan, and Dave Levy.

Ruth Daniel

I am standing because I am passionate about ensuring that our Party remains rooted in strong communities, fairness, and accountability.

I am currently employed by Healthwatch Kensington and Chelsea and Healthwatch Westminster, where I manage over 30 volunteers who engage directly with NHS services, gathering feedback from patients and residents to help improve the care people receive. Alongside this, I serve as Chair of the Kensington and Chelsea Safer Neighbourhood Board, working closely with the Metropolitan Police and local leadership to ensure community priorities are reflected in neighbourhood policing. I also chair the Notting Dale ward panel, supporting residents to shape local safety priorities.

Through my work as Co-Chair of Westway Trust and across the voluntary and public sectors, I have supported individuals into employment, strengthened partnerships, and worked with underrepresented communities, including young people and those with disabilities.

I believe the Labour Party must continue to be a voice for these communities — shaping policy grounded in real lived experience, with strong safeguarding, accountability, and inclusion at its core.

I would be proud to serve and represent members in this role.

Sara Conway

It has been a real honour to serve on the National Policy Forum’s Safe and Secure Communities Commission and I remain committed to listening to members and helping deliver Labour’s key commitments on community safety, combatting violence against women and girls, together with community connection, cohesion and empowerment.

As the councillor leading on community safety in Barnet Labour’s historic first administration, I’ve delivered our key manifesto commitments as well as co-produced creative campaigns on women’s safety, an award-winning programme to tackle serious organised crime, innovative initiatives on community cohesion, and work collaboratively with residents and partners.

I am also a member of the Local Government Association’s Safer and Stronger Communities Committee and have given evidence to Select Committees on a range of issues including combatting extremism, community cohesion and community safety.

I have over 30 years’ experience from the creative, community and youth sectors, bringing people together to develop and deliver positive change. I continue to learn constantly from working with local members and residents, community and environmental groups, and as a trustee at the Artsdepot Theatre and at Sebby’s Corner, supporting children and families in need.

Please also vote for Collinge, Kwon, Mohamed and Spoor.

Tom Collinge

I’m standing for the NPF because the most crucial thing for Labour ahead of the next election is to deliver for working people. We need a supportive but critical lens on the policy agenda and a constant push to do more. I work in a policy thinktank and I can help provide that.

The balance between fixing the structural problems Britain faces and making tangible, immediate change in people’s lives is a hard one and on the NPF we have to help the government navigate it. And we have to work with partners in civil society, and in the union movement (I am a member of the GMB) to bring forward the ideas that are going to renew Britain.

There’s a real urgency to this – I was a parliamentary candidate for Labour in 2024 and have campaigned all around the country and know that things are tough and people are rightfully impatient for change. I hope to play my part in delivering it.

Please nominate me at your next CLP meeting alongside Sara Conway, Bora Kwon, Abdi Mohamed and Harriet Spoor.

William Tod

With a Master’s Degree in Literature, Culture and Society and an extensive background in wargaming and strategy, I believe I can make an enormous contribution to the National Policy Forum. I am a member who has long defended the party and I believe that the movement has so much more to do.

The time has come for a rejuvenated policy agenda and proactive measures to help alleviate the poverty of our people and promote a sustainable development to a more just future. I believe I can drive this mission. I hope that you do too.

NPF North Representative

Clare Penny-Evans

As Labour moves from opposition into government, the decisions we make now will shape people’s lives for a generation. Policy cannot remain a Westminster exercise—it must be rooted in our communities, from Newcastle to the wider North.

Real change has always come from working people. The New Deal for Working People, now reflected in the Employment Rights Act, exists because trade unions and members demanded it. As we build the next manifesto, we must ensure our policies reflect the realities of all our regions.

If elected to the National Policy Forum, I will be a strong, credible voice for the North.

I bring a proven track record: as a councillor and long-standing Labour activist, I have consistently fought for our region. As a UNISON member, I have led work to defend public services and strengthen workers’ rights. As Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Communities, I delivered policies that balanced environmental urgency with social justice and led our work in Newcastle to achieve White Ribbon Accreditation, showing my commitment to ending violence against women and girls.

I will champion Northern communities, ensure transparency with members, and push for bold policies on jobs, public services, and the cost of living.

Connor Slomski

As a proud frontline railway worker, and trade union rep, I know the difference this Labour government is making.

With rail nationalisation and the Employment Rights Act, Labour will change the lives of myself and my industrial colleagues. However, I have also seen the impact of our changes to immigration law on some of the most precarious workers in my industry, with over 60 Transport for London staff under threat of deportation due to our government’s changes to visa eligibility.

If elected to the NPF, every policy that comes to the forum must pass two simple tests. Is it in line with our Labour values, and is it what our voters elected us to do? If the answer is no, then we must ask serious questions as to why it is even being brought to us.

I have more than ten years experience in the Party, have served on executives of my branch and constituency and also on the Young Labour national committee, and I am a candidate in the May 2026 local elections in Newcastle.

I’m proud to be supported by the CLGA. Please also nominate Hannah Cousins, Rochelle Lainé, David Ray, and Eleanor Woolstencroft (Youth).

Crystal Hicks

When the Tories won in 2015, I joined Labour, worried about what continued austerity would mean for communities like Gateshead. Without the right policies, we’ll lose power to a right-wing agenda of cuts, division and hate.

On the NPF I will work collaboratively to ensure members’ voices are truly heard. Together, we can shape policies that not only reflect our values but win elections—rooted in equity, progress and hope.

I bring the experience the NPF needs. A Director of a national homelessness charity, President of a women’s equality movement and of the Women’s Homelessness Alliance, I see every day how policy affects real lives. As a governor at two schools in left-behind communities, my judgment is grounded in the realities families face.

Within Labour, I serve as LGC Secretary for Gateshead, Women’s Branch Vice-Chair, Secretary of Labour Housing Group North East, and Labour Link for Unison Newcastle. Standing in the Gateshead elections, I’m running a modern, community-focused campaign that challenges divisive rhetoric with Labour’s values of solidarity and fairness. Please also vote for, Stephen Barry-Sanners, Michael Mordey and Jessica Carson

On the doorstep, I hear that people want change—and to trust that Labour can deliver it. With the

David Ray

I am based in Darlington, where I sit as a Labour Borough Councillor for my home ward. My working background is in Telecommunications, and I also represent my colleagues as an Industrial Relations Rep for the CWU.

I am passionate about my roles as a councillor and a trade unionist and use them as an opportunity to display my Labour values. I work hard to champion our Party, whether to residents of my ward, my union members, or the general public.

I want to take up the role on the NPF so we can make a difference to people’s lives in the North of England and the rest of the country, with progressive and transformative policies on issues such as workers’ rights, public ownership, housing, clean energy & the environment, the NHS, infrastructure, economic growth, and putting more money in ordinary people’s pockets.

I am standing to be on the National Policy Forum in the Northern Region alongside my comrades, Hannah Cousins, Rochelle Laine, Connor Slomski, and Eleanor Woolstencroft (Youth). I would ask you to consider voting for them also. I would like to thank the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance for their support.

Eleanor Woolstencroft

Labour must be a party that changes lives, not one that manages decline. I joined this movement aged 14 because I believe Labour is the vehicle through which we deliver transformative change for young people. From employment rights to renters’ reform, Labour values have already shown their power to improve lives.

But Labour’s recent swing to the right is failing. As we fall behind in the polls, we are also falling short of the change we promised. Pandering to the right does nothing to improve the prospects of young people in the North East. We need a renewed focus on the issues that matter to our communities, grounded in authentic Labour values.

As an NPF representative, I would be a consistent voice on the left, fighting for policies that address the cost-of-living crisis, deliver climate justice, and expand opportunities for young people.

The NPF should be a democratic space where members, affiliates, and trade unions are empowered to shape Labour’s programme for government. Used properly, it can help rebuild Labour into a force capable of delivering genuinely transformative change.

I’m pleased to be supported by CLGA. Please also support David Ray, Hannah Cousins, Connor Slomski and Rochelle Laine.

Hannah Cousins

I believe the breadth of opinion in our party needs to be represented and defended on our NPF. I will be a voice for member democracy, collaboration, and bold socialist policies. We know Reform will only be defeated with a steadfast defence of our Labour values, and that is what I will always display.

I’ve been active in the Labour Party for over 10 years; mobilising and empowering young members as CLP Youth Officer, organising campaign sessions as campaign coordinator and currently as a branch chair and council candidate.

Our trade union link grounds us in working class communities and real Labour values. As a GMB rep, I’m proud our government has passed the Employment Rights Act as this will be life-changing for so many workers, but we must ensure this is only the start for transformative policies to strengthen workers’ rights.

Members should feel more involved in, and have more oversight of, our policy process. If elected, I pledge to give CLPs regular updates and remain accessible to all members throughout my term.

I’m proud to be supported by the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance. Please also nominate Rochelle Lainé, David Ray, Connor Slomski and Eleanor Woolstencroft (youth).

Michael Mordey

I am Michael Mordey, and it has been a privilege to represent Northern CLPs on the National Policy Forum for the last two years.

During that time, I sat on the Britain Reconnected Policy Commission which looked at Britain’s role on the international stage through the lens of Labour values and traditions.

I have been a councillor for 18 years and currently serve as Leader of Sunderland City Council. I am a member in Sunderland Central CLP and have held various position both at branch and CLP level, most recently as CLP Secretary.

I am proud Unison and GMB member.

If re-elected on the National Policy Forum, I would very much wish to remain on Britian Reconnected policy commission.

In an ever-increasing dangerous and unpredictable world, where foreign and defence issues are rising up the agenda it is important to me that members views are fully represented in formulating the party’s policy in this in the run up to the next General Election and I believe I have a role to play in that process.

I would be very appreciative of your support to enable me to continue to represent members on the National Policy Forum in the years ahead.

Philippa Storey

I’m a councillor in Middlesbrough, [Linthorpe Ward] and Portfolio holder for Education and Culture and Deputy Mayor. Over the years I’ve been a Youth Officer, women’s officer, TULO and secretary form my CLP and currently sit on my LGC. I’m incredibly passionate about Educational Inclusion, the use of outdoor space to enhance learning and educational wellbeing and women’s health and violence against women and girls. As Chair of my local Domestic Abuse Strategic Partnership (DASP) I secured funding for much needed services for women. I also run a sub regional social media group just for women and a national Breastfeeding peer support group. I’ve served as a member of several multi-agency bodies including Youth Justice Service, DASP and Middlesbrough Children’s Trust Board and currently chair our local hub National Literacy Trust SSG, recently publishing an article in the LGA magazine on the importance of reading and how elected members can support this. As a former member of the Regional Executive Committee I dealt with complaints, selections and regional issues. I’m currently working with Unison Trade Union Members on the issue of private catering companies profiteering out of school food.

Please also support: Crystal Hicks; Jessica Carson; Michael Mordey; Stephen Barry-Stanners

Rochelle Laine

I have witnessed first-hand many atrocities within the education system as a teacher. I’ve been on strike to demand better pay and conditions, and I give my full support to those in similar circumstances. Losing my county councillor seat to Reform has ignited a new fight in me! I will continue to fight to support our poorest families, who are being left behind; to bring them with us, we need a more equitable distribution of wealth. I also ensure wide, transparent communication in my role as Labour Group Communications & Engagement Officer.

As a former NPF rep, I helped shape policies to ensure better public provision of dental care and stronger support for SEN students; I hope the Labour government will go even further. I hold myself and others accountable whilst evaluating how best to move forward successfully, because I believe that listening to grassroots voices should be central to any worthwhile policy development. This will also be helped by my passion for equality, diversity, and inclusivity. Working together we achieve more than we achieve alone.

I’m proud to be supported by the CLGA, Momentum, & CLPD. Please also support David Ray, Hannah Cousins, Connor Slomski and Eleanor Woolstencroft (Youth).

Sean Laws

I am standing for the National Policy Forum to ensure Labour wins elections with a clear, credible plan for government. I am a Labour and Co-operative councillor with experience on scrutiny, pension and area committees, including oversight of a substantial budget. I also serve as Chair of a regional trust board and as a non-executive director of a community interest company. My experience has shown that policy must be grounded in clear principles, guided by political direction, and designed for practical delivery.

I am standing with Mainstream to support the government to transform our country and take on the populist right. Labour must offer a popular, principled, and practical left politics for meaningful change. Politics is not just about managing what exists, it is about leading with purpose and values. We all want to see Labour winning, but without a coherent policy platform and clear political direction we risk being unclear about what we stand for.

My focus would be where I have practical experience like growth where I bring a strong interest in community wealth building, co-operative approaches, and public ownership that strengthens local economies.

I am proud to support Mainstream’s wider NEC and NPF slate of candidates.

Stephen Barry-Stanners

Joining the party in 2009, I’ve been an active campaigner for the party in every election since – and have held positions across the party from CLP Campaign Coordinator to being an elected Councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne.

As we face unprecedented threats from the far-right I want to bring my experience as a campaigner, and as someone whose life was changed by the last Labour government, to help us develop policies which will reconnect us with the electorate and bring hope to communities currently under assault by divisive rhetoric from our opposition.

As a proud co-operator and trade unionist I want to ensure our policies are rooted in community and solidarity – delivering outcomes which make a real change to people’s lives.

The next election will not be easy, we live in a world where mis-information spreads on social media within seconds, but with the right policies, ones which are rooted in changing the country for the better, I believe we can win. I hope you will elect me to play a small part in our future history.

NPF North West Representative

Anya Wilkinson

My politics were shaped by my experience growing up on a council estate in Manchester. I witnessed first-hand the devastation inflicted on our communities by 14 years of Tory austerity, and that’s why I joined the Party.

Since then, I’ve mobilised and collaborated with members as my CLP’s Vice Chair and Women’s Officer, and as Chair of my university Labour Club.

Labour’s victory in 2024 created a historic opportunity to rebuild Britain. Crucial progress has been made with regards to employment rights, public transport, and the transition to a greener economy – but we must go further.

Reform presents a dangerous threat to our communities. At a time of polarisation, Labour must offer bold, credible solutions that rebuild trust and deliver meaningful change. On key issues such as housing, public ownership, climate justice and poverty, I will advocate for transformative policies that address the structural inequalities holding our communities back.

On the NPF, I will champion ambitious, inclusive policies. I will work to ensure that members’ voices are heard, and I will prioritise equality and social justice.

I’m proud to be supported by the CLGA. Please also support Michael Garvey and Oliver Beddow (Youth).

Benjamin Hobbs

I’m running for NPF because I believe I can bring a strong northern voice to Labour’s policy platform. Within the party, I act as Youth Officer for Stalybridge & Hyde CLP, Engagement Officer for Manchester Labour Students, and Policy Officer for Labour Housing Group North West. I’m also a member of the Co-Operative Party and UNISON. Outside of politics, I work full-time as a regeneration officer in devolved and local government, and because of this, my strongest policy areas are devolution, housing, and economic growth. Greater Manchester is currently the fastest-growing region in the UK, and I would love the opportunity to contribute my insights on how we’re achieving good, inclusive growth to a progressive policy platform. I also work with multiple social mobility charities to reduce inequalities for people like me from lower socio-economic and state-educated backgrounds, so I’m really passionate about how we can create real opportunities for those with the least and close the regional divide in England.

Please also consider voting for Charlotte Bond, Sam Corcoran, Connor Dwyer, and Sarah Haughey.

Charlotte Bond

I am standing for Labour’s National Policy Forum because our policies must be rooted in delivery and shaped by the communities we need to win back. As the youngest councillor on Warrington Borough Council, elected in May 2025, I have seen how Labour values translate into real change when implemented effectively.

Since being elected, I have hit the ground running as Deputy Chair of Housing Policy, overseeing work to tackle homelessness and enforce Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill. Local government shows that policy is not abstract: it is felt in people’s homes, finances and futures. Delivering genuinely affordable housing and strong public services is essential if Labour is to rebuild trust and win back younger voters.

I am a Unite member and Vice Chair of Warrington South CLP, where I have been active for the past two years. Outside the Party, I work at a think tank focused on progressive economic approaches, supporting work to strengthen public services and advance community wealth building so local economies deliver both prosperity and social justice.

I want to help shape a policy platform that is bold, credible and focused on winning.

Please also vote for Sam Corcoran, Connor Dwyer, Sarah Haughey, and Benjamin Hobbs.

Connor Dwyer

We worked hard to achieve this Labour Government – and so it’s vital that we make the most of it. Every effort needs to be made to ensure our priorities stay in line with the needs of our communities.

I grew up in a breadline single parent household. Social housing and council services prevented my homelessness as a child and helped me through my education. I understand the importance of the role of the state to ensure opportunity and quality of life. I want my experiences and expertise to continue to bring informed policy discussions to the party.

I work supporting a North West MP and my professional background is in education. Through experience, I have a keen interest in local government, and a personal interest in transport and – as an anti-fracking campaigner – energy policy. For the last two years I’ve served on the NPF on the Clean Energy commission, forwarding member-led energy policy, and actively engaging with members and CLPs in the North West.

I have been a campaigning Labour member for 11 years, working in Council and Parliamentary elections and by-elections across the country, and in 2023 gained Sharoe Green on Preston City Council for Labour aged 24.

Liz Grey

I am standing for election to Labour’s National Policy Forum because I would like to see policy creation that is democratic, open and focused on delivery.

As a Labour councillor, I see how national decisions affect communities on the ground. The NPF must ensure Labour’s values are translated into practical, workable policies that improve people’s lives and can be delivered effectively in government, bringing our members and supporters with us – policies we can be proud of.

Labour is strongest when it is a broad church: confident in its values, open to debate and serious about governing well. The NPF should support dialogue between members, affiliates, local government and Parliament, strengthening trust and improving policy outcomes.

At a time when faith in politics is fragile, Labour must show that we can govern competently and inclusively – renewing public services, tackling inequality and strengthening local democracy, while protecting the environment for future generations.

I am proud to support the wider Mainstream NPF candidates and our NEC candidates, Cat Arnold, Kerry Postlewhite and Jovan Owusu-Nepaul.

Michael Garvey

I’m passionate about the development and implementation of socialist policies and believe that the best ideas emerge from collaboration. To create an effective and representative Government, there must be open and transparent communication within the Party and its members.

I’ve been a Party member since 2010, and I have always actively been involved in both campaigning and supporting Policy development. I’m a Trade Unionist and was a Trade Union Representative until my retirement.

I’m Secretary of Runcorn and Helsby CLP and the Cheshire West and Chester Local Government Committee. I’ve held both roles for over a decade.

I previously sat on the NPF for four years, during which time I spoke at many CLP meetings and arranged and facilitated policy forums across the Region.

In 2023 I was elected to the Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council, and I am the Labour Group Secretary and Chair of the Staffing Committee.

I’m a firm advocate for inclusion, for listening to others, for pressing for change when needed and for seeking a society that is fair and equal for all.

I am happy to be supported by CLGA and would also ask you to support Anya Wilkinson and Oliver Beddow (Youth).

Oliver Beddow

Our party stands at a critical juncture. We are increasingly a party supported by the comfortable and rejected by the insecure. In the North West, we have suffered devastating defeats to our right in Runcorn and Helsby, and to our left in Gorton and Denton.

The solution doesn’t lie in pandering to one side or the other with performative gestures and tweaks in rhetoric. It lies in a coherent national plan that shifts power and wealth from the few to the many.

The country is sick of being ripped off by energy and water companies who engorge the bank accounts of shareholders at the public’s expense. The country is sick of the sleaze and corruption that infects our politics. The country is sick of a Thatcherite consensus that has seen our economy dominated by finance rather than manufacturing, and our national assets sold off.

If elected to the NPF, I will argue for a programme that channels the public’s anger towards this broken status quo and prioritises rebuilding our country over private profit.

I am a Labour activist and RMT member in Cheshire and I am endorsed by the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance alongside Anya Wilkinson and Mike Garvey.

Oliver Bonser

My name is Oliver Bonser and I’m running for the National Policy Forum because I believe I have the right combination of skills and experience to make a meaningful difference while empowering Northwest members’ voices in Westminster. I was raised in Lancashire and this year I will begin a master’s degree in Health Economics and Policy. I personally suffer from kidney disease and have extensive experience of the NHS, which will inform my contributions.

From my academic specialisation and personal experience, I have a strong interest in getting the NHS back on track. The NHS, alongside economic growth, is one of the most important priorities for this Labour government. Effective health policy requires a broad and deep understanding of the NHS and healthcare systems, and that is what I offer.

I also believe that entrenched regional disparities hold back not only healthcare but also the wider economy and our public services. I will advocate for greater investment and opportunity in the North so that our region can fulfil its potential.

If elected, I will actively reach out to members and CLPs for input into policy discussions and ensure that the economic interests and priorities of the Northwest are represented nationally.

Sam Corcoran

I have served on the NPF since 2022. I am the chair of my branch of Unite the Union. In 2011 I won the seat of Sandbach Heath and East by 6 votes, becoming the first Labour Cheshire East Councillor in Congleton constituency. Now Congleton has a Labour MP! In May 2019, as Leader of Cheshire East Council, I committed the council to being carbon neutral – and the Council is now 54% of the way to achieving that target thanks to a detailed Carbon Neutral Action Plan. I believe in fairness and putting people before profit- that’s why I’m a Labour and Co-op councillor. I went to the best school in the country (Manchester Grammar School) and the best university in the world (Oxford). I paid no university tuition fees and received a government grant to cover my living expenses. I want others to have the opportunities that I have had. By profession I am a chartered accountant and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, so I also have the technical expertise of dealing with tax policy and analysing legislation.

Please also vote for Connor Dwyer, Charlotte Bond, Sarah Haughey and Benjamin Hobbs.

Sarah Haughey

Please vote for me to be on the NPF so I can use my experience to shape the bold and credible programme we need to win a second and subsequent terms and achieve our ambitions for this country.

As a councillor in Trafford and current Chair of Licensing, I see every day how national decisions impact our communities. I also work in the trade union movement and in the maritime and ports sector, advocating for workers’ rights, fair pay, and safe conditions in a global industry as we decarbonise and secure our energy supplies. This understanding is crucial as we develop policies to protect UK workers whilst delivering a just transition for all.

My interests and experience are transport, green energy, and workers’ rights. I am particularly focused on public transport and active travel; the clean energy transition; jobs in every region and ensuring that working people are at the heart of economic policy right across the nation, particularly around our coastline and in deindustrialised areas.

I bring experience, strong Labour values and a commitment to delivering in government will be

Please also vote for Sam Corcoran, Connor Dwyer, Charlotte Bond and Benjamin Hobbs.

Scott Brerton

I’m standing for the NPF on the Mainstream slate because our communities need a Labour Party that knows what it stands for. We need an honest, transparent policy agenda that restores hope, rebuilds trust and puts Labour back where we belong: shaping the future, not reacting to it.

We should be proud of our values. Labour founded the NHS, built the welfare state, transformed workers’ rights and lifted millions out of poverty. At our best, we’ve been bold, practical and driven by the belief that government can and should change lives for the better.

It’s time for a clear shift. For too long, national debate has been shaped by reacting to Reform, but we’ll never out‑Reform Reform. The answer isn’t to drift right, but to return to the Labour values that run through us like a stick of Blackpool rock.

We need a proactive agenda rooted in dignity, security and opportunity: well‑paid, secure jobs; schools that prepare children for a thriving future; an NHS that delivers for everyone; and a caring, progressive society where nobody is left behind.

Bold. Believable. Deliverable.

I’m backing all Mainstream NPF candidates, and NEC candidates Cat Arnold, Kerry Postlewhite and Jovan Owusu-Nepaul.

Tharmalingam Paskaran

I apply on the strength of being involved in political campaigns since I joined the labour party around the 2024 General Elections (although I was active in the political arena before

John Wiseman

It has been the case that many decisions on policy and rule have been ignored in the past. CLPs and BLPs need help and support to understand structures and policy setting as well as rule change. Party discipline must start with the grassroots members and all stakeholders in the party, with honesty and care been given to all. Training of our activists must be a priority, and the importance of Equality and Diversity must be at the top of the agenda.

Teaching about our Labour history, is a way to build on the diversity of our movement. We must never forget ‘United we stand, divided we fall.’ Let us give hope a chance, and think about all our members and public, be ‘wise’ and nominate John Wiseman for the North West NPF.

NPF Scotland Representative

Aaron Caulfield

Hello,

I am Aaron Caulfield, and I am the Youth and Students Officer of Dumbarton CLP and a trainee solicitor. I am running for the National Policy Forum as I believe that the party needs real, grassroots input to bring the party back into line with the ideals that have underpinned the labour and trade union movement for generations, to hasten the nationalisation of our key industries, and to explore the fairest and most equitable distribution of wealth in our modern society.

I also wish to bring the attention of the Leadership the grave failings in the administration of justice that I witness day-to-day. Justice delayed is in no doubt justice denied, with trials being fixed on a good day nearly a year from an action being raised, there can be no doubt that many suffer more harm than is necessary. I would hope to be able to influence our policy direction to ensure that no person has to wait in want of justice – especially when many delays are caused by the failing of private contractors who’s grasp over the public purse need be halted.

Please also support Anna Dyer, Mary Kate Ross, and Adam MacBain

Adam McBain

I am standing for the NPF because I want Labour to have a bold policy agenda that represents our democratic socialist roots and traditions.

Our policies should be rooted in a desire to transfer power and wealth in society towards the working class, which suffered a generation of damage under the Tories. It is only on this basis that we can defeat the rising far right sentiment in our country.

We must be bold and not afraid to seek change at a systemic level when it suits our goals as a Labour movement.

The natural interest of Labour lies in taxing wealth, not work. In ridding society of ills such as unemployment, through a modern full employment strategy. In shifting power away from centralised institutions, towards those who have long felt ignored by them.

The wins that Labour has built historically must also be defended. I have worked in the NHS for all my adult life, I know first hand the value of what Labour policies can bring for the people of this country and exactly what that can mean for them personally.

I hope you will back myself, Mary Kate Ross, Aaron Caulfield and Anna Dyer.

Amelie Burt

I am a proud Labour member and activist from Greenock. My Labour journey started on the Labour Doorstep, and I know just how important positive policy is to voters. I am Vice Chair of both Inverclyde CLP and Scottish Young Labour, empowering a variety of our members to become involved in our movement.

I am a Politics and Social & Public Policy student at the University of Glasgow, and this has shown me just how important policy is as a basis of politics, and how fundamental a range of different voices can be. I know that I can be a strong, Scottish voice on the NPF championing our country and our young people.

Our party has a fight on our hands to prove that we are the only voice who is going to stand up and fight for our people and communities, and creating an ambitious policy programme that is focussed on delivery is the basis of how we win this fight.

I am proud to be a member of such a bold party that is delivering change, and if you trust me with your vote I am going to ensure that delivery and ambition continue to be our priorities!

Anna Dyer

I was the first in my extended working-class family to get Higher Education, then became Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian. Projects Director for UK Government & EC in Eastern Europe for over 20 years.

Active member of the Labour Party for 30 years plus :

Held a number of posts in Clps ( Women’s Officer- several times, member of the first Glasgow Labour Women’s Forum, Branch Secretary etc. Campaigned in many elections including as a List candidate for Holyrood.

Unite member , at present CLP TU liaison Officer.

Member of Socialist Health Association-working on defend our NHS, stop creeping privatisation.

2014-2021 Member of the National Constitution Committee (NCC) of the Party (including Chair for the last 4 years.)

Previous National Policy Forum (2022-2224) experience. Need for the NPF to have a real role in a Democratic Party .

15 years experience as Chair of Scotland’s largest Community Development Trust ,located in the most deprived area of Scotland. At present Voluntary Sector Representative for Glasgow City Council Community Planning Partnership. Labour needs to fight for the many, the poorest, the disabled and also restore women’ s role in the Party.

Standing for Party Democracy!

Ben Proctor

I am seeking re-election to the National Policy Forum to ensure that Scottish members continue to have a strong, direct voice at the top table of Labour’s policy-making at a critical time for our party.

As an NPF member, I sit on the Economy Commission, where I ensure that members’ priorities shape credible and deliverable economic policy. I also serve on the Joint Policy Committee, representing all CLPs across the UK, ensuring that members’ voices are heard where final policy decisions are made.

I have travelled across Scotland to meet CLPs, listen to members, and hear their concerns and policy ideas. That listening underpins effective representation, and I consistently take members’ views into policy discussions so Scottish members are clearly represented.

In challenging economic times, getting policy right matters more than ever. That is why I am standing again, to help ensure Labour develops a credible policy platform that can be delivered in government.

Alongside my NPF role, I chair the Scottish Co-operative Party and represent its members on the Scottish Labour Executive Committee, allowing me to link members, policy development, and campaigning. I remain an active campaigner at every level of the party.

Please also support Amelie and Daniel.

June Cameron

I believe that I would be useful to your forum for the following reasons:

LIFE AND WORK EXPERIENCE:

Legal Secretary [Maclay, Murray & Spens]: (1972-76) Worked during University vacations and thereafter as Secretary in Company Dept: preparation of Memoranda, wills, staff salaries, banking, etc.

Geolgist/Computer Programmer: [NEC GAS/Halliburton] (1976-Nov78)

Editing and collation of well drilling date, training graduates in use of HP computers which drove well logging software, software preparation.

Software Trainer/Scotvec Senior Coordinator[Microcom Training](1985-1988)

Senior Tutor in Scotvec Validation procedure, Designed and wrote 13 SQA modules in Accounting, Computing, Secretarial Skills for accreditation of tutoring YTS and Adults in government training schemes. We were a nationwide training provider becoming perhaps the 1st to give our young adults/mature adults TO BE SQA QUALIFIED

Computing/Geograpy Teacher[Strathclyde Council](1989-1991)

Permanent teacher of computing (Biggar High School)

Computing/Georgraphy/RME/etc[Aberdeenshire Council(1991-2011)

Long term supply posts/maternity covers in above subject areas in Ellon Academy, Aboyne Academy, Turriff Academy, Kemnay, Alford, The Gordon Schools, Fraserbugh, Peterhead.

Subject Specialist in Computing in Primary Education(2011-12)

Oyne Primary School

Manager/Owner of Oyne After School Care(2012-2022)

Managed staff in SQA validated care of the children of the above school.

EXPERIENCE WITH LABOUR PARTY:

Joined Chryston CLP under chairmanship of Charles Gray in

Mary Ross

I have been a Labour Party member for over 11 years, I joined because I believe in Labour being the party of equality and fairness.

I am a retail worker and a member of USDAW believing in dignity work. I am also a mature student, currently doing my Higher National Diploma. Education is a key priority of mine as in Scotland, our Colleges and Universities are at threat because of SNP funding cuts and lecturers are being made redundant.

The NHS is a very vital service to me. My mum is an NHS nurse, and I have relied on the NHS since I was a child, having been diagnosed with Asthma. Having access to free healthcare is something everyone should have, and it needs to be acknowledged that the NHS would be nothing without its doctors and nurses. Waiting times for appointments and operations is also something that desperately needs to be looked at too.

I would take my passion for revitalising public services, after Tory and SNP managed decline, onto the NPF

Please also vote for Anna Dyer and Adam McBain for Scotland reps and Aaron Caulfield for Scotland Youth Rep

Nairn Angus-McDonald

I am proud to stand for the NPF with the backing of Mainstream. As a Labour member for over a decade and a local Councillor, I see daily why our party must urgently reconnect with its democratic socialist roots. Those values delivered real change, from the NHS and Equal Pay to the Open University and stronger employee rights. Recently, we have been too hesitant to champion the bold policies that helped secure our 2024 victory and that continue to enjoy strong public support. From public ownership of key utilities to a fair wealth tax, we must be more ambitious and confident about the future we want to build. I hope you will support me, the wider Mainstream NPF slate, and our excellent NEC candidates Cat, Kerry and Jovan.

NPF South East Representative

Alan Bullion

Dr Alan Bullion is active in his local community on housing, disability, accessibility, public transport, farming and food security, and LGBTQ rights.

As a town councillor and Labour and Co-op party member he has campaigned on these and other issues for many years.

Alan is also a trustee of West Kent Radio, a community station, and a retired journalist and NUJ and NFU member.

He wishes to work on further development of Labour Party policy on these issues.

Alex Charilaou

Since 2024, our Labour government has begun to deliver on some of the proudest parts of our manifesto, from the Renters Rights Act to the historic Employment Rights Act. It’s clear, however, that for young people across the UK we need to go further and faster.

I work in the policy space for a health charity, and have worked for a progressive think tank focussed on the policy change need to build a better world. I’m familiar with various aspects of existing Labour policy, and areas where our government needs to do more to meet the ambition of our generation: from devising an ambitious industrial strategy to make us a clean energy superpower, to revitalising our infrastructure by bringing water, energy and mail back into public ownership.

Many young people have lost trust with Labour on the issue of LGBT+ rights. I’m proud to be the national Chair of Labour for Trans Rights. I’ve provided policy advice on trans equality issues to Labour MPs, trade unions and other labour movement organisations, and will bring this expertise to the NPF.

Please also support Kiran Khan, Theresa Mackey, Emily Brothers and Josh Constable.

Duncan Enright

Deputy Leader of West Oxfordshire District Council, first ever town, district and county Labour & Coop Councillor for Witney North and East, former Mayor of Witney, David Cameron’s nemesis. Thanks for your support and involvement in NPF work during my time as rep.

Since Labour got elected, I have been working with Ed Miliband on the Commission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. The Warm Homes initiative is the latest of significant moves towards affordable energy bills and net zero. I lead on economic development in my district focussing on opportunities for everyone. I am a Labour YIMBY looking for ways to grow the economy and build homes, careers and skills. I continue to champion PR for all elections. Our job is to press Government to deliver, and empower communities through strong radical policies, including cooperative policies. We can build a country to be proud of by sharing power. Let’s do it together.

I welcome invitations to campaign or discuss issues. Please let me know how I can help – our country is stronger when everyone in Labour is part of the conversation.

Please also vote for Shanika Mahendran, Pavitar Mann, Sharon Mintoff, and William Gale as Youth Rep.

Emily Brothers

Connecting Labour values to what we do when in power is essential, delivering with purpose not shadowing our rivals.

We have a responsibility to deliver change through pluralist not popularist policy-making, taking ideas from across our movement, stop being defined by polling, find the confidence to believe in radical change, being bold.

Offering campaign and professional experience in equality and social justice, health and local government policy, would be complimented by my lived experience of disability and discrimination.

For me, responding to exclusion is about policy backed by law, delivered by structural reforms and inclusive practices.

for me it is also about standing up for people’s rights, rather than protecting the wealthy and powerful, implementing anti-corruption and transparency, independent press regulation, and following through on Public Inquiry recommendations.

Joining Labour in 1981, I’ve been active with several CLP’s and socialist societies, including Fabians and Co-operative Party. Having served as Councillor and stood twice for Parliament in different constituencies (urban and coastal rural), I bring a breadth of experience in developing policy.

I would welcome the opportunity to contribute, shaping evidence-based policy, engaging members more democratically and regaining public trust.

Please support Mainstream candidates: Emily, Josh (NPF); Kerry, Jovan, Cat (NEC).

Joshua Constable

I am Josh Constable, and I need your help save the Labour Party!

I’m 29, live in Portsmouth and work in the NHS. I am a trade union rep and Labour Link officer with Unison. I joined on election day 2015 and have spent every year since campaigning, organising, and fighting for our party.

Mistakes have distracted from the amazing accomplishments of this government. Some of these mistakes would not have happened if we had a stronger relationship between our movement and our policy process. Your voice matters. Let’s work together to get our party back to the radical realism that makes Labour both electable and transformative.

I need your help to Champion policies including: Local Government Insourcing, Constitutional and Electoral Reform, Trade Union rights, Progressive Tax Reform, Devolution.

If elected, I will champion transparency and accountability in party processes, direct member engagement. I’ll come to your CLP meetings, publish reports, and champion the policies we want to see this government deliver. That means every CLP in the South East, not just our flagship councils, we all deserve a say in our policy.

Please support my fellow Mainstream candidates for NEC and NPF this year!

Contact me: [email protected]

Kiran Khan

I’m standing for the NPF because I believe Labour must remain rooted in the values of solidarity, equality and democracy, and because our policy-making structures should empower members and affiliated organisations, not sideline them.

Our movement was built to give working people a collective voice. That means developing policy that is bold, credible and transformative: tackling inequality, rebuilding public services, delivering a green industrial strategy with secure jobs, and extending democratic ownership and accountability across our economy. It also means defending trade union rights and ensuring that those who create the wealth of our society have a real say in how it is run.

On the NPF, I would work to strengthen transparency and meaningful consultation, ensuring that members’ priorities are reflected in final policy outcomes. I am particularly committed to social justice, education, housing and to making sure Labour’s programme speaks directly to the lived experience of our communities.

I want to be part of a constructive presence on the NPF that works collaboratively, argues confidently for our values, and helps shape a programme capable of winning support and delivering real change.

I’m happy to be supported by the CLGA. Please also support Theresa Mackey and Alex Charilaou (Youth).

Pavitar Mann

I’ve been your NPF rep for the last two years, serving on the Opportunity Policy Commission. I’ve also served on the SE Regional Executive since 2021. I’ve been a councillor since 2010 and served as Scrutiny Chair, Cabinet Member and Deputy Leader of the Council. I am currently Leader of the Labour Group. I’m a Parish councillor and was the parliamentary candidate for Spelthorne in 2019 and Windsor in 2024. I’m a member of GMB and the Co-Operative Party and highly active in my CLP. Previously, I worked as a Campaign Organiser, campaigning extensively throughout the country, followed by a spell in public affairs. I now work for a major hospitality business, responsible for their corporate affairs. I’m determined to help deliver a second term for our Labour government, with a bold, transformative and deliverable policy platform that is rooted in our founding principles. I am particularly passionate about housing, embedding the voice of care-leavers and care-experienced people, guaranteeing good quality services to our veterans and the increased recognition of the role and benefits of kinship carers. Please also vote for Duncan Enright, Shanika Mahendran, Sharon Mintoff and William Gale.

Shanika Mahendran

As a local councillor, I see each day how policy decisions directly impact people in our communities. I proudly serve as Cabinet Member for Planning & Placemaking in Milton Keynes – the country’s fastest growing city. When I joined the Cabinet in 2023, I was the youngest councillor and first Asian woman to do so in MK’s history.

I sit on the South East Regional Executive Committee and am the South East rep for LGA Labour. In my professional life, I have worked primarily in digital communications, as well as roles in climate policy and local government. I am a member of the GMB union, and am also an unpaid carer.

My Labour values come from my parents, who worked in the NHS their entire careers and taught me the best thing you can do in life is to help people; and from growing up in a city that was the product of an ambitious Labour Government. With that same ambition we can change the lives of the people who need us to, and fight the insidious force of the far right.

Please also vote for Duncan Enright, Pavitar K Mann, Sharon Mintoff and William Gale.

Sharon Mintoff

Current member of the NPF, on the “Build an NHS Fit for the Future” Policy Commission.

Current Chair of Romsey & Southampton North CLP, serving on the South East Regional Executive Committee, representing CLPs in Hampshire & the Isle of Wight.

Member of Unison, as I am an NHS worker.

I work at my local hospital, University Hospital Southampton, better known as the General Hospital, in the very busy Trauma & Orthopaedic Department.

I am specifically interested in health and social care policy area, as I have an inside view of our NHS and the difficulties it is facing. As a former councillor on a Unitary Authority, I am well aware of the challenges facing social services.

Please also vote for: Duncan Enright, Shanika Mahendran, Pavitar Mann & Will Gale.

Theresa Mackey

I am standing for the National Policy Forum because Labour needs policy that is ambitious and deliverable – shaped by those with real world experience of how systems succeed or fail.

As a serving councillor I bring frontline experience of delivering Labour values under real world constraints. I see daily how national policy lands locally – from SEND provision and social care to housing and public health. I understand pressures on budgets, scrutiny, statutory duties and the impact of national decisions on local services. As a councillor and a registered disabled member, I understand both the lived and structural dimensions of inequality.

Locally, I am the CLP officer for political education, policy and training and disability officer. Professionally, I have worked in senior leadership in schools, education policy development and advice in Whitehall and local authorities, and policy development and advisory work on intersecting equalities strands and SEND. I have a track record of turning values into workable solutions and deep policy expertise.

On the NPF I would champion policy that is both ambitious and addresses inequality: grounded in social justice, operational reality and designed to work in communities across the country. I want to bring lived community insight into Labour’s policy-making

Tom Kelly

I am seeking election to the National Policy Forum (NPF) because I believe our parties strength lies in ensuring our values are front and centre of our policy making. Those policies need to be simultaneously credible and radical with the purpose of elevating the poorest in society.

When we get this right is when the party is at its best.

The next 2 years are vital to ensuring our party puts forward a credible policy offering to the electorate not driven by our own factionalism. Our party’s strength comes from all our members and the commitment, spirit and determination they showcase year-round, with the aim of helping others. It is for this reason that as one of the South-East NPF representatives I would always be available to listen to members to ensure their experiences and ideas shape our national and regional agenda.

I bring a deep commitment to Labour’s core values: equality, solidarity and social justice. I believe our policies must be rooted in the everyday realities of working people – secure jobs, affordable housing, a properly funded NHS, high-quality education, and a fair transition to a green economy. We win when we show that Labour offers both hope and competence.

William Gale

I’m a proven campaigner, GMB member, and organiser with years of experience campaigning on issues most important to young people. I want to represent you on the NPF to amplify young voices and build a policy platform with opportunity at its core, giving young people courage to believe in a brighter future and wrestling back the narrative on hope and aspiration from the populist right. I will:

Report back to members regularly and transparently about NPF business;
Work with South East Young Labour to further build policy education opportunities;
Be a strong voice at the table calling for a radical & credible policy programme with opportunity for young people at its centre;

Labour policy must be both radical and credible; radical in our ambition to change the lives of working people, and credible so we can face the public in earnest and ask them to put their faith in us to deliver such change. As Secretary of South East Young Labour, I’ve listened to members’ concerns and established our policy engagement programme. I want to represent our members in building a radical and credible policy programme to renew our country.

I’m supporting Duncan Enright, Shanika Mahendran, Pavitar

NPF South West Representative

Candice Johnson-Cole

The National Policy Forum is at the heart of our movement and our party’s future.

I am Candice Johnson-Cole, a former Parliamentary Candidate for Mid-Dorset and North Poole.

Trust me with your vote and in return, I will use my background, skills and experience to help deliver the next chapters of our country’s renewal.

My policy devising experience comes from working since the age of 14, in retail, community development, the Labour Party, Trade Union movement and as a self-employed political consultant.

At Doncaster Council, I initiated and delivered our first Volunteer Programme and developed the town’s first Shop Mobility Scheme, in collaboration with voluntary groups and businesses.

A party member for 31 years; CLP Women’s Officer (former BME Officer), I am also a member of GMB, Unite, the Co-operative Party, Labour Women’s Network, SERA, BAME Labour, the Royal British Legion and the Royal Air Forces Association; where I am a Wings Appeal Co-ordinator.

I’m proud of the Labour policies within our 2024 manifesto and that we are delivering them in government today.

Let’s Go To Work!

Please also consider nominating regional activists John Bloxsom [A834317], Steve Casemore [L1209772], Judy Wilson [L0131597] and Owen Eccles (Youth) [L3001296]

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John Bloxsom

I am standing to be a South West regional NPF representative to help ensure that CLPs, members, trade unions and affiliated societies play a full part in the policy making cycle that will inform our programme in government and help to create our platform for the next election.

I have held a range of positions at branch and CLP level as well as parliamentary agent. I served on the Regional Executive Committee, received a Regional Merit Award 2025 and was the Group Leader on Gloucestershire County Council 2021 – 25. I am a former parish and town councillor.

I am a member of Unison, the Co-operative Party and support mutual initiatives. I have co-ordinated production of a Neighbourhood Development Plan and developed affordable housing through a Community Land Trust.

In the community, I am now chair of a local environmental charity and a canal restoration company. I have diverse policy interests with a professional background in housing, regeneration and economic development across public, private and sectors and will contribute any policy commission on which I am asked to serve.

Please also nominate Steve Casemore L1209772; Candice Johnson-Cole A894159; Judy Wilson L0131597 and Owen Eccles L3001296 (Youth Rep).

Judy Wilson

Labour is fixing our infrastructure, resetting our relationship with the world. making work fairer, our streets safer, citizens healthier and lifting children out of poverty. Labour members are key to policy making and implementation. The NPF provides a structure to do both these things.

23 years as a UNISON representative taught me what we can achieve by working together!

I have proudly represented you in the South West, involving members, visiting and briefing CLPs and encouraging them to contribute policy ideas and implementation concerns. This work is ongoing, during and between policy consultation periods. I hosted a stall at our regional conference to discuss NPF and recruit Policy Officers and we will hold a regional policy conference this November.

I developed a whatsapp group for Policy Officers in my patch for updates and as a forum for discussion.

As your current NPF representative I am part of the ‘Opportunities’ commission. I listen to and raise your priorities in evidence sessions and discussions.

I am also a Branch Secretary in Bristol and Regional Executive member.

Please also nominate John Bloxsom A834317 Steve Casemore L1209772 Candice Johnson-Cole A894159 and Owen Eccles L3001296 (Youthe Rep)

Owen Eccles

Hello everyone, my name is Owen Eccles (L3001296), and I’m standing to be South West Youth Representative for the National Policy Forum. It would be a real privilege to represent our region, and I’d be grateful for your support. I’m currently the Founder and Chair of the University of Bath Labour Society, growing our membership and becoming the most successful political party on campus. I am also an active member of the National Union of Students. Outside the party, I’m a performing musician on drums and a Youth Mentor, supporting students both in Bath and back home in Manchester. These experiences have shaped my passion for policies that genuinely unlock opportunity for young people. If elected, I want to focus on education, sport, the arts and mental health. These are areas that are too often overlooked but are vital for confidence, skills and social mobility. I’m keen to engage and feed the priorities of young members in the South West directly into national policy discussions. I hope I can count on your vote, and please also nominate John Bloxsom A834317, Steve Casemore L1209772, Candice Johnson-Cole A894159 and Judy Wilson L0131597.

Samuel Barnes

The next few years stand to be a tough period for our party, and the nation, now more than ever our party must offer the public a genuine vision to counteract the rhetoric of Reform. Standing as part of this party’s mainstream, I’m standing for the NPF to enable members to have genuine input into the policy-making process of our party.

Last year, I spoke at conference to defend member’s right to directly elect the NPF. Our democratic policy forum is one of many features of this party that makes us unique to the likes of our opponents. It’s what gives us perspectives and insights from those actually affected by our policies.

Whilst Conference decided to remove one-member one-vote from NPF CLP positions, we need members of the NPF dedicated to representing the wider membership.

I’ll work tirelessly to ensure discourse and collaboration lead our approach to policy on the NPF – I will be a pragmatic and sensible voice. I will work across factional lines to help ensure a vision of hope is established to counter Reform, support the most vulnerable and once again deliver another general election victory.

Please also support Cat, Jovan and Kerry, Labour’s Mainstream candidates.

Steve Casemore

I am standing for the National Policy Forum (NPF) because effective policy is how Labour improves people’s lives. My long involvement in the Labour movement since the 1980s, alongside professional experience, equips me to contribute effectively.

I am a member of the Co‑operative Party, Unite the Union, and the Labour Movement for Europe. My career is rooted in finance across private and voluntary sectors. I have helped establish community‑run businesses in renewable energy, housing, and hospitality, and advised Co‑operatives UK.

As a former Chair of Governors at a large, state, non‑selective secondary school, I saw first‑hand how high‑quality education drives social mobility.

I am an active campaigner and currently serve as CLP Secretary in Exeter, having previously been CLP Treasurer and CLP Vice Chair, keeping me closely connected to members and grassroots priorities.

Please also nominate John Bloxsom A834317, Candice Johnson-Cole A894159, Judy Wilson L0131597 and Owen Eccles L3001296 (Youth Rep)

NPF Wales Representative

Chloe Tapper

I joined the Labour Party at 16, motivated by frustration with a Conservative government that treated inequality as an inevitable reality.

As a Constituency Support Officer for two Labour MPs, I witness daily the transformative impact of Labour policies on communities across Wales, from the Local Policing Guarantee to the Employment Rights Act.

During the 2024 General Election, I campaigned extensively in key seats including Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan, contributing to Labour victories through door-knocking, leafleting, and phone banking.

As former Treasurer of Cardiff Labour Students, I boast experience in mobilising young members. Now, as the newly-elected Chair of Welsh Young Labour, I am committed to removing barriers to participation and equipping young people with the skills they need to campaign effectively.

I am a member of the Labour Women’s Network and of Cohort 8 of the Jo Cox Women in Leadership programme. I also proudly hold membership of GMB.

With your support, I will ensure working people remain at the heart of Labour policy, acting as a strong voice for Welsh members on the National Policy Forum.

Dawn McGuinness

Since joining in 2017 I have worked hard for the Party as a CLP Treasurer, a member of the Standing Orders Committee and a member of the 2022 NPF. I have campaigned tirelessly for local candidates promoting Welsh Labour’s progressive policies on the doorstep including as a Senedd candidate myself for Aberconwy during the 2021 election, and currently as a list candidate for Gwynedd Maldwyn for the 2026 election.

In 2024 the country voted for change, therefore it is vitally important that we deliver that change and that working people can feel that change. We need to deliver ambitious and progressive policies, such as the Worker’s Rights bill, that will lift our most vulnerable in society out of poverty. We need to invest in and rebuild our decimated public and health services. As a mother and school Governor I have seen firsthand the devastation caused by continuous budget cuts. Youth services are almost no existent. Fourteen years of Tory austerity has let down a whole generation; we need to fix that with policies that improve everyone’s life chances. If elected to the NPF these are the policies that I will fight to ensure we deliver.

Ers ymyno yn 2017, rwyf wedi gweithio’n galed i’r Blaid fel Trysorydd CLP, aelod o’r SOC, ac aelod o’r NPF yn 2022. Rwyf wedi ymgyrchu’n ddiflino dros ymgeiswyr lleol yn hyrwyddo’r polisïau blaenar Llafur Cymru ar y drws, ac hefyd fel ymgeisydd Senedd fy hun ar gyfer Aberconwy yn ystod etholiad 2021, ac rwan fel ymgeisydd rhestr dros Gwynedd Maldwyn.

Yn 2024 pleidleisiodd y wlad dros newid, felly mae’n hanfodol bwysig ein bod yn cyflawni’r newid hwnnw a bod pobl sy’n gweithio yn gallu teimlo’r newid. Mae angen i ni gyflawni polisïau uchelgeisiol a blaengar, fel y bil Hawliau Gweithwyr, a fydd yn codi ein rhai mwyaf agored i niwed yn y gymdeithas allan o dlodi. Mae angen i ni fuddsoddi yn ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ac iechyd sydd wedi’u difrodi, a’u hailadeiladu. Fel mam a Llywodraethwr ysgol, rwyf wedi gweld yn uniongyrchol y dinistr a achosir gan doriadau cyllideb parhaus. Nid oes bron unrhyw wasanaethau ieuenctid yn bodoli. Mae 14 blynedd o gyni Torïaidd wedi siomi cenhedlaeth gyfan; mae angen i ni drwsio hynny gyda pholisïau sy’n gwella cyfleoedd bywyd pawb. Os caf fy ethol i’r NPF, dyma’r polisïau y byddaf yn eu brwydro i sicrhau ein bod yn cyflawni.

Ed Stubbs

I am standing for the NPF because I’m a socialist who knows that Labour is at its confident best as a broad church of ideas. I have been a Party member for 29 years and a local councillor in Cardiff for 12. I am also a Unite workplace rep. I voluntarily help to run a charity that supports vulnerable people who need food, and demand has grown enormously. My politics are driven by the knowledge that growing inequality damages communities and limits life chances. As a councillor, my caseload is dominated by housing issues. We desperately need more social housing. With thousands in temporary accommodation, good‑quality social housing gives people a platform to succeed. We have a good story to tell by ending the Right to Buy in Wales and increasing the building of social homes; things are moving in the right direction, but we need to deliver more. My experience of chairing Cardiff’s Planning Committee means I feel I have something to contribute to this debate. I want to be a members’ voice on the NPF, please support myself and colleagues from Mainstream and Welsh Labour Grassroots please also support Sarah Thomas, Dawn McGuinnes and David Smith.

Jessica Moultrie

I live with my family in Cardiff where I grew up. From a young age, I had seen first-hand how Tory austerity hurt my community and public services, which encouraged me to join the Labour Party 10 years ago. In 2022, this desire for change convinced me to stand for and win a seat on the county council. I want to continue to defend our highly valued public services.

I am the Council’s scrutiny chair for the Children and Young Persons Committee, where I’ve learned how to be an effective critical friend with the community’s interests at heart.

I’ve also been a school governor, a role that has further improved my ability to make difficult decisions whilst keeping inclusivity, equality, and sustainability at the top of the agenda.

During my first term of being a NPF representative, I sat on the ‘Breaking Barriers to Opportunity’ Commission, which has been very productive and rewarding. We discussed the need for scrapping the 2 child benefit cap – bringing 69,000 of children in Wales out of poverty, alongside discussing in detail the welfare changes. I want to be able to help Labour by being a critical friend on the NPF and use the

Stephanie Grimshaw

I am looking to be a part of the National Policy Forum in order to support Labour with their policy making and ensure that we look at diverse experiences which are informed through lived experience. I am a Councillor in Neath Port Talbot and have been focusing on campaigns like council tax debt, policing and environmental issues across the area. I am a member of GMB the union and part of the political committee. I am also proud to have been selected as a candidate for the Afan Ogwr Rhondda Senedd Selection.

My main passion however is the campaign againstviolence against women and girls. I have been an advocate against VAWG for a number of years and have also spoken up on experiences of poverty and child abuse. I believe it is inherently important to involve people like me in policy making to ensure that we values that reflect those we endeavour to support through legislation and government action.

NPF West Midlands Representative

Fred Grindrod

Fred Grindrod A941265, Birmingham Selly Oak CLP

During my time as a Birmingham councillor, I have seen first-hand how Labour in government is beginning to rebuild public services after years of neglect. The West Midlands still bears scars from austerity: while progress has started, the scale of the task facing us remains huge.

The National Policy Forum must ensure our programme for government is rooted in places like ours. Delivery, credibility, and change will determine whether Labour earns the trust to win again and secure a second term to compete a decade of renewal.

I bring 30 years of party activism, campaigning every year to elect Labour representatives. I have been a parliamentary candidate twice, have served on the NPF previously (2005–2016), and have held organisational roles including CLP officer and local government committee secretary.

Professionally, I work in campaigns and communications for a trade union and previously worked at the TUC. My career has focused on strengthening society and the union movement. I offer experience, judgement, and expertise to help shape a manifesto that is credible, deliverable, and built to win.

Please also vote for Luke John Davies, Kindy Sandhu, Laura Watson and Zarine Shaikh (Youth Rep)

John Cunnison

The Labour Party faces the greatest challenge in living memory with a real possibility of declining into irrelevance. Politics as usual is over. Voters are picking the party or position most rejecting the status quo, starting with the Liberal Conservative coalition, through Brexit up to the landslide victory we witnessed in 2024. Labour must be bold. Labour needs to reconnect with its trade union roots and give working people tangible benefits, like we did in 1945, to secure their vote. We are the transformative party that will guide our society to an inclusive, progressive future. But is a task that will only be achieved by presenting positive policies and acting collectively.

I believe in collaboration, seeking to focus on the 90% we have in common rather than the 10% that divides us. I have many years experience in the party acting as chair, secretary, treasurer, LGC delegate and group observer. I have stood for the party as council candidate and for Stoke South PPC. I am also very active within Unite, being branch secretary and regional labour party liaison committee delegate. If elected I will bring a wealth of ideas, passion and organising skills to the NPF.

Kalwinder Sandhu

It has truly been an honour to be a member of the National Policy Forum. Being the voice for West Midlands on the NPF is an important role to me.

I have worked hard to ensure as many members have been involved in Labour’s policy-making process and presented to nearly 250 members across the West Midlands both in person and online to inform them of the policy development process and to engage and encourage submissions.

I sit on the Break Down Barriers to Opportunity Commission and during last year’s policy cycle which I found fulfilling and reminded me of the vital role a Labour Government plays in building people’s lives from an early age that has been eroded by the Tories for over a decade Being in that commission also complemented my role as Cabinet Member for Education and Skills at Coventry City Council.

I am a member of GMB and Community Unions.

I am a member of the Co-op Party and sit on its NEC.

I have worked in industry in telecommunications as a software engineer. Today I am an academic researching gender-based violence.

Please nominate me for West Midlands Representative on NPF.

I also encourage nominations for Luke

Laura Watson

I’ve been a Labour Party member for 13 years and am proud to currently represent members across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent on our Regional Executive Committee.

I’m a former borough councillor, town council mayor, CLP chair, and a proud trade unionist and GMB member.

But before any of that, I was a young mum who felt first hand the transformational power of a Labour Government. Labour’s working tax credits helped me to survive, build a career and raise a family.

When I and millions like me needed a helping hand, Labour was there, and it broke my heart to see that safety net disappearing over 14 long years when the next generation needed it.

At long last we finally have a Labour Government delivering the progressive policies our country needs: tackling child poverty, healing our NHS, and protecting working people with workers rights from day one. I want to be a strong voice for local members in our policy process, ensuring that Labour’s offering is rooted in the real life experiences of working people in Labour heartlands.

Please also use your vote for;

Luke John Davies

Fred Grindrod

Kindy Sandhu

Zarine Shaikh (Youth Rep)

Lauren Davison

I’m standing for Labour’s National Policy Forum because our party is at its best when it listens to the whole movement – not just one small sliver of it.

I’m a Councillor in Stoke-on-Trent. I grew up on a council estate, below the breadline. But thanks to the last Labour Government’s drive to cut child poverty, I was enabled to develop a love of learning, become the first in my family to go to uni, and get on in life. I know the difference a Labour Government can make when it stays true to its values.

Now in Government again, we shouldn’t dilute our values or tack right because we think it might win back people who prefer Reform. We win when we’re clear about who we are and what we stand for: fairness, strong public services, standards in public life, and opportunity for every community.

The NPF needs voices rooted in lived experience. I want to help turn mainstream Labour values into practical policy that improves people’s lives.

I hope you’ll also consider voting for my Mainstream colleagues:

Muhammad Ali for the NPF, and Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, Kerry Postlewhite and Cat Arnold for the CLP Section on the NEC.

Luke Davies

I’m a working class kid, with lived experience of homelessness, poverty and using foodbanks. But I have also, through luck, hard work and help from others had many opportunities in my life. I hold a Master’s degree in EU International Relations as well as a PhD in British and German politics. I have also lived, studied and worked in Serbia, Albania, Russia, Slovakia and South Korea and was involved for several years running NGO projects for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. My experience has been invaluable in my first year on the NPF on the ‘Britain Reconnected’ commission covering foreign affairs, defence and the constitution, especially with the war in Ukraine. As a proud European and supporter of Ukraine I want to continue on the NPF to shape our response to that century-defining conflict.

I am also a local councillor in the Black Country, chair of Smethwick CLP, Unison member, the disability rep on the West Midlands Regional Exec, Disability Labour exec and previously served 8 years on the Fabian Society NEC, including as Vice-Chair. Please vote for me, and also for Kindy Sandhu, Laura Watson, Fred Grindrod and Zarine Shaikh.

Muhammad Ali

As Labour members, we hear a lot about the NEC but relatively little about the NPF – this is something I believe should change. Our strength as a party and as a movement is built on our members, and our ability to channel the voices of ordinary people, turn them into policy and enact them in government. However, we’ve noticed the flaws in this process in recent times, notably the messy saga around the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap.

I’m standing for the NPF to bring a young (yet experienced) voice into a forum which desperately needs fresh ideas and a more effective approach. I’m an Economist with a professional background in health policy, as well as a West Midlands Representative on the Co-op National Members Council.

I’ll push the party to prioritise member-led policy, developed by people who are active in their communities and represent the very best of our movement. This is how we revitalise our party, encourage new members to join and demonstrate that we’re the only party who’ll take this country forward.

Please also endorse Lauren Davison for the NPF, and vote Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Kerry Postlewhite for progressive voices on the NEC!

Zarine Shaikh

I have been a Labour Party member for six years and am currently standing as a Labour candidate in Perry Barr in the upcoming local government elections. Campaigning on the ground has shown me that the strength of our Party begins internally — with empowered members and a serious, member-led approach to policy development.

I am standing in this internal election because I want to represent our members in shaping a radical and credible policy programme to renew our country. Radical in our determination to tackle inequality, strengthen public services and expand opportunity; credible in ensuring our ideas are deliverable and capable of winning public trust.

I strongly believe young people must be central to this work. We are not simply the future of the Party — we are already shaping the debates around law, reform and social change. If we want long-term electoral success, young voices must be embedded in Labour’s policy-making structures.

As a proud CWU member for the past three years, I value the vital partnership between Labour and the trade union movement, ensuring working people remain at the heart of everything we do.

Please also vote for Luke John Davies, Fred Grindrod, Kindy Sandhu and Laura Watson.

NPF Yorkshire & Humber Representative

Anna Baxter

My statement: I’m standing for the National Policy Forum because I want to help shape policy that is rooted in Labour values, focused on strong public services, and serious about winning. As a councillor in York, I see how national decisions affect people’s lives locally and shape the opportunities available in our communities.

I’m the daughter of a lifelong NHS worker, and growing up around the health service shaped my politics early on, focusing my policy interests on our public services. I saw first-hand the difference public services make when they are properly valued, and the damage caused when they are underfunded and overstretched.

I’m also a proud member of GMB, and I value the role trade unions play in standing up for working people and defending the public services we love and rely on.

I also work for an MP as a Communications Officer, where I see the importance of clearly and confidently getting the message out about the real, positive and tangible changes a Labour government is delivering, and not allowing the right wing to dominate the narrative.

Please also vote for Salma Arif, Lisa Banes, Chris Watt and Izaak Wilson!

Chris Watt

The NPF is there to help address the disastrous legacy we were left by the Tories and provide a strong alternative to Reform, the LibDems and the Greens.

To ensure the success of our Labour Government, we need to demonstrate delivery and unity. I will ensure this through updates and being accessible to answer questions and debate issues with members that I can take back to work constructively with our Government Ministers.

I believe members should feel involved in our policy process, regardless of where they happen to live or the type of seat they are in. As Chair of a non-battleground CLP, I know the vital contribution everyone can make, having led our successful efforts supporting a number of key seats in 2024. I have represented our Party as a candidate in both Westminster and local elections in areas where it was essential Labour had a strong voice, even if it was not one of our traditional areas.

I spent 15 years working for our NHS and now in policy for a healthcare charity based in York. I am proud to be a member of Unison and Unite.

Please also vote for Arif, Banes, Wilson and Baxter.

Igor Polonski

I have been an active member of the party for over 20 years, contributing consistently to its activities and supporting its values of fairness, equality, and social solidarity. My goal is to actively represent all members, promote transparency within the party, and strengthen its internal unity.

With extensive experience in party activities and engagement with local communities, I am ready to support the development of effective policies, consider diverse perspectives, and advance initiatives that genuinely improve people’s lives. I intend to focus particularly on issues of equality and the inclusion of women, youth, and minority groups in party life.

I am motivated, responsible, and prepared to dedicate my time and effort to supporting the strategic goals of the party and enhancing its role as a force representing the interests of everyday people across the UK.

Izaak Wilson

I’m a Labour councillor in Leeds, representing a tough Labour–Lib Dem marginal ward. I won my seat by focusing on what matters most to ordinary people: good-quality housing, safer neighbourhoods, and more support for local families.

Outside the council, my career has ranged from working for a debt advice charity to helping deliver Labour’s 2024 digital general election campaign. I’m also a proud GMB member. That mix of local and national campaigning experience has shown me what connects on the doorstep, and what doesn’t.

Now I want to take my local and campaigning experience to help make sure that the party’s policies are fit for the next general election. We need to demonstrate to people why they were right to put their faith in us, and I want to be part of that!

Please also support the amazing Salma Arif, Lisa Banes, Chris Watt, and Anna Baxter.

James Driver

I am standing for election to the NPF to ensure that our policy platform reflects the whole movement. We are at our best when policy is built on values that represent our traditions. However, too often, we have seen the negative impact of policy decided by a narrow clique, with errors on matters such as WFA and PIP cuts which have damaged our core vote.

As someone who is reliant on 24/7 care support to enable me to live my life, I have specific interests in health and social care policy, ensuring this cycle of the NPF does everything it can to see the promise we made to finally deliver a national care service is carried out!

I will use my experience serving the party at all levels, serving most recently on the REC on behalf of disabled members, and as a branch chair. I understand the importance of reconnecting us with our mainstream to ensure we remain radical whilst being realistic about the scale of the challenges we face as a party.

Please also support Mainstream’s NEC candidates, Cat, Kerry and Jovan, and all of Mainstream’s outstanding NPF candidates.

Read statements from Mainstream’s candidates for the National Executive Committee

Lisa Banes

I am seeking nomination again as one of your NPF reps to ensure that the voices of Yorkshire & Humber members are heard loud and clear within our Party.

I am a low paid worker in frontline social care, and I live in a very deprived estate which is being heavily targeted by Reform. I bring authentic lived experience to the table and this is especially important now, in these insecure and turbulent times.

I have been an active member since 2010, am Chair of my CLP, am a sitting member of the NPF and have past experience as a Labour Councillor and a Parliamentary Candidate.

I have and will continue to visit every single CLP that invites me. I have visited 16 different CLPs recently and am constantly seeking to ensure that members across our entire Region are engaged in policy-making within our Party – there is no path to a second term of Government without Yorkshire members.

I would love to be able to continue this work but I need your CLP’s support to do so. Please do nominate me at your CLP meeting, and please also support Salma Arif, Chris Watt, Izaak Wilson, along with Anna Baxter

Maya Ahmed

My name is Maya Ahmed, and I am standing for the National Policy Forum because I want to make sure real people’s voices are heard in the decisions that affect their lives. I am 18 and live in Bradford, where I see every day how poor housing and slow support let families down. Too many women and children are struggling in homes that don’t meet their needs, and it’s not fair.

I have seen how occupational therapy support is supposed to help but often fails to reach the people who need it most. For example, a family I know has a child with ADHD who needed a safe space and a separate room, while his mother lives with arthritis and struggles to move around. Because help was delayed, they had to cope in conditions that were not safe or practical. Stories like this happen all the time, and it’s women who carry most of the weight.

I have already written to the Prime Minister about my vision for fairness and opportunity, and I am determined to turn that vision into action.

If I am elected, I will fight for faster support, better housing, and policies that actually listen to women

Molly Holland

I’m standing for NPF because I believe that when we’re bleeding votes in every direction, we need to return to true Labour values and reconnect with our trade union roots.

The government has passed landmark legislation – including the Employment Rights Act and Renters’ Rights Act – which will benefit ordinary people, but if voters are still waiting to feel the changes they were promised in 2024, they will lose their faith in Labour.

We must be more ambitious. We will not win elections by appeasing right-wing rhetoric, and to do so would reveal a leadership that is out of touch with party members and the general public. The NPF must push for mainstream ideas that will tackle wealth inequality, including public ownership and taxes on extreme wealth to fund better support services and social care.

Our party shouldn’t take its membership for granted. We are not just canvassers, we are workers, renters, and taxpayers, affected by the same policies we campaign for. The NPF should be a democratic and transparent body, and I will fight for better accountability and member representation.

I’m proud to be supported by CLGA. Please also support Sandra Wyman, Paul Truswell and Stanley Amies (Youth).

Paul Truswell

“I didn’t expect that from Labour.” It’s a familiar refrain.

We know we must reconnect with the people who elected us. Blunders and scandals have overshadowed our many excellent policies. Disillusionment grows. Membership shrinks.

The NPF must play a part in rebuilding trust and hope – outside and inside the Party. But does it really reflect members’ knowledge and aspirations?

I’ve served the Party as a Branch and CLP officer, Councillor and MP. I currently chair my Branch and CLP.

I’ve always striven to offer a challenging, constructive and comradely voice (though some in power might disagree).

My passions are tackling social, economic and environmental inequalities and injustices – drawing on wide experience in health promotion, social care, the NHS, housing and green issues.

As a kid from a large Yorkshire council estate, I’m indebted to the groundbreaking Labour and trade union achievements that supported me and my family.

Nostalgia aside, I’d cherish the chance to translate your views and core Labour values into policies that confront today’s challenges – policies that unite us, build on our current achievements and cut through self-inflicted damage.

Please also support James Driver, Molly Holland, Sandra Wyman and Stanley Amies.

Sandra Wyman

I first joined the party in the late seventies. Currently I’m Disability Officer for Leeds NE, Trades Union Liaison Officer for Disability Labour and an observer member of Leeds TUC.

Whilst supporting the positive policies enacted by Labour I believe there needs to be greater emphasis on traditional Labour values supporting those with greatest need if we are to live up to the rulebook definition of being a democratic socialist party.

I’ve been a trade unionist all my working life including involvement in NUT/NEU locally and nationally. Currently I’m an active member of Unite Community.

Previously I was a teacher and an Equality (Women and Girls) Officer for Leeds LEA, working intersectionally with other officers. Equalities issues are embedded in all policy areas and I have expertise which would be particularly useful in this area.

I love living in a multiracial city where a Labour Council is implementing ground-breaking policies on areas such as housing, social care, support for immigrants and asylum seekers, children’s services, green issues, and others which could feed into national policy development.

I am proud to be supported by CLGA. Please also support Molly Holland, Paul Truswell and Stanley Amies (Youth)

Stanley Amies

As a dedicated campaigner, I’ve seen firsthand the help and hindrance Labour’s policy platform can offer when we’re trying to convince people to vote Labour.

Increasingly, however, our priorities are out of step with the voters I speak to on a week-in-week-out basis. In the past, when voters on the doorstep raised council flat waiting lists and rising utility bills, we could present ourselves as insurgent opposition bringing change after 14 years of austerity, but we are increasingly seen as an out-of-touch and managerial party, detached from the cost-of-living issues affecting ordinary people.

On the NPF, I want to do my bit to change this. I won’t understate to the Party’s upper ranks how much discontent there is from voters. Instead, I will advocate for a radical and redistributive programme to rebuild our country by prioritising the needs of working-class people, particularly the need for stable housing and decent employment.

The government has made progress on these issues already, but to regain the trust of voters we need to move faster and be more focused on these bread-and-butter matters.

I’m proud to be endorsed by CLGA. Please also support James Driver, Molly Holland, Paul Truswell and Sandra Wyman.

NPF SocSoc Representative

Joanna Allotey

I am Joanna Allotey, and I am standing to represent Division V in the NPF Socialist Society because I care deeply about fairness, practical action, and making sure people feel heard—not just in principle, but in practice.

Through my involvement with the Society of Labour Lawyers, I’ve seen how important it is to turn values into real outcomes. It’s not enough to agree on principles—we have to organise, advocate, and follow through. That’s the approach I would bring to this role.

I’m someone who listens carefully, speaks up when it matters, and gets things done. If elected, I’ll focus on keeping communication straightforward and accessible, making it easier for everyone to engage and have a genuine say. I want Division V to be active, collaborative, and confident in shaping discussions across the wider society.

I also care about making sure this space feels open to everyone, including those who might not usually put themselves forward. Strong representation means bringing more voices into the room, not fewer.

For me, this role is about being reliable, approachable, and effective. I’ll represent you with integrity and focus on what actually makes a difference.

I’d really value your support.

NPF Local Government Representative

Matthew Collins

In Warwick District, we have growing investment in local manufacturing and technology companies, but housing remains an issue for residents across the district.

We need policy to provide more housing across the country, to build infrastructure to connect communities, and to drive down the cost of living.

Thank you for your time and with your support I will back policy to build homes, upgrade energy, and unlock digital growth.

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Adebola Atoloye Edhemuaino

WHY I WANT TO RUN FOR NATIONAL WOMEN’S COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR PARTY

I am Adebola Atoloye Edhemuaino; I am interested in running for Labour’s National women’s committee.

As a dedicated community leader and member of the Labour party since 2013, I’ve worked tirelessly to empower women and local communities in Newham, Canning town south and Plaistow wards.

I have actively empowered women on my Television programme DBOL SHOW which I created in 2006 to impact, engage especially women in different creative skills and i have hosted mental health seminars through my CIC, DBOL peniel Outreach.

My 40-year broadcasting career and NHS work showcase my commitment to public service.

I understand the challenges women face and will fight for the following

Affordable childcare and housing
Better mental health support
Women’s economic empowerment
A Labour party that truly represents and supports women.

As a community driven candidate, I’ll bring grass root insight and energy to the committee.

My goals align with Labour’s vision

Building a fairer society, tackling inequalities and creating opportunities for all.

Will Champion Policies like:

Paid family leave and equal pay
Increased funding for women’s health services
support women in STEM careers

Adebola Atoloye Edhemuaino.

Adeela Khan

I am honoured to put myself forward to serve on the National Women’s Committee of the Labour Party. My journey has been rooted in community leadership, education, and advocating for equality particularly for women whose voices are often unheard.

Throughout my work, I have championed access to education, skills development, and leadership opportunities for women from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. I strongly believe that empowering women is not just a social priority but a foundation for stronger families, resilient communities, and a fairer society.

I bring with me experience in grassroots engagement, working closely with local communities, supporting working mothers, promoting safeguarding, and encouraging women into leadership roles. My professional background in education and quality improvement has allowed me to mentor women, build confidence, and create pathways into employment and community participation.

If selected, I will focus on:

Strengthening women’s representation across all levels of the Party
Amplifying the voices of women from diverse communities
Supporting policies that improve safety, wellbeing, and economic empowerment
Encouraging leadership development and mentorship for future women leaders

I am passionate about Labour values equality, fairness, and opportunity and I am committed to ensuring that women remain at the heart of decision-making. Together, we can

Angela Morey

I would be honoured to join the National Women’s Committee.

I care deeply about making sure women’s voices are heard, valued and supported at every level of our party.

I am chair of my CLP, a District Councillor, Women’s officer for South West, LLRC rep, member of Unison, and have been involved in local politics & campaigning for several years.

Like many women, my political life has been built around work, caring responsibilities, school runs & late-night WhatsApp groups, often all at once!

Through this, I’ve seen how much stronger we are when women are encouraged to step forward, supported to stay involved, & trusted with leadership.

I know how hard it can be to find the time, confidence and space to get involved, and how easily women can be overlooked or quietly drop out. I am particularly passionate about supporting women who don’t always see themselves reflected in politics, and helping to create welcoming, realistic pathways into participation & leadership.

If elected, I would bring a thoughtful, supportive and collaborative approach to the committee: because none of us have come this far just to come this far.

Anicuta Lazar

I am a community leader, CEO of Union Romani Voice, and a local Labour candidate, committed to equality, social justice, and inclusive public policy.

I am currently leading a £1.2 million health equity initiative addressing systemic barriers and improving outcomes for underserved communities.

Anita MacDonald

Ann Henderson

I am a member of East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs CLP. With experience over many years of Party activity, at local and national level, I am seeking support for election to the National Labour Women’s Committee as a way in which I can contribute to building an effective Labour women’s organisation.

Previously I have served on the NEC, chaired the NEC Equalities committee, and participated in the Women’s Committee. I have also been a member of the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Labour Women’s Committee in the past. I am currently a GMB member. From Glasgow Maryhill Labour Women’s Section in the 1980s to organising with women in the trade union movement today, I believe that the Labour Party is stronger with a policy-making National Labour Women’s Organisation. Party democracy matters.

We need well-evidenced policies which are founded on the reality of women’s lives.

A well-resourced Labour Women’s Committee, working on the campaigns and priorities set by women members.
Regular updates to all women members
Policy-making Annual women’s Conference, at national level and in Scotland and Wales

Annmarie Hall

As a new member of the Labour Party I am interested to be nominated for this position for the National Women Committee.

I excel in good communication skills and listening to the objectives that may concern the women of todays society.

It benefits me to know the issues and opinions of women and how we can improve and understand the revelation of women needs, hopes and experiences.

We must meet criteria’s, elements and deadlines to accomplish and see a long standing commitment to overseeing great awareness to women request. To take note of expanding thoughts , skills will help continue a wider process to improve and life.

Acknowledgment of the powers that women can do and executing different types of points to be corrected and carried out would enable to make others feel reassured that laws and legislations can help, protect, and put in place for a more secure future.

There is a sense of power to obtain from the committee and to do well in the cases and topics shared.

We must not forget woman’s right in a natural law convention.

I find that to self develop you have to learn from your own down falls but also listen

Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill

So many issues that face us today as a country have a profound effect on women in particular: insufficient mental health care and adult social care, a benefit system that leaves many in poverty, the lack of good

quality, affordable housing, and the casualisation of the workforce and the eroding of the rights of workers. The Women’s Conference is an important opportunity for all Labour women to discuss these and other critical issues. I will work to ensure that women

from across Labour have their voices heard, especially those that have been historically marginalised: intersectional feminism is key to a successful party.

the personnel, finance and governance committee.

I am proud to be supported by the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance. Please also support Jean Crocker, Rathi Guhadasan, and Sandra Wyman.

Cat MacLean

The Labour Party has been a huge part of my life and growth as a campaigner since I was 15 – but it hasn’t always protected and supported women around me.

That includes trans women in the party. I believe that all women within the party deserve safeguarding, whether that be protection from sexual harassment or from bigotry.

As a former national Young Labour and Labour Students representative, I would also work with YLNC and NLSC to make sure our youth structures safe places for young women and girls to first enter politics

I’m a longtime campaigner and policy specialist focusing on misogyny and LGBTQ+ rights: I would bring these values to the National Labour Women’s Committee. I’m standing to fight for a Labour Party that aligns with the values of emancipation, solidarity and acceptance that have been vital to our politics for decades.

Our priorities:

Full inclusion of trans sisters in our party.
Working with party leadership to tackle the “boys’ club” culture.
Improved approach to safeguarding, particularly for young members.
A standalone, democratic, annual Women’s Conference.

Please support the other Labour Women United candidates.

Jean Crocker

Labour women’s voices are essential to policy changes and vibrant campaigns that will attract more voters and members

If elected I’ll press for the National Women’s Committee (NWC) to have resources to fulfil their whole role, to include:

Engaging with Women’s Branches/Forums, so they inform our recommendations to the Party
Demanding a two-day Annual Women’s Conference, with good time for women to exchange experiences and successes and propose policy changes; with all motions passed going on the NWC agenda
Multiplying Women’s Branches and Regional Women’s Committees

I’ll be available to women members and constantly, reliably seek the best.

Women’s Conference Arrangements Committee seven years, Vice-Chair for two
Gateshead Central and Whickham CLP: Women’s Branch Secretary, Branch Vice-Chair, Executive
Co-Vice-Chair, Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD)
Committee, Labour Women Leading (LWL)
Member, Disability Labour, Momentum, Unite Community
University and College Union – campaigned successfully for precariously employed, including many women; Chair Anti-Casualisation Committee; Disabled Members’ Committee; NEC.

Proud of support from CLGA, CLPD, LWL

 Please also support Rathi Guhadasan (L1362546), Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill (L1964420) Sandra Wyman (L1640558), Ann Henderson (A279236) and Emine Ibrahim (L0150489)

Lucy Smith

I joined the Labour Party over 30 years ago and have worked tirelessly for gender quality, as a CLP women’s officer and a trade unionist. I want to use this experience to help the Labour party as we prepare for the next General Election.

It is a fact we must celebrate that there are now more women MPs than Conservatives showing that if we can get women’s voices heard in Parliament but we must keep going. If elected, I will ensure we maintain women’s representation at every level, in local government and party structures. It is vital we have a programme of training and mentoring in place for the next generation of women, and strong networks for women locally and across the country so we can support one another.

It is through Labour women that we will continue to build links with women in our communities, so we can be their voice on issues that matter, from climate change to the cost of living. The role of women’s conference must take centre stage as a platform to progress these policies and make sure women are at the heart of our party and our Government.

Lynne Troughton

I am a Labour councillor, lifelong feminist, lesbian, mother and grandmother, with decades of experience organising within the Labour Party.

Women’s concerns are still often dismissed, minimised or talked over. This weakens women’s participation and undermines trust in our democratic structures.

Labour must uphold women as a sex class in law, in line with the Equality Act, and ensure women’s rights to dignity, safety and freedom of expression are respected. Most voters agree women should not be forced to share intimate spaces or sporting competition with males, and should be able to speak openly without intimidation.

Priorities

I will work to:

Rebuild strong women’s structures within Labour, including a standalone Women’s Conference with real policy-making power,
Defend women’s sex-based rights in law and ensure Labour policy is applied lawfully and consistently,
Challenge misogyny and homophobia within the Party and promote respectful, evidence-based debate,
Ensure women’s voices and experience shape Labour policy, particularly on safety, work, healthcare and caring responsibilities.

Labour must be a party where women can organise, speak and lead as equals. I will work to make that a reality.

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Please also support Miriam Rice B013649

[Supported by Labour Women’s Declaration]

Miriam Rice

I am a Labour and Co-operative councillor in West London, where I have served my community for eight years. My casework keeps me closely connected to the realities many women face — particularly single mothers balancing caring responsibilities, insecure work and rising costs. I am continually struck by their resilience and determination.

I am standing because I want to bring practical campaigning experience into Labour’s women’s structures. I am not afraid to ask difficult questions or to push against the structural misogyny increasingly identified within our party and wider society.

Priorities

I will work to:

Ensure women and girls can rely on their rights as set out in law, including access to single-sex services and safe, decent healthcare

Advocate for women made vulnerable by poverty, caring responsibilities, exploitation or abuse

Strengthen women’s representation and influence within Labour’s policy-making and decision-making structures

Support clear, lawful implementation of Labour policy so women are not left to enforce their rights alone

Labour should be a party that listens to women’s experience and translates equality into practical change. I am standing to help make that happen.

Please also support Lynne Troughton A649176

Nikki Belfield

Like many of us, I owe much of my politics to amazing women I’ve known: in my family, through my unions, at work in the public sector and politics, on picket lines, at protests and in the pub.

Having been raised by feminist lesbians in the 80s (think Greenham Common visits and women’s group meetings in our living room), I thought I knew what feminism was.

But then a few years ago I took a breath, put my assumptions aside, and started listening to trans women about what they are going through.

It dawned on me: maybe there’s more to learn?

(Not a bad thing to happen when you’re middle aged).

Our unions are strong on this issue; our party must be too.

That’s why I’m standing under the banner of ‘Labour Women United’.

Our priorities:

Full inclusion of trans sisters in our party.
Working with party leadership to tackle the “boys’ club” culture.
Improved approach to safeguarding, particularly for young members.
A standalone, democratic, annual Women’s Conference.

My experience:

10+ years working for UNISON.
Labour/Co-operative councillor
CLP Chair.
GMB and NUJ member.
Regional Board.
Managed politicians’ offices/teams.

Please support the other Labour Women United candidates.

Odiri Erheriene-essi

I’m standing for the National Women’s Committee because I’m keen to help grow the Labour movement amongst women nationally, support women members, and advise our Party on women’s political involvement.

The Labour Party has an impressive track record on widening political participation as the party of equality. But there is still work to do to increase women’s representation at all levels. Having attended the Women’s Conference several times, it was always rewarding to have space to discuss key issues. If I were a Committee member, I’d be active in shaping future Women’s Conferences.

As a councillor and Cabinet Member for Business, Jobs & Skills, I work hard to deliver Lewisham’s mission of building an inclusive economy. This includes helping women to start their own businesses, and to stay in business.

As a former financial journalist, I joined newsroom campaigns to promote gender parity in our reporting. That meant ensuring we actively sought out more women experts when we needed a quote, in order to widen women’s representation in the media.

I’m a member of UNISON, LCID, Labour Women’s Network, and am proud of what Labour has done for women since entering government. I’d like to support that work further.

Pritpal Kaur

I am standing for the National Women’s Committee to be a strong and practical voice for women, rooted in real community work. As a community organiser based in West Bromwich and founder of FAB Women, a grassroots initiative supporting women, I have brought women together through events and support networks that build confidence and connection.

Through my work, I have met women facing isolation, inequality and difficult personal situations. This has strengthened my belief that women’s voices must not only be heard, but actively represented in decision-making within the Labour Party.

If elected, I will work to strengthen local Women’s Branches, ensuring they are supported and connected to national leadership. I will push for action on key issues such as economic inequality, childcare and tackling violence against women and girls. I am also committed to making our party more inclusive, welcoming and accessible for all women.

I bring energy, commitment and real community experience, and I ask for your support to help build a Labour Party that truly works for every woman.

Radhika Settipalli

I am Radhika Settipalli, Secretary of Hertsmere CLP and Elstree & Borehamwood, and a former County Council candidate, with a strong commitment to women’s representation and community engagement. I fight for women’s voices, equality, and fair representation, ensuring every woman is heard, valued, and included in the decisions that shape our communities.

Professionally, I lead Human Resources department, specializing in people development, equality, safeguarding, and inclusive workplace practices. This provides a strong foundation in governance, accountability, and fair representation all essential to the work of the National Women’s Committee.

My community involvement includes working closely with local communities and future generations, encouraging young girls to build confidence, develop skills, and access better opportunities. I am passionate about empowering women and young people to grow into leadership roles and shape their futures. I actively contribute to canvassing, fundraising, voter engagement, and meaningful conversations with residents, ensuring that women lived experiences and priorities genuinely shape our local agenda. In addition, I serve as a Committee Member with the NSPCC and as a School Governor, contributing to safeguarding, strategic leadership, and pupil wellbeing.

I am also involved in the #TheMissing campaign, raising awareness of unequal birth ratios affecting the Indian community in the

Rathi Guhadasan

I chair the Socialist Health Association (SHA), a Labour affiliate, having previously served as Vice Chair and London Branch Secretary and led on areas of policy development such as maternity care. I have held CLP and ward officer positions and been CLP and SHA delegate to Labour Party Women’s and Annual Conference.

I campaign for reinstatement of a publicly provided national health service. Women remain disadvantaged throughout society, from work and pensions to health and social care. Mothers, babies and families continue to be failed by a broken system which doesn’t listen to women. In the 6th richest country in the world, maternal mortality is rising and children’s health is declining, through political choice. If elected, I would promote policies that address root causes of these problems and advocate for a stand-alone 2-day Women’s Conference so that these issues can be properly debated by the thousands of brilliant women in the Labour movement – but such a conference must be inclusive of all women, including transgender women. I am proud to be supported by Momentum and the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance. Please also support Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill, Jean Crocker, and Sandra Wyman.

Sagal Abdi-Wali

I am proud to be seeking re-election to the Labour Party’s National Women’s Committee after serving as Chair for the past two years. It has been an immense privilege to represent and advocate for Labour women, ensuring that our voices are heard at every level of the Party.

During my tenure, I have worked tirelessly to strengthen our collective voice, push for policies that improve women’s lives, and ensure that Labour remains the party of equality and social justice. We have fought for better representation, addressed key issues affecting women, and built a strong network of activists committed to change. But there is still more to do, and the work must continue.

I will continue to champion policies that tackle gender inequality, secure greater inclusion for all women in our movement, work with our Labour government to deliver for women, and ensure that the National Women’s Committee remains a force for positive change. Together we can build on the progress we have made and keep pushing for a Labour Party that truly represents and uplifts all women.

Please also vote for Ese Erheriene, Alison Gray, Angela Morey, Nazia Rehman, Lucy Smith alongside me thank you.

Sandra Wyman

Living in a multiracial area and in a city with strong LGBT+ communities I prioritise inclusiveness and intersectionality. Pre-retirement I was involved in researching the language and training needs of migrant women in Leeds and in work on domestic violence, representing Leeds LEA on Leeds Inter Agency Project and as initiator of NUT policy carried forward by others when I had to take ill-health retirement.

I strongly support the return to a two day Conference preferably in hybrid format allowing more women to participate.

Currently I’m Leeds North East CLP Disability Officer and Women’s Forum member, Trade Union Liaison Officer of Disability Labour and a Committee member of Labour Women Leading.

Previously I was: a teacher and NUT activist; NUT National Equality (Women and Girls) Committee member; Leeds Local Education Authority Equality (Women and Girls) Officer. Currently I’m an active member of Unite Community and an observer delegate to Leeds TUC. I have also written a number of articles on Women’s and Disability issues.

I am proud to be supported by Momentum, Centre Left Grassroots Alliance and Labour Women Leading.

Please also support Rathi Guhadasan (L1362546), Jean Crocker (L1306356) and Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill (L1964420).

Saranya Thambirajah

I’m a young queer woman of colour, active in politics and Labour since my teens, with intersectional feminism at the heart of what I do. As Vice President for Liberation and Equality for the National Union of Students, I’ve represented women and marginalised communities at all levels. I’m a proud Labour member, but I’m standing for Labour Women United because I believe our party must do better for all women, including our trans sisters.

I’ve campaigned nationally to end the culture war on trans rights. For most young women, trans identities are not up for debate. We’re tired of seeing a vulnerable minority weaponised, while misogyny and violence against women and girls continue to rise. I represent the generation that knows trans women are our sisters, and that the real threat is sexism and male violence.

As misogynistic, far-right politics rise, our party must go above and beyond to empower women, tackle outdated cultures, and ensure robust safeguarding.

Our priorities:

Full inclusion of trans sisters in our party.
Working with party leadership to tackle the “boys’ club” culture.
Improved approach to safeguarding, particularly for young members.
A standalone, democratic, annual Women’s Conference.

Please support the other Labour Women United candidates.

Simisola Osomo

My name is Simisola Osomo, a dedicated and community-focused professional with extensive experience in public service, especially in the fields of women’s empowerment, poverty reduction, and small business support.

With a solid background in supervision and community development, I have developed the ability to coordinate programmes, manage teams, and implement initiatives that enhance the socio-economic well-being of individuals and communities.

Having worked as a team secretary with Housing Corporation and as a Personal Assistant and Business support Adviser with the Learning and skills council where I support policies and programmes. Through this role, I assisted individuals in developing business ideas, improving financial management, and accessing opportunities that help their businesses grow and remain sustainable

I have been responsible for supporting policies and programmes that empower women economically and provide opportunities for vulnerable groups to improve their livelihoods. My role involves overseeing projects, guiding staff, engaging with community stakeholders, and ensuring that government or organisational programmes effectively reach the intended beneficiaries.

My professional strengths include leadership, community engagement, programme coordination, and problem-solving. I am passionate about empowering people, especially women and youth, and supporting initiatives that promote economic independence, social inclusion, and sustainable development.

Overall, my experience across supervision, committee work,

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