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Please see below for details, and check out Membersnet for latest campaigning dates and locations Women’s Day of Action in Dewsbury South this Sunday Are you interested in raising the voice and representation of BME Women? Kirklees council currently has no women councillors from the BME community. Naheed is working hard to put that right. Women from across the region are invited to join us on and Debbie Abrahams MP on Mothers Day to help her campaign, as we seek to increase the number of women councillors. We will be door knocking as a women-only team,and collecting details of Labour voters. No experience needed you can work alongside other women or just come and show your support for Naheed. When: Sunday 3 April 2011 Time: 11am-1pm Meet: Taleem Training and Community Centre, 36 Orchard Street, Savile Town, Dewsbury, WF12 9LT Arriving by public transport? Please let us know and we can pick you up from the train station or bus station If you plan on joining us or would like any further information please contact: Tweet: Join the Women’s Day of Action In Dewsbury South this Sunday. Meeting from 11am at Taleem Training and Community Centre OR CAMBORNE NORTH BY-ELECTION, CORNWALL Many congratulations to Cornwall Labour party chair, Progress member and former PPC Jude Robinson for her excellent win in this by election, making her Cornwall’s only Labour councillor.
HUMBLEYARD BY-ELECTION, NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL Well done too to Marian Chapman who held her own and boosted Labour’s share of the vote in safe Tory ward, Humbleyard, Norfolk, nearly pipping the Liberal Democrats for second place. Well done to Norfolk’s Labour parties for being unafraid to campaign in solid Tory area. For more info on campaigning in areas where Labour has come third, please come along to or speak to us about Third Place First: taking Labour into unwinnable seats *** Congratulations to Labour candidate Duncan Enright for sweeping to victory in Witney East! *** WITNEY EAST BY-ELECTION, WITNEY TOWN COUNCIL, OXFORDSHIRE Polling day is 6 January 2011 in this marginal by-election in the heart of David Cameron’s constituency. If you can, please come and help win this seat for Labour. Please contact the agent, Chris Johnson, on [email protected] or call 01993 776 573 if you want to know more, or if you can deliver leaflets locally.
Congratulations to all the successful Labour candidates in the 4 November 2010 by-elections in Swindon, Cambridge, Lewisham and Manchester whose details were listed below. Thanks too to those Progress members who came out to help.
Coleridge by-election Cambridge, 4 November 2010 Help Labour candidate George Owers drive the last Tory councillor out of Cambridge in this marginal ward. Meet at 16 Rustat Road CB1 3QT, or telephone 01223 246 277 for details of how to help; lifts can be arranged.
Moredon by-election, Swindon, 4 November 2010 Please make every effort to turn out the Labour vote to ensure victory. Delivery sessions to take place at the following times from Moredon community centre car park: Polling day – volunteers wanted to carry out following activities on polling day: taking numbers, knocking-up and delivering Vote Today leaflets. The committee rooms on polling day will be in the Boundary House pub – please park in the car park and use the back door entrance. For further information or to help out outside of the above times please contact Jim Grant on 07814 380 178
Ladywell by-election, Lewisham, 4 November 2010 Labour is in a big fight against the Greens in Ladywell so any help that you can give would be very gratefully received! Polling day is 4 November. The team is meeting at 46 Francemary Road, Lewisham (five minutes’ walk from Ladywell station) at 6pm every weekday evening to campaign, with all-day campaigning 30 October – 4 November. Saturday 23 October will have a street stall 11am – 1pm and doorknocking from 4pm meeting at 46 Francemary Road. Sunday 24 October, 11am and 4pm, meeting at 46 Francemary Road. Anyone coming from elsewhere can be met from the train at Ladywell station; just let one of us know what time you’re coming. Carl Handley (candidate) 46 Francemary Road, SE4 – 020 8690 4571 or 07531 396 647 or Jessica Maloney (agent) – 07984 672 967
Hulme by-election, Manchester, 4 November 2010 Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 November 2pm-3.30 pm and 5pm, and meeting Wednesday 2-7pm at Kim’s by the Sea Cafe, 49 Old Birley Street, M15 5RF (near the Junction pub). Polling day is Thursday 4 November, meeting from 10am onwards at 228 City Road, Hulme, M15 4EA If you can help outside of the set times then please give a call as there is plenty to do. If you can help on polling day, contact Jim Battle ( [email protected]) Contact also Nigel Murphy 0796 053 2435, Mary Murphy 0771 190 9202 or Jim Battle 0777 448 3082
Kentish Town by-election, Camden, 28 October 2010 Well done to candidate Jenny Headlam-Wells, victorious candidate at the Kentish Town by-election. Progress and many others, including MP Diana Johnson, pictured with Jenny below, were out in force and trounced the Liberal Democrats, who held the seat until this year’s May election.
EXETER AND NORWICH ELECTIONS Well done to Victoria MacDonald who was victorious in Lakenham ward, Norwich on 9 September 2010. It was great to meet Victoria and, on the doorstep, many of the residents she’ll now be looking after. Well done to all candidates in Norwich and Exeter. Progress were pleased to have helped in Lakenham.
OTHER BY-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS Chadwell by-election, Redbridge, London
Progress were out to lend a hand. Best of luck to Wes and Redbridge Labour party, and well done too to Louise Couling in the Goresbrook by-election, Barking
Progress have also been out in Crawley, in Frognal & Fitzjohns and Haverstock (both in Camden) and Tulse Hill, Lambeth, for by-elections there. Unfortunately Labour did not win the former, but Ruth Ling was victorious in the latter.
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