Like lots of Progress members, I am standing for election this week. I am proud of the work my and other London Labour councils have done in the most difficult of times.
The government has frontloaded the cuts of local authorities in the hope that hard-working Labour councillors would pay the price at the ballot box for its austerity. I think the track record of councils across London shows something very different. Money might have been getting tighter, but our values have come to the fore. Whether it is Southwark creating university bursaries or Islington building more homes, fairness and social justice have been the heart of everything we do. In my own borough, Lambeth, we have opened two new leisure centres and a new library.
Tomorrow, you can maximise the impact you can have. In some places you can not only help us win more councillors but help put the party on the path to victory in the 2015 general election. London has 12 target seats that will each contribute to a Labour majority. In five – Croydon Central, Harrow East, Finchley and Golders Green, Hendon and Ilford North – you will also be helping us to turn the council red. In addition, in each of these seats we will be working to get more Labour MEPs elected. Fingers crossed for Lucy Anderson and Seb Dance in the Euro elections.
If you are based in London, please find below the details of where you can go on Thursday to achieve a double – or even triple – hit for Labour:
Go for a triple hit
In five constituencies across four council areas your help will get more Labour councillors elected, a Labour council and seats that will deliver a Labour majority in 2015.
Croydon Central
38 Salcot Crescent, New Addington, CR0 0JH
Long Heath Gardens Community Centre, CR0 7TD
54 Sherwood Road, CR0 7DH
Contact: James May – 07515 737 745
Harrow East
127 Broomegrove Gardens, Edgware, HA8 5RJ
Contact: Sachin Shah – 07949 949 745, Kiran Ramchandani – 07957 549 741, Michael Borio – 07930 887 427
Finchley and Golders Green
38 Church Lane, N8 7BT
Contact: Jacob Lister – 07983 341345 or [email protected]
Hendon
79 the Burroughs, NW4 4AX
Contact: Jacob Lister – 07983 341345 or [email protected]
Ilford North
82 Kenwood Gardens, IG2 6YG – from 7am
Contact: Matt Goddin – 07932 691809
Go for a double hit
Campaign at any one of these sessions and help deliver more Labour councillors and put our parliamentary candidates in the best position to win their seats in 2015.
Battersea
177 Lavender Hill London SW11 5TE
5-7am: Delivering the ‘good morning’ leaflet
7-10am: Telling at polling stations
10am-10pm: Get out the vote
Contact: Sean Lawless – 07533374895
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
15 Bartholomew Street, SE1 4AJ – from 10am
Contact: Vijay Luthra – 07855 957085, or Tom Flynn – 07743 416383
Brent Central
Kensal Green – 40a Furness Road, NW10 4QE
Willesden Green – 6 Hamilton Road, NW10 1NX
Welsh Harp – 61 Deanscroft Avenue, NW9 8EP
All 10am-10pm
Contact: Lee Skevington – 07790 974 697
Brentford and Isleworth
29 Wood Lane, Isleworth TW7 5EF
Contact: Deidre Lewis 020 8560 1662
Ealing Central and Acton
Ruskin Hall, 16 Church Road, W3 8PP
Near Acton Town tube on the Piccadilly line
Contact: Seph Brown – 0782 86 86 397
Enfield North
8 Boleyn Avenue, Enfield EN1 4HS, 9am-9pm
Nearest stations: Enfield Town or Southbury
Contact: Joan Ryan – 07932 173989. Call or text Joan if you would like a lift from the station.
Hornsey and Wood Green
28 Middle Lane, Hornsey N8 8PL, 7am-10pm
Jobs will include knocking up, telling at polling stations, running the phones in the office. Contact: Joanna Christophides – 0777 557 3038 or 020 8340 7362 [email protected]
Thanks in advance for everything you are doing to try and win seats for Labour.
I look forward to seeing you all at Progress annual conference, where the results of these important local and European elections will be debated as Labour looks ahead to win a mandate for change.
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Florence Nosegbe is a member of the Progress strategy board and candidate for Labour’s NEC
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Photo: Louisa Thomson