Brent
London Assembly
James Allie is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the London Assembly seat of Brent & Harrow. A councillor in Alperton, James is the council executive member responsible for Brent’s Housing and Customer Services.
Email: borborallie2003@yahoo.co.uk
Brent residents are represented on the London Assembly by five Liberal Democrats who cover the whole of London: Dee Doocey, Sally Hamwee, Geoff Pope, Graham Tope and group leader Mike Tuffrey.
The Liberal Democrats’ London-wide “top-up” list for the 2008 London Assembly election consists of Mike Tuffrey, Dee Doocey, Caroline Pidgeon, Jeremy Ambache, Geoff Pope, Ben Abbotts, Stephen Knight, Shas Sheehan, Duncan Borrowman, Monica Whyte and Merlene Emerson.
Parliament
Sarah Teather has been the MP for Brent East since the by-election of 2003 when Brent residents rejected Labour with a huge swing to the Liberal Democrats in Ken Livingstone’s own old constituency. Before becoming an MP, Sarah worked for Macmillan Cancer Relief.
Sarah was re-elected at the last general election and is leading the fight against Post Office closures as the Liberal Democrats’ Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise. She is campaigning to replace the unfair council tax introduced by the Conservatives and made worse under Labour, and is working to clean up Brent after years of Labour neglect.
Email: info@brentlibdems.org.uk
Sarah Ludford is the Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the whole of London.
Local Council
The Leader of Brent Council is Liberal Democrat Paul Lorber. He leads a team of 27 Liberal Democrat councillors in Brent. Since taking charge in May 2006, recycling is now at record levels, up 25%, and there are 16 new Police Community Support Officers keeping local people safe.
The Liberal Democrats are the only challengers to Labour in Brent - in the most recent council election, the Conservatives came fourth!
