Hackney
London Assembly
Meral Ece is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the Assembly constituency of North East London, which covers Islington, Hackney and Waltham Forest and where the Liberal Democrats came second to Labour in 2004.
Meral has been a community activist and health campaigner for 20 years, and elected councillor in Hackney from 1994 to 2002. She was elected to Islington Council in 2002, and served as Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care from 2002 to 2006.
Meral has lived in Islington and Hackney all her life. She has three children, who have all studied in local state schools in both Islington and Hackney. Her son is currently studying for his A-levels at Stoke Newington Sixth Form College. Meral knows only too well the challenges faced by families bringing up teenagers in inner-city London.
Blog: meralece.blogspot.com
Email: info@meralece.org.uk
Residents in Hackney 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.
European Parliament
Sarah Ludford is the Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the whole of London. She has been in the forefront of efforts to tackle organised crime and terrorism through European cross-border law enforcement.
Sarah has been the party’s lead member in the European Parliament on anti-racism, on rights for EU-resident legal immigrants, and on internment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. She is active in the Parliament’s ‘intergroups’ on anti-racism & diversity and gay & lesbian rights.
Local Council
Liberal Democrats councillors and activists in Hackney led by Cllr Ian Sharer are campaigning on issues including improving housing, protecting public transport users from the failure of PPP, and against the council wasting taxpayers’ money.
