Merton
London Assembly
Cllr Shas Sheehan is the Liberal Democrats’ London Assembly candidate for Merton & Wandsworth. She went to school and lives in the constituency.
Shas has pledged to fight for local people in the London Assembly and to be visible and accountable to her constituents.
Merton 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
Stephen Gee is the Liberal Democrats’ parliamentary spokesman for Wimbledon, where he grew up, attending Raynes Park High School. Married with two children, he runs a construction consultancy company which employs over 70 staff and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Email: sgee.libdem@googlemail.com
Sarah Ludford is the Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the whole of London.
Local Council
Merton Liberal Democrats have been campaigning to scrap the unfair council tax and replace it with a local tax based on people’s ability to pay, and to cut the basic rate of national income tax, paid for by penalising polluters. There was a huge response to their petition demanding a greater say for residents in planning.
Local campaigners have also been encouraging supermarkets in the area to help the environment by thinking twice before stocking excessively packaged goods. You can sign the national Scrap this pack! petition online to help stamp out excess packaging.
