Newham
London Assembly
The Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the London Assembly seat of City and East, which includes Newham, is Rajonuddin Jalal. Jalal works as a regeneration officer and was a councillor from 1990 to 1998. He represented the East End on the London Docklands Development Corporation which oversaw the massive Docklands regeneration in the 1990s.
Residents in Newham 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.
Liberal Democrats are campaigning against the unfair council tax, which causes hardship for many of those worst off. The Lib Dems would scrap it and replace it with a local tax based on ability to pay. You can sign our petition to scrap the council tax on the Axe the Tax website.
