Tower Hamlets
London Assembly
The Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the London Assembly seat of City and East, which includes Tower Hamles, is Rajonuddin Jalal. A former deputy leader of Tower Hamlets Council, Jalal 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, and now works as a regeneration officer.
Tower Hamlets 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.
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
Cllr Stephanie Eaton leads the Liberal Democrat group on Tower Hamlets Council. Born in Australia, Stephanie is a criminologist at Kingston University. In her work she looks at the way our society responds to crime and deviant behaviour. She is passionate about social justice, the environment, and involving local people in the decisions that affect their lives.
Local Liberal Democrats are campaigning to keep planning decisions at local level to ensure that communities are fully engaged in the process. In the light of the loss of personal data by HM Revenue and Customs, Lib Dem councillors have called for Tower Hamlets to review its own data security.
