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Drop us a line on regentspark@camdenlabour.org.uk |
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Meet your 2010 Regents Park Ward Candidates... |
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 Councillor
Nasim Ali
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Nasim Ali is leader of the Labour Group and has been Councillor for Regents Park ward since 2002.
He will be standing again in 2010 - please see below for full biography. |
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 Councillor
Heather Johnson
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Heather was first elected to Camden Council in 1994 and has represented Regents Park Ward since 2002.
She will be standing again in 2010 - please see below for full biography. |
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Tulip Siddiq |
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Born in Surrey, Tulip spent her childhood in various parts of the world, including Brunei, Singapore, India and Bangladesh, and settled in North London at nine years old. She is currently working as a caseworker for a Labour MP and doing a second Master’s in Government, Policy and Politics part-time. Tulip has worked for the Labour Party since she was 17.
Under the Labour Government, representation of women in politics has increased, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. The latest statistics from the Equal Opportunities Commission show that women make up only 20% of MPs and 15% of council leaders. As Women’s Officer for London Young Labour she works hard to increase these figures.
She is the national BAME Officer for Young Labour and a member of the Camden Bangladesh Mela Committee. She is also a Governor at Beckford Primary School and on the executive board of her trade union - Unite: T&G section.
Tulip occasionally writes for the Ham&High local newspaper, you can read some of her articles here. She also writes for Progress Magazine, Tribune Magazine and political blogs such as Labour List and LabourWomen. |
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Meet your Regents Park Ward Councillors... |
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Councillor
Nasim Ali |
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Councillor Nasim Ali is leader of the Labour Group. He has been a Labour Party Member since May 1993, and a Labour Councillor on the London Borough of Camden since May 2002. He is also the Chair of the Camden Bangladesh Mela Committee.
Nasim has been employed in the voluntary sector since 1995. He has a degree in Informal and Community Education from YMCA George Williams College where he is now a governor. Since 2001 he has been the Executive Director of the King’ Cross Brunswick Neighbourhood Association. The Organisation provides a range of services to improve the quality of life of local residents.
Nasim was appointed Mayor for Camden at the age of 34 (2003/4). He was the youngest mayor in the country and the first Bangladeshi and Muslim Mayor in Camden.
In 1995, he set up the Camden United Project, after the murder of Richard Everitt, a white youth, by a group of Asian youths. The object of the project was to unite young people in Camden through their common interest in football diverting them away from racism, crime and conflict.
He recently arranged a reception at Alexander Palace for Professor Yunus who had just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in establishing micro-banking, a model which started in Bangladesh and spread throughout the developing world. This received international press coverage.
Email nasim.ali@camden.gov.uk |
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Councillor
Theo Blackwell |
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Theo Blackwell grew up locally and has lived in Camden Town for over 21 years. Theo has represented local people on a range of issues such as housing repairs, making our neighbourhoods greener and reducing traffic.
He currently works as a consultant, but in the past has worked for trade unions and on national campaigns on employment rights. Theo has also written a published widely on how to improve public services.
Theo is a former Deputy Leader of the Council and was executive member for Regeneration for 3 years.
Email theo.blackwell@camden.gov.uk |
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Heather Johnson | |
Heather was first elected to Camden Council in 1994 and has represented Regents Park Ward since 2002. She has lived in the West Hampstead/Kilburn area virtually all her life and was educated at Camden schools, consequently she identifies very closely with the borough.
During her time on the Council, Heather spent a long time as Vice Chair of the Housing Committee, has chaired Planning and Licensing Committees along with the HIV/AIDS liaison group. In 2000/2001 she had a very successful year serving as Mayor of Camden, particularly auspicious as it was the Year of the Dragon - the year in which she was born! She is currently chairing Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee.
Having initially worked in medical research, Heather moved into housing policy and law, representing and campaigning on behalf of private tenants in particular. She currently manages a Law Centre project developing a community advice network.
Heather is an active board member of West Euston Partnership, the local regeneration partnership, and chairs the management committee of the Third Age Project, which provides services for older residents in the area. She helped develop, and now serves on the board of, a Healthy Community Partnership, which was successful in obtaining Lottery funding to build the H-pod, and other health related community projects.
In her limited free time, Heather enjoys choral singing and going to the theatre, so she is happy to represent Camden Council on the board of Hampstead Theatre.
Email heather.johnson@camden.gov.uk |
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