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@parliament
.uk
A privilege to make my maiden speech to the House of Commons yesterday.
A chance to talk about my West Ham & Beckton constituency and the politics and issues that have sent me to Parliament.
Watch here ⬇️
#WestHamAndBeckton
#Newham
As everyone understandably looks at the MPs defeated let’s not forget their staff. The people who do casework, deal with constituents, run the offices, organise the campaigns & much more. They’ve just lost their jobs too. Thank you for all your hard work.
First day in the new job!
Down to Parliament today to start getting set-up, ready to represent the people of West Ham & Beckton.
#WestHamAndBeckton
#Newham
A huge honour to be elected as the new chair of
@UKLabour
National Executive Committee for 2023/24.
Thanks to my NEC colleagues for putting their trust in me and to the Socialist Societies for their support in electing me as their rep for the last 8 years.
#Lab23
Very honoured to be elected chair of the Labour NEC Equalities Committee. Thanks to all my colleagues for their trust and support. We’ve lots to do but I’m looking forward to the challenge.
Wonderful to see Margaret take her seat in the Lords yesterday.
It was a privilege & education to sit next to her for 9 years on the NEC.
Below a clip from election night October 1974 when she was first elected. 50 years on she holds the record as the longest-serving woman MP.
Honoured to have been elected vice-chair of
@UKLabour
NEC today.
Congratulations to my old friend & colleague
@JohannaBaxter
elected as the new NEC chair.
Looking forward to supporting Jo and working with all the Labour team & members as we build on
#Lab22
towards the election.
A thread worth reading. A tale of incompetence, dereliction of duty and homophobia. The assistant commissioner says the Met isn’t institutionally homophobic but I don’t know any gay men who believe her!
Huge day yesterday as families and friends of serial killer Stephen Port's victims were totally vindicated by an inquest jury.
They conducted their own investigations, linked the deaths, and warned officers about the danger to gay men
They'd seen what the Met Police would not
Today I was sworn in as the new MP for West Ham & Beckton.
An incredible honour and a privilege, and a moment I’ll never forget.
Thank you to everyone who supported me and made this possible.
An honour to be selected to stand for Labour in West Ham & Beckton
The place I’ve made my home, including the area I represented as a councillor for 6 years
I’m looking forward to continue working with & serving the local community in one of the most vibrant borough’s in London
The final phase of pavement works on
#MitchellWalk
has been completed, creating a new walking🚶🏻♂️& cycling 🚲 route through the heart of
#Beckton
#Newham
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Back home after
#Lab19
- re-elected to the NEC for a third term. Here’s to the next 2 years! Thanks to all the
@SocialistSocs
for their support and confidence in me.
I was on the NEC panel selecting candidates in the south east last year. We made a good choice in
@RosieDuffield1
for Canterbury. She won a seat we didn’t expect to gain & has been a superb MP. We need more MPs like Rosie and to support the ones we’ve got!
Great to formally launch my campaign for West Ham & Beckton today. 🌹
A big thank you to everyone who came to support and all who have been out this week campaigning for Labour.
#WestHam
#Beckton
#Newham
#VoteLabour
As a member of Labour’s NEC this is news to me. We’ve not been notified of a meeting. Any decisions on the future of the Party and the leadership must be made by the full NEC not the small officer’s group.
NEW: John McDonnell suggests Corbyn will remain as Labour leader into February.
"Th NEC officers meet next week, they'll decide the timetable for a leadership election in the New Year.
"It will be the usual time - a couple of months or something...
"Then Jeremy will hand over"
I vote for Remain; I’ve not changed my mind. It’s a shambles & we can now see that clearly. Labour policy is not pro-Brexit. If there’s an election I won’t campaign on a pro-Brexit platform. Nor will I campaign for any candidate who thinks turning Brexit to Lexit makes it better!
I’m know that
@UKLabour
will stand up to the small fringe groups trying to discriminate against Trans women. As a member of the NEC I shall certainly be standing up for the Trans community & I’m certain my NEC colleagues will too.
Pleased to be appointed
#Newham
cabinet member for the environment this evening at the Council AGM. Looking forward to the challenge of an important area of work.
My first week in Parliament has been an incredible experience. Exhilarating and a little daunting in places.
Ready for the King’s Speech next week; getting on with supporting delivering our manifesto; and continuing to set up the new office for West Ham & Beckton.
The CIA once released a guide on how to sabotage an organization, and I can’t shake the feeling that we’re voluntarily implementing these tactics today
The new
#DLR
trains have started to be delivered to
#Beckton
depot. 🚆
Looking forward to a more modern design, longer trains and more space. Will be much better for everyone relying on the DLR in the south & west of
#Newham
Appalling ignorance and abuse towards
@Chinese4Labour
on Twitter today. They’re a great campaigning
@SocialistSocs
and Labour Party affiliate and I’m very proud to represent them on the Labour NEC
#ChineseForLabour
Lib Dems spent months claiming Mid Beds is just like the south west & they would win. They then moved onto attacking Labour’s candidate
There is now a Lib Dem MP on TV saying it’s very different to areas they win but they helped Labour.
The Lib Dems are utterly shameless!
Today I finished as chair of
@UKLabour
Equalities ctte,Work commitment as NEC vice-chair & in Newham meant it’s time for change
Equalities campaigning got me into politics so being chair has been an honour
Congrats to new chair
@angelaeagle
who brings vast experience to the job
Delighted to be reappointed to the
#Newham
cabinet continuing to lead on environment & sustainable transport.
Also very honoured to be appointed by
@rokhsanafiaz
as statutory deputy mayor.
I’m looking forward to the challenge, to working with the community & serving the borough
Congratulations to a friend and colleague
@angelaeagle
for a well deserved honour for her dedicated political service and being a great champion & fighter for
#LGBT
rights
Last NEC of conference tonight, which is also the handover meeting in which we say goodbye to outgoing colleagues and hello to the newly elected. Sad to say farewell to Keith Birch who’s been a good friend & ally over many years but wish him a very happy retirement!
#Lab19
We’ve been testing an electric bin lorry this week as part of our planning for future waste collections. Results look very positive. Plus residents on roads it’s been down have commented how much quieter it is - a bonus for those of us who get early morning collections!
#Newham
We’re working hard to keep
@NewhamLondon
environment services running over the weeks ahead. Bin/recycling collections are still running as usual. Thanks to our waste service staff who are working hard to deliver the service. Please bear with us when we need to make changes
It would’ve been
#PrideInLondon
. 🏳️🌈 We couldn’t meet but we can be proud of what we’ve achieved so far. More to do. And we’ll make it bigger and twice the celebration next year.
#PrideMonth
#PRIDE2020
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍💗🤎🖤
Looking towards Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock Bridge. A very still night tonight and the lights were incredibly bright reflecting off the dock.
A full day
#LabourNEC
to pick a new General Secretary. It’s going to be slightly odd doing it on Zoom; but we’re getting used to that now and it’s a very important decision for the Party.
Yesterday I asked my first question in Parliament.
After seeing the great work being done by
@Ldn_Ambulance
at their education centre during a visit by education minister
@Jacqui_Smith1
I asked about apprenticeships
Access to good quality education, training & skills is vital.
Thank you to everyone who has been kind to, and thanked
@NewhamLondon
bin crews for working so hard through the crisis to keep the rubbish cleared. 🚚
#Newham
Good to be joined by Anwar Choudhury former High Commissioner to Bangladesh yesterday and great to have his support for the 4th July.
#WestHamAndBeckton
#VoteLabour
What we’ve seen in the last few days is violent criminality, thuggery & racism.
There’s nothing patriotic about attacking people, rioting, racism, looting or arson.
The real patriots are those who’ve helped clear up, supported those who were targeted & build communities.
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Phase 2 of Mitchell Walk improvements in
#Beckton
almost complete. Uneven steps & unsafe path removed, dense bushes gone, overgrown trees trimmed. Replaced by a new path accessible to all. Another step in delivering a promise to get this important local route fixed.
#NewhamLondon
Who remembers these? We were told they would be essential for every job we ever applied for, and that if we didn't take them seriously we would basically end up on the dole for life.
Mine has been in a cupboard at my parents' house for 19 years.
Pleased to be appointed as Newham’s for Assistant Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways & Sustainable Transport supporting
@rectripp
&
@zulfiqar1107
Looking forward to the challenge but there’s lots to get stuck into!
It’s
#NationalComingOutDay
, for me that was 28 years ago this month. That sounds like a very long time ago; but I’ve never regretted it once! 🌈 (But what happen the lad in the picture?! 🤔)
Very long but productive Labour NEC meeting today. Very pleased we re-affirmed the Party’s existing position on inclusion for Trans women in the Party.
Proud to stand with
@JewishLabour
and all my Jewish friends & comrades today who are fighting anti-Semitism. Mortified that it was necessary to do so. I’m committed to continuing the fight against anti-Semitism and to driving it from
@UKLabour
Our street tree planting programme has been underway in the last month across
#Newham
. Over 300 trees planted as we fill in empty tree pits and increase our tree cover. I spotted these in the last few weeks.
#Trees
#StreetTrees
#NewhamLondon
A huge thank you to Lyn for her dedicated commitment to West Ham as MP and for over 35 years public service to Newham. That’s a fantastic record and one to be proud of.
A personal thanks from me for all her support during my time at Newham Council.
I have loved being the MP for West Ham and I love it still. Standing down will be such a huge wrench. But, given the challenges we have in Newham and the health challenges I've faced this year, I think we need new Labour MPs to take us forward with a Labour Government.
Good news to end the week. New study shows Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
#LTNs
cut road injuries by half. Prioritising people and residents makes roads safer
Whoever won my first question to them at the NEC was going to be how will we deal with antisemitism. Pleased to see this letter go out the day he was elected and the moves to today to engage with the Jewish community. Time to finally deal end this hate & bigotry in our Party.
Beckton Ward - elected as councillors:
James Edward Asser (Labour)
Rohima Rahman (Labour)
Tonii Khydeen Dernia Catherine Wilson (Labour)
Results breakdown:
#NewhamVotes
#LocalElections2022
Today is polling day. 🗳️
Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm. 🕙
Find your polling station here:
Don’t forget your ID. 🪪
Vote for change. Vote Labour in West Ham & Beckton 🌹
#VoteLabour
We started our newest and biggest re-wilding project today. Laying a wildflower meadow along the Greenway from Stratford.🌻
Next Spring we should have one of the longest bee corridors 🐝 in the country and fantastic floral display for residents & visitors.🌸🦋
#Newham
#rewilding
Delighted to support Labour’s candidate for the
#Beckton
ward council by-election
@blossomyoung
A local resident and campaigner with a wealth of valuable work experience too, Blossom will be a great representative for the residents of Beckton.
#VoteLabour
Sir Stephen Timms MP forever blowing bubbles on the roof of Stratford Town Hall last night watching the
#WestHamUnited
celebrations. ⚒️
#Newham
#WestHam
Improvements to the Romford Road.
As part of the work the first section of new safer segregated cycle lane and new planting areas with trees to improve drainage and improve the local environment.🌳🪴🚲
#Newham
#ActiveTravel
#SUDS
#cycling
Some incredible work going on and things being grown on our
#allotments
including one plot getting ready for Halloween with this gigantic pumpkin! 🎃 And it was enormous.
🎼 Oh what a beauty, I’ve never seen one as big as that before…
#Newham
#GrowYourOwn
I agree with Alice. There are huge practical issues in running polling stations given the shared nature of the polling booths. Finding volunteers to staff them will be harder. Turnout may be dire too. Plus sending canvassers door-to-door seems counter to all advice.
This morning I joined the Mayor of Newham, Deputy Mayor of London & local councillors at the Twelve Trees Park Development in West Ham.
This will bring 3800 new homes, new secondary school, community facilities, a new bridge to and entrance into West Ham tube station.
#WestHam
Congratulations to David Evans on being appointed as Labour General Secretary. Commiserations, and thanks, to all the other candidates who gave us lots to think about today.
Met
#Newham
’s new Parks & Green Spaces team this morning with Mayor
@rokhsanafiaz
. The service comes back in-house today as a directly run service with new uniforms, new equipment & guarantee of the London Living Wage. Part of our commitment to invest in our parks & public spaces