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Picture from Saturday. We didn’t win the referendum on ending the Mayoral model in Newham but we came close
for the directly elected mayor: 45,960 (56%) for the committee system: 36,424 (44%)
However, this was the first proper summer social I ha…Read more…
Check out this article by Newham Councillor and Chair of Scrutiny, John Whitworth, on why residents should vote for change in the Mayoral referendum on May 6th. Hat tip Newham Voices
“May 6th is the date, not only for the election of the London Mayor…Read more…
This evening I went to West Ham (as Cllr) and Forest Gate North (as member) branch Labour Party meetings and both voted unanimously for this motion (one abstention)
“This Branch notes that: The Newham Governance Referendum on 6thMay 2…Read more…
Check out release by “Newham voting for Change” that the Courts have confirmed today that there will be choice in the referendum in May between the current all powerful Newham Council Executive Mayor and the more open and democratic Committee mod…Read more…
Dear John (4000 Labour members in Newham would have received this email on 26 September) Newham Labour Group’s Working Party are conducting a survey on …Read more…
Check out Dave Hill interview with Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, yesterday on the “ONLONDON” website.
Rokhsana confirmed her wish for a borough wide referendum on the future of the directly elected Mayoral model to be held next 6 May 2021. …Read more…