Cllr John Cotton
John is a Birmingham councillor. He has served as Cabinet Member for Housing and Health, leading a new build council
Read moreLHG is a democratically governed, member-led organisation. Our Executive Committee is elected by all members every two years. The current Executive is elected to 2022.
LHG Executive 2020-2022:
John Cotton – Sutton Coldfield CLP (Chair), John Bevan – Hornsey & Wood Green CLP (Vice-chair), Heather Johnson – Hampstead & Kilburn CLP (Vice-chair & Events organiser), Sheila Spencer – North Tyneside CLP (Secretary), Ross Houston – Finchley & Golders Green CLP (Treasurer), Janet Berry – Winchester CLP (Membership Secretary), Ed Derrick – Newcastle Central CLP (policy), Paul Martin – Tower Hamlets CLP (newsletter editor & policy lead), Amanda Pinnock – Huddersfield CLP, Rachel Blake – Bethnal Green & Bow CLP (Branch liaison), Gerard Heffey – West Derby CLP, Nick Bragger – Guildford CLP (fundraising), and Chris Worrall – Poplar & Limehouse CLP (blog lead & website)
John is a Birmingham councillor. He has served as Cabinet Member for Housing and Health, leading a new build council
Read moreJohn is a councillor in the London Borough of Haringey. He was previously Cabinet Member for Housing. John is Chair
Read moreRachel Blake is the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Tackling Poverty and Air Quality at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Read moreChris works in a land acquisition team for a later living developer called Guild Living, exploring innovative new models in
Read moreAndy is a long-standing member of the Labour Party. He is a member of the Old Southwark and Bermondsey CLP.
Read moreNick is from Guildford in Surrey and has been a member of the Labour Party since 2011. He is passionate
Read moreSheila has been Secretary since 2018, having re-joined LHG Executive after a gap of many years. She believes that housing
Read moreGerard is a self-employed ethical housing developer providingaffordable family homes using local workforce and supply chain. Gerard has been one
Read moreJanet is a council tenant, and lives in S.E. England. She has been actively involved in tenants’ associations and tenant
Read moreEd joined the Labour Party in 1974 and is a member of Newcastle Central CLP and a life member of
Read moreRoss has been LHG Treasurer since 2009. Ross is also an EC member of the active LHG London branch. Ross
Read moreHeather has a professional background in the field of housing, homelessness and welfare rights advice and had a particular interest
Read morePaul lived in council housing for nearly forty years before buying a house through shared ownership. He was active in
Read moreAmanda is a qualified Housing Solicitor. Amanda is employed by a voluntary sector organisation and manages a legal team. Amanda’s
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