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Executive

LHG is a democratically-governed, member-led organisation. Our Executive Committee is elected by all members every two years. The current Executive is elected to 2024.

LHG Executive 2022-2024:

John Cotton – Sutton Coldfield CLP (Chair)
Rachel Blake – Bethnal Green & Bow CLP (Vice-chair & Branch liaison)
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 (fundraising)
Paul Martin – Poplar & Limehouse CLP (newsletter editor & policy lead)
Gerard Heffey – West Derby CLP (social media)
Andy Bates – Bermondsey & Old Southwark CLP (speaker liaison)
Dermot Mckibbin – Beckenham CLP (policy)
Amanda Pinnock – Huddersfield CLP
Chris Worrall – Poplar & Limehouse CLP
John Bevan – Hornsey & Wood Green CLP

Cllr John Cotton
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Cllr John Cotton

17 May 201915 Jul 2019 Sheila Spencer

John is a Birmingham councillor. He has served as Cabinet Member for Housing and Health, leading a new build council

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Cllr John Bevan
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Cllr John Bevan

17 May 201924 May 2022 Sheila Spencer

John is a councillor in the London Borough of Haringey. John is Cabinet Member for Housing, Planning and Licensing. John

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Dermot Mckibbin

24 May 2022 Web Design Newcastle

Dermot Mckibbin has been a Labour Party member for over 40 years, was a Lewisham Councillor in the 1980s, and

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Rachel Blake

09 Apr 202024 May 2022 Sheila Spencer

Rachel Blake was first elected to represent the Labour Party for Bow East Ward in May 2014 and was re-elected

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Chris Worrall

09 Apr 202026 Apr 2020 Sheila Spencer

Chris works in a land acquisition team for a later living developer called Guild Living, exploring innovative new models in

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Andy Bates

09 Apr 202009 Apr 2020 Sheila Spencer

Andy is a long-standing member of the Labour Party.  He is a member of the Old Southwark and Bermondsey CLP.

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Sheila Spencer
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Sheila Spencer

17 May 201911 Oct 2019 Sheila Spencer

Sheila has been Secretary since 2018, having re-joined LHG Executive after a gap of many years. She believes that housing

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Gerard Heffey

09 Apr 202025 Apr 2020 Sheila Spencer

Gerard is a self-employed ethical housing developer providingaffordable family homes using local workforce and supply chain. Gerard has been one

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Janet Berry
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Janet Berry

17 May 201915 Jul 2019 Sheila Spencer

Janet is a council tenant, and lives in S.E. England. She has been actively involved in tenants’ associations and tenant

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Ed Derrick
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Ed Derrick

17 May 201915 Jul 2019 Sheila Spencer

Ed joined the Labour Party in 1974 and is a member of Newcastle Central CLP and a life member of

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Cllr Ross Houston
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Cllr Ross Houston

17 May 201905 Nov 2022 Sheila Spencer
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Cllr Heather Johnson
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Cllr Heather Johnson

17 May 201915 Jul 2019 Sheila Spencer

Heather has a professional background in the field of housing, homelessness and welfare rights advice and had a particular interest

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Paul Martin
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Paul Martin

17 May 201919 Nov 2020 Sheila Spencer

Paul lived in council housing for nearly forty years before buying a house through shared ownership. He was active in

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Cllr Amanda Pinnock
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Cllr Amanda Pinnock

17 May 201925 Apr 2020 Sheila Spencer

Amanda is a qualified Housing Solicitor. Amanda is employed by a voluntary sector organisation and manages a legal team. Amanda’s

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