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 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
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. John is Cabinet Member for Housing, Planning and Licensing. John
Read moreDermot Mckibbin has been a Labour Party member for over 40 years, was a Lewisham Councillor in the 1980s, and
Read moreRachel Blake was first elected to represent the Labour Party for Bow East Ward in May 2014 and was re-elected
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 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 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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