Stephanie Lewis
South East
Hello! My name is Steph and I am standing for the CEC. I see the main focus initially working closely with the local branches to be set up, well resourced with funding, support & data. I think the key to any policy making is having humanity and the voices of those it aids or impacts, at the centre of them. We can do that with local assemblies setting about collaboration with member and communi ...
Carralyn Parkes
South West
I'm an artist, art historian and former lecturer. I'm a Unite member and left the Labour Party over the Iraq War, rejoining when Corbyn came to power. I was a 2019 General Election candidate, a Portland Councillor, Council Chair and Labour Group Leader. As Mayor of Portland I took the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, and Dorset Council to court over the inhumane and barbaric Bibby Stock ...
I am a feminist and antifascist grassroots campaigner committed to intersectionality, from fighting misogyny and supporting trans rights to centring the voices of marginalised communities. My activism is rooted in real world change, including campaigning for a night shelter for the homeless in Liverpool and lobbying against hostile architecture and anti demonstration legislation. I live with disab ...
I joined the LP, and my first TU at age 15, in 1957. I have been a Socialist ever since. I was on the very 1st Aldermaston March. I have lived in London since 1978 and presently live In Walthamstow. I am a retired School Caretaker, having been a manual worker all my working life. I was always on the Left and am currently a supporter of "The Socialist Party" and eager to start the job of ...
I’m standing on my proven record of organising and winning for socialism in the South East. I led a historic victory in Worthing, winning the council for the first time on a bold socialist manifesto, and now serve as an Independent councillor. As a former Chair of Momentum, I have run a national political organisation and have seen how Left factionalism weakens us. In my day job, I'm a Commun ...
Jonathan Osako
South East
I’m a 25-year-old BAME secondary school teacher in Berkshire standing as an independent to deliver three priorities: celebrate our diversity through a federal structure giving branches real autonomy; improve voting and verification by introducing accessible mail-in ballots alongside ID or passport verification options; and get the party ready for May’s local elections by empowering branches to sel ...
I’m Sue Hagerty, a socialist, activist and a fierce defender of democracy.This CEC election is about establishing a party that is fully transparent and maximally democratic. It’s about setting an accessible, inclusive culture right from the start.For us in Wales it’s about having the vibrant branches we need and the autonomy we choose as a nation. It’s always about your voice.What matters is makin ...
Arshad Ali
Yorkshire and The Humber
I’m Arshad Ali, an INDEPENDENT candidate for the CEC elections in Yorkshire & Humber. I'm from Bradford, the birthplace of the Independent Labour Party. The Labour Party under Keir Starmer has betrayed the principles of the Labour Party. A Labour Party that takes from the poor and gives to the rich, is NOT a LABOUR PARTY.A Labour Party that is in the pockets of big business, is NOT a LABO ...
The CEC which we elect will determine whether Your Party makes it or breaks it as a national political party. We need to ensure that we elect members with the requisite skills.I have ten years’ experience in leadership positions in large and complex organisations. As Deputy Head of two very large schools, I have considerable experience with policy development, regulatory compliance, professional d ...
I am Piara Miah, Interim Co Chair of Your Party Wirral. I co-founded our local group six months ago. Together, we worked quickly to build up a great team which organises frequent events and shows that collaboration is possible.I am a former Labour local election candidate who left the Party because of their stance on Gaza. I will never compromise on standing up for what I believe in. My work as Ou ...
I am married with 3 grown-up children. I am a socialist, I was a long term LP voter, I stood as the parliamentary candidate under Jeremy Corbyn in 2017 General Election and had the largest vote for a labour candidate in the East Riding of Yorkshire.I have campaigned for Palestine, attending marches in Hull, Leeds and London. I highlighted the refugee crisis and we had a refugee stay with us and in ...
Independent candidate living in rural Devon. Believe in tolerance, trust, safety, comradeship, moral responsibility and the collective drive to achieve social change. Educator, advisor and committed to political education and activism. Member of Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, UNISON.Morning Star supporter and reader.Committed to:Maximising the contribution of all membersRepresenting both Rural a ...
Elected!
Niall Christie is a journalist, trade unionist, and organiser based in Glasgow. Previously a member of the Scottish Greens, he was the party's most successful General Election candidate ever in 2024. Since joining Your Party last year he has worked with extremely dedicated volunteers who have got Your Party to this point, in Glasgow and beyond. He will work to ensure branches are set up, and ...
June Tobin
East of England
June Tobin has spent over 40 years fighting for working people and their communities. Originally from London, she began her activist journey as a young civil servant supporting the miners' strikes of 1985-86. When she declined an OBE in recognition of her work, June made clear her principled opposition to imperial honours – believing instead in collective action, not establishment recognition ...
I’m committed to fighting for socialist change within Your Party and beyond it. I've been involved in a variety of political groups in roles such as LGBT+ officer, Women's officer and co-chair of UNISON's national young members group. I've also been involved in local community organising including Palestinian liberation groups, anti-fascist groups, and educational workshops. Ou ...
I am a committed socialist and human rights activist for over two decades. For over 15 years, I have worked as an immigration, asylum and human rights solicitor, defending fundamental rights. If elected, I will ensure our policies deliver a real change. This means ending the cost of living crisis, prioritising welfare over warfare, and delivering council house building at a massive scale. I will d ...
Socialist, feminist, pro-Palestine, LGBTQ+ ally. Standing as an independent in support of true grassroots democracy, where members are fully involved and participation is accessible and inclusive. Wants to see YP become a political and campaigning force to be reckoned with for communities and the nation as a whole. Speaking for unity, not division; consensus, not compromise. Key priorities include ...
Kadira Pethiyagoda
London
My geopolitics experience and understanding of the public mood, deployed in service of socialist values, can establish the political direction the CEC needs in this moment. The two goals upon which YP can win mass support – economic equality and peace – are those I’ve worked for when advising MPs, Shadow-Ministers, and institutions like the International Criminal Court, and serving as a diplomat a ...
Marxist, trade unionist, community activist for 40 years. Make billionaires history, save the planet, take ownership of OUR wealth by creating a party with grassroots democracy. Branches to elect delegates to conference; CEC to serve conference. All elected reps to be on wage of a skilled worker and subject to recall and electable on a one/two year rolling basis. Reject left reformism. Believe in ...
Andy is a Your Party member based in the City of Durham. He has been a labour movement activist for more than 40 years, and is currently the secretary of the Newcastle branch of the National Union of Journalists and also a parish councillor in his local area of Langley Park. He resigned from the Labour Party in 2025 in opposition to its anti-Palestine and pro-austerity political agenda.If elected ...
I'm Alex, 39, a Communications Manager in Bromsgrove who's been fighting for genuine socialist politics my entire adult life. I believe power belongs with the many, not the few, and that means real rights for everyone, not just the privileged.My union days as a USDAW shop steward taught me that rights aren't given; they're fought for. That lesson shaped everything I do. I' ...
Crispin Flintoff
South East
Crispin Flintoff is the former Henley CLP secretary who was ejected from the Labour Party despite raising £150,000 - £200,000 for local parties.He now hosts a weekly politics show to tell the stories the mainstream media ignore or avoid.
I’m Siobhán, Chair of North Devon & Torridge Your Party and founder of Safety Isn’t Optional. I grew up working-class on a council estate, was a young carer, and have organised locally for years. I’m AuDHD, proudly pro-trans, and committed to intersectional feminism, anti-austerity, and environmental justice. I stand for grassroots, member-led politics that empowers members, not structures. On ...
I’m Ron Cooper from Skelmersdale. I’m a member of Unite and a community activist, ex-labour Cllr, ex-CLP Secretary, a democrat and a SOCIALIST. I’ve been on Palestine Peace Rallies in Liverpool, Preston, Lancaster and Southport. And I have been protesting against the Cuts by Liverpool City Council at the closed-down One Stop Shop on Picton Rd, together with the Wavertree Fights Back group. I am al ...
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