I am a Sheffield City Councillor for Gleadless Valley Ward (re-elected in May 2024) and live in the Sheffield Heeley constituency.

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I have campaigned on numerous issues from climate action to the nature emergency, to advocacy for the rights of Palestinians, for the rights of refugees, in support of human rights, racial equality, LGBTQI+ rights, disability rights and against austerity, the Iraq War and the Conservative Government's attacks on our democracy, environment and communities. I am currently the Deputy Chair of the Sheffield City Council Transport, Regeneration and Climate Committee. I have recently served as the chair of the South Yorkshire Strategic Migration Group. In late 2023 I moved a successful Sheffield City Council motion to call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza (the first such resolution in the country). I previously gained unanimous support for reaffirming Sheffield as a City of Sanctuary and successfully lobbied to bring the Yorkshire Integration Festival to Sheffield. Having been a Councillor for three years, I am very keen to continue working to advocate for more positive change for residents in the whole of Sheffield Heeley constituency; to improve the local environment and champion green causes and social justice nationally and internationally.