Your Labour councillors for De Beauvoir

Contact the team on debeauvoir@hackney-labour.org.uk or 07722 868937
http://debeauvoircouncillors.blogspot.com/

Advice surgeries:

Date: 2nd Saturday each month Start: 11.00am End: 12.00 noon 
Venue: Colville Community Hall 
Address: 35 Branch Place, London N1 5PH 

Date: 3rd Saturday each month - De Beauvoir Councillors hold a roving surgery in the afternoon.

More about the team:

Cllr Tom Ebbutt
Tom Ebbutt has been chosen by local Labour members to stand to be a Councillor for De Beauvoir Ward.
 
Tom is 27 and lives locally. Tom uses the gym at Britannia Leisure Centre in De Beauvoir as it’s his local gym. In the summers he is regularly found on London Fields as it’s a great park and he lives in a flat!
 
Tom is a School Governor at Stormont House Special School, Hackney Downs. He is also a trustee for a charity which works with schools in Kenya to develop their skills and resources. He has previously acted as a school mentor and worked for an MP, giving him experience of dealing with casework which will help when responding to residents' problems as a councillor.
 
Tom has been Secretary of De Beauvoir Ward Labour Party since 2008 and is the current Chair of the Hackney South & Shoreditch Constituency Labour Party. He is a member of the Unite trade union.
 
Tom’s top priorities if elected are to ensure all people in Hackney benefit from the increasing wealth within the borough, ensure our streets are clean and safe and ensure the Council spends our Council Tax efficiently and effectively.

Cllr Gulay Icoz
Gulay Icoz has represented De Beauvoir Ward as a Labour Councillor since 2006.  She is the vice-chair of both the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission and Shoreditch Neighbourhood Committee.
 
Gulay lives locally on the De Beauvoir Estate and has lived in Hackney for 16 years; she speaks fluent Turkish and intermediate Kurdish. She is 30 years old.
 
Gulay is employed as a teaching assistant at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway College, University of London.
 
One of Gulay’s key achievements as a councillor has been to work with local residents to gain a heavy lorry ban on all residential streets in De Beauvoir, on Nuttall Street. She also succeeded in  securing provision of a children’s play area on De Beauvoir Estate, sited behind Portelet Court.
 
If elected, Gulay will dedicate herself to making sure that Children and Young People Services and Services for Older People in Hackney remain properly funded. At local level, Gulay will continue building the relationship she has with residents in De Beauvoir and express their needs and interests at the Town Hall.
 
Cllr Rob Chapman
Robert Chapman has lived in Hackney for 26 years and been a Labour Councillor for De Beauvoir Ward since 2006.
 
He has two children who both attend Hackney schools. He is a member of the London Cycling Campaign.
 
Robert is Chair of Hackney’s Governance & Resources Committee where his role is making sure Council Tax payers’ money is spent wisely and effectively.
 
As a Councillor Robert has focused on developing a close working relationship with the De Beauvoir Neighbourhood Police Team.

Robert's priorities if re-elected are ensuring Hackney continues to improve as a Council, protecting frontline services from cutbacks and ensuring we remain London’s greenest Borough. Locally he is committed to standing up for local people, helping to build a strong community in De Beauvoir, and working with Council and police to ensure people feel safe in and around De Beauvoir