Entries tagged with “MP” from Working For Walthamstow

I'm honoured to have been elected as the new MP for Walthamstow. I love this area. It's been home to me and my family for over thirteen years. I want to celebrate what happens here - all the people, activities, events that make Walthamstow special to us as residents.

I also want to tackle the many challenges we face here - from community cohesion, to gang crime and child poverty. But I'm determined that, together with public services, we can and will resolve these. As our MP I want to support this work, and to be a strong local voice for Walthamstow and the things that matter to us here. I learnt this not least from working closely with Neil Gerrard. Neil has been a fantastic MP for Walthamstow for the last eighteen years, serving the needs of people here from every background and fighting for our public services. It is a tremendous privilege to follow in his footsteps.

I don't want to live in a society where a child has to be lucky or privileged to succeed. The kids I work with here in Walthamstow deserve better. And we all benefit when they're given the chances they crave to achieve. I do not seek to address these challenges on my own because if my experience campaigning in this community has taught me one thing, it's this: when we work together, we can achieve more. We can challenge the injustices we see. We can secure the services we need. We can enjoy a better life here together. 

I want to say thank you to everyone who has worked with me in Walthamstow over this last decade for our community - and now as your MP to ask you for your help with the work we need to do next.

Whilst the implications of the election are considered at a national level, I want to reassure you that I am focused on working on the local priorities residents have told me matter to them. That's why in the weeks ahead my focus will be on helping our local young people to ensure that they are given opportunities to achieve their potential, working with the Council and businesses to get our cinema and dog track back and bring jobs and investment to Walthamstow and continuing to support our vital local healthcare services; these are just a few of the reasons I stood to be your MP in Walthamstow and I've already started to work on these issues with groups and public services within our area. If you would like to be part of these projects please do get in touch.

There will of course be a period of practical transition over the next couple of weeks while we set up a parliamentary and constituency office as well as redesign the features of this website. During this time if you need my help as your local MP you can contact me via email stella@workingforwalthamstow.org.uk or phone on 020 8520 6586.  The Working for Walthamstow e-newsletter will also continue to be distributed each week- so please do get in contact if you would like to receive this. It details where you will find me out and about in Walthamstow if you wish to speak to me - and if you have activities you would like me to include please do get in touch!

Thank you once again Walthamstow for your mandate- I'm committed to working for a better future for us all here.