Month: April 2026

Election ’26: Community Hustings

Poster with the words "Newham Council Elections Community Hustings", providing details of the event that are also available in the post below. Poster design is a brown newsprint-effect hand holding a microphone in front of a crowd. The slogan is "We ask, they answer."

We are pleased to be joining this community hustings on Saturday 2nd May in conjunction with a number of other charities and campaign groups. We hope there will be representatives from the Labour Party, Green Party, and Newham Independents.

If you would like to join the hustings with our group, please email newham@lcc.org.uk.

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Location: The Tate Institute 1 Wythes Rd, London E16 2DN
When: Saturday 2nd of May
🕰️ Stalls and activities from 2pm
💬Hustings start 4pm
⌛ Finish 6:30pm
🥘Food and kids activities provided

In less than a week, Newham will vote for a new mayor and council.

✊On the 2nd May groups from across Newham are coming together. We will be holding a community hustings with candidates from Labour, Green Party and Newham Independents to put questions to those who want to run our borough .

Come to the hustings to learn more about the future of Newham, and to show your future mayor that they need to deliver on the issues that matter to us!

🤝Groups involved: London Renters Union, The Magpie Project, Respace, PEACH, The Women in Newham Network, Newham Muslim Forum, Newham Trades Council, Newham Votes Palestine, Focus E15, Clapton Community Football Club, Newham Stand up to Racism, Newham Cyclists, Friends of Queen’s Road Market, Newham Poetry Group, Save Newham Libraries and more tba

Committee update

Our Deputy Co-ordinator, Karen Flanagan, has stepped down from this role because she is standing as a candidate in the upcoming elections. If she is elected, she will not return to our committee as long as she is a councillor.

Newham Cyclists, as part of a registered charity, is politically neutral in all elections. Elected officials and candidates in forthcoming elections cannot serve on our Committee, since this could create a conflict of interest. They are, of course, welcome to be members of our group and the LCC, to attend meetings and vote as an ordinary member, and to campaign on topics of interest to the group—as long as this is in a personal capacity and not combined with campaigning for votes in the election.

As such, Karen has stepped down from our committee with immediate effect and has recused herself from committee decisions. She will continue to volunteer with Newham Cyclists and campaign on cycling topics, although this will be in a personal capacity and not as a political candidate.