Aston Line
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Aston Line | |
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| Councillor for Westborough Ward | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office
6th May 2021 | |
| Majority | 370 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aston Aeron Line
11th May 1991 (age 31) Leigh-on-Sea, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Politician and Businessman |
Aston Line (born 11th May 1991) is a British businessman, charity fundraiser, and politician.
In the 2019 General Election, he was the Parliamentary Candidate for the Labour Party in his home seat of Southend West.
Following the murder of his opponent, Sir David Amess, Aston Line announced that he would not stand in the 2022 by-election; stating: "The seat will remain Sir David's until the next full General Election, at which point Southend Labour will fight it will the vigour and intent that our constituents deserve, and that Sir David had come to expect." [1]
This honoured the precedent which was set following the murder of Jo Cox, Labour's Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen from May 2015 - June 2016.
Aston Line is a Councillor on Southend-on-Sea City Council, where he has represented the residents of Westborough Ward since 2021 (majority of 370). Previously, Aston had been Labour's candidate for Chalkwell Ward; where he ate significantly into the Conservative majority and came a close second place.
On the Council, Aston is the Chair of Southend Labour Group, Chair of the General Purposes Committee, and he is the Labour Party's spokesperson for the Environment, Culture, and Tourism portfolio.
Since 2021, Aston has been Southend West Labour's Business Liaison Officer (BuLO). A role originally proposed by the affiliate organisation, Labour Business, the BuLO seeks to engage with the local business community and demonstrate that the Labour Party speaks for responsible businesses as well as for workers and their Trade Unions. In March 2022, Aston organised a Business Roundtable in Southend-on-Sea, which allowed local businesses to speak directly to the Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy, Jonathan Reynolds MP.
Campaigns[edit]
Aston is a vocal Right to Food campaigner, and he is the co-founder of Fans Supporting Southend Foodbanks, which forms part of the national Fans Supporting Foodbanks network.
As a member of Barry Gardiner's Stop Fire and Rehire campaign, Aston organised for the Member of Parliament for Brent North to visit Southend-on-Sea, to support our workers who are being threatened with the prospect of being fired and then rehired under worse pay, terms and conditions.
A lifelong campaigner for Electoral Reform, Aston works alongside Clive Lewis MP and other campaigns for Proportional Representation including Make Votes Matter and Labour for a New Democracy.
L48 0UR[edit]
Aston is known locally for driving an iconic orange 1990's Rover Mini, with the number plate L48 0UR, which previously belonged to former Leader of the Labour Party, John Smith, who died suddenly and unexpectedly in 1994.
Early Life and Career[edit]
Aston was born and raised in Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Darren Line (deceased), was a renowned local businessman, and his mother, Toni Line owned a women's fashion boutique. Aston has two younger siblings: a brother, Codey, and a sister, Gracie.
During Aston's 2019 Parliamentary campaign, his father was battling an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer. Following Polling Day, Darren's condition worsened and Aston became one of his father's primary carers. Darren passed away in April 2020.
Aston was schooled comprehensively, at The Deanes and later SEEVIC. Aston's Bachelor's Degree was taken at Kingston University, and he later read his Master's Degree at King's College London.
In his professional life, Aston worked in the film industry before he shifted into managing small businesses in the hospitality and retail sector. During the COVID-19 restrictions, Aston was vocal in campaigning for additional Government support to small and medium-sized enterprises.
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