Claire Sheppard
Claire Sheppard | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1982 |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (Before 2018) |
| Residence | Peckham, London |
| Occupation | Local campaigner, businesswoman. |
| Website | twitter |
Claire Sheppard (born 6 November, 1982) is a British local campaigner and businesswoman.[1] [2] who attracted the attention of the media after being one of the 1st organisers in the UK to provide a community response to the COVID-19 pandemic sooner than her Local Council.[3][4][5][6]
Career[edit]
She runs a market research company, which specialises in finding and filming people for research projects by getting people to talk to brands, charities and organisations so they can better understand their world. In the last year she has worked on projects around food poverty, HIV testing, modern slavery and the feelings evoked from driving.[7]
Activism[edit]
Nunhead Rocks[edit]
She organised Nunhead Rocks,[1][8] a community group that assists the elderly and vulnerable with food efforts and odd jobs.[9]
Nunhead Knocks[edit]
With the blueprint of the Facebook group of Nunhead Rocks, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic she founded Nunhead Knocks, a support group to assist those isolating and struggling (see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic) making her one of the pioneers [10] of community responses to COVID-19, something which attracted huge praise and attention from the media, local and nation-wide organisations.
Nunhead Womens Institute[edit]
She set up the local branch of the Nunhead Women's Institute, a federation of women's groups dedicated to providing women with educational and social activities,[11][12] and has been president three times.[1]
Environmental and political activism[edit]
She is a local campaigner involved with the Green Party of England and Wales and has campaigned to tackle environmental and social justice issues locally.
Electoral performance[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Victoria Mills* | 1,891 | 63.4 | ||
| Labour | Renata Hamvas* | 1,872 | 62.7 | ||
| Green | Gerard Bennett | 612 | 20.5 | ||
| Independent | Claire Sheppard | 488 | 16.3 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Bartholomew | 249 | 8.3 | ||
| Conservative | Nathan Gamester | 218 | 7.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Skelly | 194 | 6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Derek Partridge | 192 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,985 | 39.74 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harriet Harman | 40,258 | 71.3 | –6.5 | |
| Conservative | Peter Quentin | 6,478 | 11.5 | –1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julia Ogiehor | 5,087 | 9.0 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Claire Sheppard [1] | 3,501 | 6.2 | +3.4 | |
| Brexit Party | Claude Cass-Horne | 1,041 | 1.8 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Joshua Ogunleye | 127 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 33,780 | 59.8 | –5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 56,492 | 63.4 | –3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 89,042 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Marina Ahmad | 91,949 | 49.0 |  2.6
| |
| Green | Claire Sheppard [7] | 36,933 | 19.7 |  5.9
| |
| Conservative | Hannah Ginnett | 30,855 | 16.5 | 2.0
| |
| Liberal Democrat | Florence Cyrot | 20,920 | 11.2 | 0.2
| |
| Reform UK | John Cronin | 3,917 | 2.1 | New | |
| TUSC | April Ashley | 2,919 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 55,016 | 29.3 | 3.8
| ||
| Total formal votes | 187,493 | ||||
| Informal votes | 2,976 | ||||
| Turnout | 190,469 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "General Election Candidates 2019". Greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ↑ "Nunhead Rocks Innitiative". Southwarkgreenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ↑ "Nunhead Knocks - Helping Isolators Locally". Nunheadknocks.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Stop In With Sian - Episode 1 - Community organising to combat Covid19". Retrieved 3 February 2022 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Nunhead Knocks Initiative". National Federation of Women's Institutes. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ Albion, Alli (29 April 2020). "Claire Sheppard and the evolution of Nunhead Knocks". Communitybridges.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "How to vote for my assembly member and what do they do?". Southwarknews.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Nunhead rocks!". Facebook.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Why Nunhead, London, is one of the best places to live in 2021". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Celebrating 10 weeks of Nunhead Knocks". Nunheadknocks.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "About us". National Federation of Women's Institutes. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Log in or sign up to view". Facebook.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Southwark Council Elections 2018" (PDF). Southwark Council. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election 2019". Southwark Council. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ↑ "Camberwell & Peckham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016. Unknown parameter
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