Nancy Platts
Nancy Platts | |
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| Leader Brighton and Hove City Council | |
| Assumed office 22nd May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Warren Morgan |
| Councillor Brighton and Hove City Council | |
| Assumed office 8 February 2018 | |
| Ward | East Brighton |
| Preceded by | Lloyd Russell-Moyle |
| Majority | 1,408 (50.3%) |
| Trade Union Liaison Officer for Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office September 2015 [1] – March 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1965 London, England |
| Political party | Labour Party (UK) |
| Alma mater | London College of Printing |
Nancy Platts is a British Labour Party (UK) campaigner, politician and trade unionist. She is currently Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council for the Labour Party. She was Labour's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency) in 2015 and for Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency) in 2010.[2]
Early life and career[edit]
Nancy Platts was born in London and left school at 18 working in local shops. In 1986 she joined the London Fire Brigade where she worked in a number of positions for 12 years[3]. She went to work at the Railway Union TSSA and then went on to work at the Greater London Authority. She has a CAM diploma and CIM diploma from the London College of Printing [4]
Career[edit]
Nancy Platts worked at the Daycare Trust, where she was head of campaigns and then acting director and campaigned successfully for a SureStart children's centre in every community. At Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Asthma UK and Diabetes UK she worked for the patients and families who rely on the NHS.[5] to ensure the got the service they needed. She was a trustee of End Child Poverty and joined the executive team of the Fawcett Society. She has been a Director of Maternity Alliance, lobbying ministers for improved parental leave and better maternity services for all, especially disadvantaged groups, and acted as campaigns and communications consultant to various charities including the National Childbirth Trust and Child Poverty Action Group. [6] She ran in the 2010 general election in the Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency) where she had moved three years previously.[7] She is the director and founder of a small business which work in public relations and social media.[8] where she has helped advise a number of charities and organisations in getting their message out.
Electoral history[edit]
2015 general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Kirby [11] | 18,428 | 40.7 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Nancy Platts[11] | 17,738 | 39.2 | +4.3 | |
| UKIP | Ian Buchanan[12] | 4,446 | 9.8 | +6.6 | |
| Green | Davy Jones [11] | 3,187 | 7.0 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Chandler[13] | 1,365 | 3.0 | −15.0 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Jacqueline Shodeke[14] | 73 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Matthew Taylor [15] | 69 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 690 | 1.5 | −1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 45,306 | 66.8 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
2010 general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Caroline Lucas | 16,238 | 31.3 | +9.4 | |
| Labour | Nancy Platts | 14,986 | 28.9 | −7.5 | |
| Conservative | Charlotte Vere | 12,275 | 23.7 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Berni Millam | 7,159 | 13.8 | −2.7 | |
| UKIP | Nigel Carter | 948 | 1.8 | +0.6 | |
| Socialist Labour | Ian Fyvie | 148 | 0.3 | −0.0 | |
| Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality | Soraya Kara | 61 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Leo Atreides | 19 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,252 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 51,834 | 70.0 | +7.7 | ||
| Green gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +8.4 | |||
References[edit]
- ↑ "HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media".
- ↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/nancy-platts
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=87890649&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=KpkU&locale=en_US&srchid=240917241427483504263&srchindex=1&srchtotal=4&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A240917241427483504263%2CVSRPtargetId%3A87890649%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3A
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=87890649&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=KpkU&locale=en_US&srchid=240917241427483504263&srchindex=1&srchtotal=4&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A240917241427483504263%2CVSRPtargetId%3A87890649%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3A
- ↑ http://www.nancyplatts.org.uk/find_out_more
- ↑ "PPC Profile: Nancy Platts". 2009-11-03.
- ↑ "Nancy Platts, Labour Party - Brighton Pavilion".
- ↑ http://campaignmachine.co.uk/about/
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election results for Brighton Kemptown". city council web site. Brighton & Hove Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "UK ELECTION RESULTS". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
- ↑ "Ian Buchanan". YourNextMP. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South_East
- ↑ "General Election - Campaign News". worldsocialism.org. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Matt Taylor for Brighton Kemptown 2015". Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Election 2010 – Brighton Pavilion BBC News
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