South Kilburn to question Brent Council candidates - Thursday 23rd April 6.30pm Marian Centre

 

Major parties to attend Brent local elections Climate and Nature Hustings 14th April 7-9pm

 

From Brent ACE

Representatives of most major parties will be attending a Climate and Nature Hustings organised by ACE Brent, the new coalition of environment and residents groups who campaign for a stronger council response to the climate emergency.So far the Labour Party, Green Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat Party have all agreed to speak and answer residents' questions about their climate and nature plans for Brent after the elections.

The hustings will be at Barham Community Library, 660 Harrow Road, HA0 2HB on Tuesday 14th April, 7-9pm.

It will be chaired by barrister, broadcaster and local author Hashi Mohamed. It will also be online.

ACE Brent, Action on the Climate and Ecological Emergency, Brent, is a coalition of 15 environment, climate and residents groups. This includes Brent Friends of the Earth, Brent Cycling Campaign, Brent XR and Brent Parks Forum (see below for full list).

Elaine Sheppard, representing ACE Brent, says: 

There is a five year window to halve emissions and prevent climate disaster. Brent council is taking climate action and has taken some steps to increase dialogue on the climate emergency. But Brent needs to do more, speak up more, and work with all of us to respond to changes already happening. Brent is benchmarked at 25 out of 33 London councils for actions taken towards net zero according to Climate Emergency UK, and 21 for Healthy Streets, according to London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard. It is time to hear how parties plan to increase these scores.

All residents are encouraged to attend the hustings - to ask questions and hear about the plans of the different parties. Attendance is open to all. Please register because places are limited.

 

To register to attend in person, use the link bit.ly/hustper.

To register to attend online, use the link bit.ly/hustonl.

 

https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/

https://www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/ 

 

 

ACE Brent members :

 Brent Cycling Campaign | Brent Friends of the Earth | Brent Parks Forum | Brent Pure Energy | Brent XR | Divest Brent | Cycletastic | Brent Healthy Streets | Friends of the Welsh Harp | One Kilburn Transport Committee | Life in Kilburn | Brent Eleven Streets Residents Association | Friends of Woodcock Park | WISE - West Indian Social Care and Education Project | CAVA - Picture Palace Harlesden

 

 Brent Friends of the Earth is also showing the "People's Emergency Briefing" film at Preston Community Library this Thursday 9th April at 7.30pm.

 This is based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster with appearances from Chris Packham, Deborah Meaden and others. Leading UK scientists present the latest evidence on extreme weather, Food security, Health, Cost of Living etc.

More information from info@brentfoe.com

Tickets HERE   

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May 7th 2026 Local Election: ACE Climate and Nature Hustings Tuesday 14th April - In-person and On-lne

 

 🔈You are invited to ACE Brent's Action on the Climate Emergency Hustings ✅

 

🗓️ Tuesday 14 April - 7-9pm at Barham Community Library

 

Meet and question the candidates as they present their plans to tackle the climate emergency. 

 

Please register to attend this event:

 

🖥️ Online: https://bit.ly/hustonl

 

👥 In person: https://bit.ly/hustper

 

 ✉️ACE@brentfoe.com

If you know of a hustings coming up and would like to advertise it email: wembleymatters@virginmedia.com

Recording of Brent West General Election Hustings

A joint Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Hustings amd Wembley Muslim Centre Hustings was held yesterday. Only the Green Party and Workers Party candidates accepted an invitation to attend. The Labour candidate, Barry Gardiner, provided a written statement that was read out.

Recordings below. 

Introduction https://youtu.be/0k16LRrQafo?si=Vp8RyeltAyyM8sv8

 

Questions https://youtu.be/aRjLZxH_c94?si=ZV51opzCQDeZe7_6

 

Further Questions https://youtu.be/NftLdUe49As?si=U978FsrGTnMmriOa

 

IJAN Perspective https://youtu.be/5jJBPTtJIRQ?si=I9sNVbdlYdrH85HA

 

Watch the videos to hear from some of the candidates for Brent East on a range of General Election topics

 There has been only one General Election Hustings in Brent East so far in the campaign. St Raphael's Voice invited all candidates to attend but Labour, Conservatives and Reform did not accept. Martin Francis substituted for Nida Al-Fulaij the Green Party candidate.

St Raphael's Voice recorded the event on video so that answers could be shared with the wider community.

 There are 9 videos in all on different topics.

Candidates/Participants in attendance:

 

James Mutimer - Workers Party GB 

Aadil Shaikh - Independent

Jonny Singh - Liberal Democrats 

Martin Francis - representing Nida Al Fulaj the  Green Party candidate

 

Candidates not in attendance but invited to attend:

 

Dawn Butler - Labour Party 

Jamila Robertson - Conservative 

Amin Moafi - Independent 

Zbigniew Kowalcyzk - Reform UK 

Jenner Folwell - Independent

Nida Al- Fulaij - Green Party 

 

You can see the full playlist by topic on the link below.

 

Brent East Hustings

St Raph's are holding a General Election hustings for Brent East on Friday at 6pm

 

Queens Park & Maida Vale General Election Hustings June 17th 7pm St Lukes, Fernhead Road

 

Queens Park & Maida Vale Election Hustings Kensal and Kilburn Better 2024 presents a traditional election hustings featuring all of the candidates for the new parliamentary constituency of Queens Park & Maida Vale. Come along to meet and hear from all the candidates, and ask them anything! Queens Park & Maida Vale constituency comprises the Brent wards of Harlesden & Kensal Green, Queens Park and Kilburn, plus much of the former Westminster North constituency. The candidates are:  Vivien Lichtenstein - Green Party; Helen Baxter - Liberal Democrats ; Samia Hersi - Conservative Party; Irakli Menabde - Workers Party of Britain; Abby Dharamsey - Social Democratic Party; Georgia Gould - Labour Party; Angela Carter-Begbie - Reform UK Monday, 17 June 2024 19:00 Queens Park & Maida Vale General Election Hustings Register  St Lukes West Kilburn

Muhammed Butt's poll rating dives AFTER he speaks at Environment Hustings

It's not a scientific poll and just for fun but a poll of voting intentions was taken before candidates spoke at this evening's Friends of the Earth Environmental hustings and afterwards.

This was the result:

Candidate	Party	Before %	After %
David Stevens	Green	29	31
Anton Georgiou	Liberal Democrat	21	33
Sunita Hirani	Conservative	15	14
Muhammed Butt	Labour	35	17
	Undecided	9	6

 

Care about fresh air, safe roads, green spaces, climate change? Hear from Brent election candidates at environmental hustings TONIGHT 7pm

The speakers at the the Brent FoE Environmental Hustings (in alphabetical order) will be:

Councillor Muhammed Butt (Labour) - Currently Leader of Brent Council
Councillor Anton Georgiou (Liberal Democrat) - Currently representing Alperton Ward
Sunita Hirani (Conservative) Candidate for Kenton Ward
David Stevens (Green Party) - Candidate for Welsh Harp Ward

 

Speakers will outline their Party’s policy, and answer questions from local people on environmental matters. The meeting will cover topics related to climate change, including questions on energy costs, housing, transport, the natural environment, air quality, waste and other matters of concern to local people.

 

There will be an opportunity to submit questions for candidates in advance, as well as raising questions at the meeting. If you have a question you would like to put to the panel, please email us with the text of your question, and let us know if you would like to ask it yourself or have it put to the candidates by the chair.

 

The meeting will be chaired by locally based barrister, broadcaster and author, Hashi Mohamed, who will put the questions and challenge candidates on their policies.

 

You will need to register in advance, and you will be sent a link to the event shortly before it starts. To register, go to https://www.tickettailor.com/events/brentfriendsoftheearth/664005

 

 

A chance to hear from your GLA candidates at Mencap Hustings tonight 6pm

 

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87086823773

Something different: Tone's Coffee Shop Hustings Thursday June 1st

Now this is what I call enterprising and Tone has some very good questions:

Where to hear your candidates debate GE2017

Brent Central Public Political Debates: 

Education Question Time
Friday May 26th 2017 at 18:£0
Queens Park Community School, 
More info HERE

Brent North Political Debates

Brent Carers
Carers and Social Care Hustings
Wednesday 31st May 2017 6:30 - 8:30pm
Church End & Roundwood Unity Centre
103 Church End London, NW10 9EG
Buses 260 & 266

Hampstead & Kilburn Political Debates

West Hampstead Life Hustings
THIS TUESDAY May 23, 2017
@ 7.30 pm – 9.15 pm
WHERE:
Sherriff Centre
Sherriff Rd
London NW6

We would love to see you attending, but if not they have promised to live stream this event.
https://www.facebook.com/WestHampsteadLife

To make the evening flow smoothly, they are encouraging you to send questions in advance – the candidates will not see these beforehand. They will then ask some of the popular submitted questions before handing over to the floor.

To send a question, simply drop Jonathan Turton an email before midday on Tuesday. There will also be a question box in St James’ Church over the next few days.

Format:
Each candidate will get a 4-minute slot to pitch themselves, and then we will structure the evening in three parts. First, questions on Brexit, then questions on other national issues (incl. foreign policy), and then questions on local issues. If there is time then there’ll be time for free questions at the end.

Doors open at 7pm and will start at 7.30pm. They will aim to finish around 9.15pm. The Sherriff Centre café/bar will be open.

Granville Community Kitchen and South Kilburn Trust Hustings
Wednesday 31st of May  Time: 7-9pm
At Granville Plus Centre
Carlton Vale, NW6 5HE.

Questions to: granvillecommunitykitchen@gmail.com

South Kilburn GE2017 Hustings on Wednesday May 31st

Questions to: granvillecommunitykitchen@gmail.com

Video: Brent & Harrow GLA candidates make their pitch at Mapesbury Hustings

As I am the Green Party election agent for Jafar Hassan I will let the video speak for itself. The six Brent and Harrow GLA candidates were granted roughly equal time at the beginning and end of the Mapra hustings.

The Q&A went a little awry in terms of fairness as the candidates were asked to answer each question in the same speaking order.  This meant that the first candidates to answer had little thinking time for often quite complex questions that were displayed to them on a laptop screen.

In the summing up period Shahrar Ali, Green Party list candidate, intervened when Tories began a concerted and crude chant of 'Who are you?' during Navin Shah's  contribution.

Ali, to applause, called for respect for Shah.

NUT call on the next Mayor of London to defend education and help teachers create a just society for all.

The NUT will be holding a London Mayoral Hustings on Monday March 7th 6pm at the union's headquarters at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, WC1H 9BD, near Kings Cross,  off  the south side of Euston Road.

The meeting will be introduced by Christine Blower, NUT General Secretary.

The flyer advertsing the event lists the issues that matter to London teachers:

London's schools are under threat
London is a city full of creativity, talent and potential. Our schools and teachers are amongst the best in the world. Yet this sucess is under real threat.

Spending cuts
School budgets across London face 12% cuts under Government spending plans. In some boroughs, the losses could be over 20%. That would mean understaffed schools, bigger class sizes, more children's needs unmet and a narrower curriculum.

Teacher shortages
Talented, hardworking teachers are being driven out of London's schools by excessive workload, the lack of affordable housing and an exam factory culture which demoralises both staff ansd children.

Poverty and unaffordable housing
Almost 4 in 10 children in the capital grow up in poverty. Unaffordable rents force too many families into unsuitable housing. These conditions impact heavily on children's education and their schools.

Lack of school places
London needs 113,000 more school places to meet demand. Yet our Councils have neither the funds nor the legal powers to open new schools.

Stand Up for London's Education
The NUT belives that every child deserves the best. We have produced a Manifesto for London's schools calling on the next Mayor of London to defend education and help teachers create a just society for all.

Help stand up for education
Come along to our hustings and other local campaign activities across London. Distribute our manifestpoand talk with friends, colleagues and candidates about our demands.

Mail manifesto@nut.org.uk for the NUT's Manifesto for London's schools and colleges

Hear the Green GLA List candidates on Sunday

Come and hear from the candidates who want to represent London Green Party on the London Assembly list in next year's London wide elections. 

Next year is not just the London Mayoral race - Londoners also vote for the London Assembly. The Green Party currently has two Assembly Members (AMs), elected by a proportional system. Our current AMs Darren Johnson and Jenny Jones are both standing down and we are aiming for more than two AMs next year! So our candidates need to be ready to step in to this important role if elected, but equally as important the list candidates must also help us run an exciting and inspiring campaign.

This event is a great opportunity to ask questions of the candidates and hear what they have to say. We are expecting a lot of interest so you must sign up for a ticket- these are free but limited. The hustings will start promptly at 2pm, please arrive in plenty of time.

If you would like to submit a question to be considered (some questions will also be taken from the floor, but there is very likely to be many more questions than time) please email your question to caroline.allen@greenparty.org.uk. Please make the title of the email 'Assembly Hustings Question'. The deadline for questions is noon on Wednesday the 16th July.

Please note this event is for LONDON GREEN PARTY MEMBERS ONLY.

Do you have questions about Assembly List Hustings- London Green Party? 

 Contact Caroline Allen

REGISTER FOR A TICKET TO THE EVENT

London-wide Assembly List (of whom 11 will be selected to an ordered list)

 

Andrea Carey Fuller, Barry Cooper, Benali Hamdache, Caroline Russell, Dee Searle, Jonathan Bartley, Michael Gold, Noel Lynch, Peter Underwood, Rashid Nix, RoseMary Warrington, Shahrar Ali, Sian Berry, and Tom Chance.

 

Greens start process to choose London Mayoral candidate with hustings on Saturday

Six candidates will compete to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate 

In what the Green Party is describing as its “most competitive and high profile contest to date”, London Councillors Sian Berry and Caroline Russell, Party Spokespeople Tom Chance, Benali Hamdache, and Jonathan Bartley, and mentor and activist Rashid Nix, will now compete in a series of internal hustings before voting closes on 30^th August.

The party is expected to announce the winner of the contest in the first week of September.
Caroline Allen, Co-Chair of the London Green Party, said:

“The breadth of experience, skills, and knowledge amongst our six candidates is a testament to just how far the Green Party has come in London and shows that we are going to be a force to be reckoned with come next May, no matter who is our candidate. It’s my pleasure to wish each of our candidates good luck in what I know will be high quality and close-fought contest.

“Our priority is that we use the coming weeks to throw open our doors to the public and debate and discuss the issues affecting London and what it is we are going to do about them. With the right Mayor and Assembly in place, London doesn’t have to continue being the play-thing of rich investors and housing speculators. We invite everyone to get involved with our campaigns. Together, we can take back London for Londoners.”

Baroness Jenny Jones AM and Darren Johnson AM, the Green Party’s two current members of the London Assembly, have both already declared their intention not to stand either for Mayor or for re-nomination as Assembly Members. 

Next week, On Thursday 16th July at 7.30pm, Brent Central Constituency Labour Party will be meeting 'on the nomination/s' for  Labour Party Leader and Deputy Leader. Registration starts at 7.15pm at Neasden Methodist Church and people who arrive after the debate 'on the merits of each candidate will NOT be entitled to vote.' Attendees are asked to bring their Labour Party membership card, Photo ID card and proof of address.

Brent North Hustings Tonight (Friday)

A last-minute hustings has been organised this evening at St George's Church, Sudbury. It will start at 7.30pm.

It is in the Parish Centre just behind the church in St Andrew's Avenue off the Harrow Road. LINK

Shahrar Ali challenges UKIP's Magnus Nielsen on overseas aid

UKIP candidate Magnus Nielsen  (Hampstead and Kilburn) told people attending last night's Catholic hustings at the Church of Transfiguration, Kensal Rise, that they should dig into their own pockets to provide Overseas Aid, reducing addressing inequality to a personal matter rather than a government obligation.

Green candidate Shahrar Ali (Brent Central)  responded by saying that world poverty was a systemic issue based on inequality and globalisation that would be worsened by climate change.

Nielsen has a history of controversy, particularly regarding Islam LINK and  appears quite a different kettle of fish to the apparently rather more benign Stephen Priestley, standing for UKIP in Brent Central.

The Daily Mirror has published a video of an anti-Islam speech by Nielsen HERE

Brent election meetings and hustings happening next week

Brent Council directed a local resident to Wembley Matters when she asked if the Council could tell her about election hustings in the area.

These are the election meetings and hustings I know are happening in the next week or so. Please email me on mafran@globalnet.co.uk if you are organising a meeting which is not listed.

Monday April 13th (Hampstead and Kilburn and Brent Central) Brent PSC/Stop The War Election Meeting - Pakistan Community Centre, Marley Walk, Station Parade (next to mosque) - Willesden Green station 7pm refreshments, 7.30pm meeting

Wednesday April 15th (Brent Central) Churches Together, 7pm  Tavistock Hall back of Methodist Church, Harlesden High Street, NW10
Wednesday April 15th (H&K) WHAT Hustings, 7pm. Hampstead Synagogue, NW6 1AX

Thursday April 16th (Brent North) Sudbury Residents Association, 7pm St Cuthberts Church, Carlton Avenue West, North Wembley HA0 3QY

Thursday April 16th (H&K)  Time:  7:30pm to 9:30pm Queens Park Community School Aylestone Avenue. NW6


Friday April 17th (Brent North) 7.30pm Association of Churches, St George's, 970 Harrow Road, HA0 2QE
Friday April 17th (Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn)  8pm Church of Transfiguration, 1 Wrentham Avenue, NW10 3HT

Sunday April 19th (H&K)  8pm Brondesbury Park Synagogue8pm Brondesbury Park Synagogue 143/145 Brondesbury ParkNW2 5JL (Tickets: https://myus.theus.org.uk/events/19399/general-election-hustings/)

Tuesday 21st April, St Marks Church Hall, All Souls Avenue.7pm (Brent Central)

Organised by Elmwood (and many other) Residents' Association