MotheRED

MotheRED is a time limited project focussed on financially supporting Mums to be selected and elected as candidates for the Labour movement. 🌹

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MotheRED announces second round of funding for mums standing to be MPs – via @LabourList https://t.co/RxNZTjq35Q

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Since March, we've funded 55 amazing mums to run for selection as Labour MPs - these women are going to change our politics for the better, and we can't wait to see what they can do! #ProudMums

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.@KaceyAkpoteni is a hard working local councillor who wants to stand for parliament to ensure that her experiences as an immigrant- feeling like an outsider and facing barriers others do not- do not impact generations to come.

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.@NaomiTwedd fights for employment rights as a legal adviser in her Trade Union and wants to level the playfield so that her son’s generation can benefit from a Labour Government, just as she did.

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.@SamaraBarnes1 is a period poverty campaigner and local activist who wants to take her motto of ‘deeds not words’ to Westminster.

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.@JenCLabour is a Mum who benefited from the Sure Start centres of the previous Government who drove through policies to provide free school meals on her local council and wants to ensure there are more voices fighting for these policies in Parliament.

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A positive, family-driven local campaigner, @Cllr_Morey has used her energy to represent mums on her PTA and driven down the price of school uniforms saving parents thousands of pounds during a cost of living crisis.

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As an NHS dentist, @Rizwanalala 's work brings her close to her patients' lives. She will use her seat in Parliament to address some of the issues she sees every day from domestic violence, and food insecurity to NHS waiting times.

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.@THLP_ASMA has spent over 10 years working in her community empowering local women with ESOL classes, I.T and job skills, and knows why its important that policy makers understand these barriers their constituents face.

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.@punjasital is a local activist who wants to ensure that young girls who do not see women like themselves in parliament have strong role models to follow.

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.@CllrSamantha, mother of three and fierce campaigner is ready to bring her passion for improving lives of people in the North East and her first hand experience of austerity to parliament

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.@VickyLabour wants to stand for parliament to stop a return to the damaging economic and social policies she saw growing up in Thatcher’s Britain.

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.@OlgaFitzRoy is a campaigner for @ShPPEquality and would use her seat in parliament to champion parents rights to ensure no mother faces the barriers she did in going back to work.

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.@EmmaFoxUK is a long-serving Labour member and teacher who will use her experience in Parliament to drive forward investment in young people.

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.@HajiraPiranie is a trade unionist who who has worked since the age of 16 to win a Labour Government and recently conducted successful pay negotiations in her work place.

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A local councillor who runs an organisation to help alleviate digital poverty, @yecraig is determined to continue this work of including residents in Parliament.

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.@cat4stmarys wants to drive out inequality and restore hope to many who are tired, dejected or have lost faith in politics

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.@dianemundill wants to build on her work as a criminal barrister, giving a voice to those who have been denied one, in parliament.

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.@thurrockjen, born and raised in Thurrock, is determined to play her part in changing society for the better and building a more diverse, representative Parliament.

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.@CllrJasDehar is a local activist who champions and empowers young women from BAME communities to reach their full potential, work she will continue in Parliament.

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.@SuzyStride1 is a born and bred east-ender who wants to use a seat in parliament to remove barriers children in her community face such as polluted air, gang violence and economic instability.