Nancy Platts, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven at the General Election has been elected Chair of Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party.
THE local Labour Party has a membership of over 2,000, covers the area from Portslade to Peacehaven and everywhere in between.
The meeting was attended by hundreds of local members.
Nancy Platts said: “I am very honoured to be elected by the local Party to lead our fast growing membership. I am determined to remain a strong voice for the thousands of people who voted for a Labour government that would have tackled the rising culture of low pay and job insecurity that is leaving people using food banks and sleeping on our streets. We have achieved a position of strength by taking control of the Council and even from opposition nationally we can still make a difference to people’s lives and be a positive advocate for change within our communities.”
Nancy Platts takes over from Melanie Davies, who stood down as Chair after serving a two-year term
She continued: “I want to thank the outgoing Chair and Exec for their hard work throughout a very busy election period and I am personally very appreciative of their support.”
Nancy was pipped at the post by just 690 votes at the recent General Election by Simon Kirby the sitting Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven. It was the second disappointing loss for Nancy after she lost out to Caroline Lucas in 2010 by 1252 votes in Brighton Pavilion constituency.
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