Vauxhall Labour Party Annual Report 2018

Vauxhall Labour

Annual Report

November 2018

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3 Number of Fundraising Dinners held; 5145 amount raised at our Fundraising Dinners this year; 2004 Year of birth of our Youngest Member; 21Contents
Resolutions Passed this year; 959 Women Members in Vauxhall; 163 New Members joined or re-joined since 2017 AGM; 423 Members Lapsed or
Resigned since 2017 AGM; 24 Labour Councillors Returned at Local Elections 2018; 40 Pounds a month donated by regular giving from local members;Introduction and Report from CLP Chair, Emily Wallace 3
379 Young Members (under 27); 391 Members over Aged 60; 42 Mean Age of Vauxhall Members; 43,526 Votes cast for Labour in Lambeth in May 2018Report from Kate Hoey MP 4
Local Elections; 1 Emily Wallace, CLP Chair 2014-182017/18 Vauxhall CLP Executive Officers and Committee 6
Report from CLP Secretary, Martin Bailey 7
Reports from other Executive Officers 8
Financial Statements to 31 Dec 2017 16
Celebrating 2018 Success – Get to know your Councillors 17

APPENDICES

Speakers and Guests to Vauxhall 18
Resolutions Passed 18
Affiliates and Trade Unions to Vauxhall CLP 19
Number of GC Delegates from BLPs, TU’s & Affiliates 20

Vauxhall By Numbers – can you guess the right answers?

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Introduction and Report from CLP Chair, Emily Wallace

A farewell message from our Chair:
It has been a great pleasure to have been your Chair for the last
four years. To have supported our local party through a period
of substantial change. To have (I hope) created an atmosphere
and culture which is welcoming, supportive and a place where
everyone feels they can participate.
I have strived to stand up for fairness, respectfulness and
inclusiveness and I hope that you feel that I have managed to
achieve this at least most of the time.
However, change is a natural part of the evolution of our
movement and so this year, having started a new job last month,
I have decided not to put myself forward for Chair again this
year.
I stand down feeling proud of what we have achieved over the past four years, and
confident that our party will continue to thrive, continue to stand up for our communities,
for the voiceless and the vulnerable and continue to focus on fighting the Tories and not
each other.
It seems a long time since I first took my seat at the front table, feeling very unsure of myself,
and slightly daunted by the responsibility. But you have been tolerant and supportive, and I
have built my confidence and developed new skills. I want to take this opportunity to
encourage you to take the leap of faith, put your hand up, volunteer and get involved, you
won’t look back.
In November, all our wards will hold their AGMs, and in order to ensure we can speak for
the many not just the few, we need members, new and old to step up to the plate and get
involved. I would urge you all to make the time to go along to your local AGM, get to know
other local members, and be part of our Labour family.
Finally, a huge thanks to all the volunteers and officers that I have worked with over the past
four years but special mentions must go to Martin Hannah and Vailla as the three brilliant
CLP Secs I have worked with, and of course to my kids who have been forced to sit through
more labour party meetings than most members, albeit with headphones and a screen to
keep them quiet!
I want to continue to be involved, to provide as much support to the next Chair and new
officers as possible and will no doubt find new ways to help to build a strong and successful
labour party in Vauxhall, so we can continue to be the best CLP in the country.
Thank you

Emily Wallace
CLP Chair 2017/18

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Report from Kate Hoey MP

It is good to write to you at this important time, at the
centenary of the end of the First World War, when we are all in
remembrance of the sacrifices given by so many people for the
rights and freedoms that we enjoy and we recommit ourselves
to ensuring that we avoid such obscene waste of life in the
future. World War One was now “The War to End All Wars” but
it must remain in our memory as we consider the challenges of
our modern life and give them perspective. I called upon our
major supermarkets not to open on 11th November this year to
permit a day of respectful commemoration, including for shop
workers as requested by their trade union USDAW; the
supermarkets decline, but I think it is important to show them
public appetite for values beyond money.

As we all know, the paramount issue in our country is the process of our leaving the
European Union. You are all aware of my views and my commitment to implement the
decision of the British people, including millions of Labour voters. I am glad that EU citizens
in the UK have been given clear guarantees of their status, but I have been as frustrated as
anyone else at the Government’s stalling and failures in negotiation, although I am also
dismayed by the ongoing efforts to undermine and prevent progress rather than
preparations for the opportunities that we will have. I will not vote for a deal that does not
deliver what the public voted for.

This year has seen the Government struggling on a number of fronts, and none have been
as appalling to witness as the Windrush scandal. I do not need to set out how this should
not have been a matter of immigration: we requested help from the Caribbean after the
Second World War, and were fortunate that thousands came to serve and build our public
services, not least the NHS. They are as British as any of us, and so it was shocking to hear of
cases of detention, denial of rights, and even deportation of people who had been an
intrinsic party of society for so long as a result of the Conservatives’ “hostile environment”
policy. As you might imagine, we have had Windrush cases in Vauxhall, and I have done by
best to support all constituents who have come to me with such troubles.

Universal Credit has now been rolled out to Lambeth, and the impacts are becoming clear.
Labour has supported the principle of UC, being a streamlined system to replace a raft of
different benefits, but it has been rushed and underfunded, with painful consequences for
people who depend on this support. Despite the additional money promised by the
Chancellor in his Budget, this will not make up for UC baking in the cuts to Work Allowances
since 2015, which particularly hits single parent families. Members will be aware of the
problems that people have encountered in first applying and the debt that they can accrue
while waiting for their first payment. There are other problems that individual constituents
have raised with me, and which I am pursuing with Ministers.

I continue to convene local MP’s and campaigners for monthly meetings to discuss NHS
services in SE London. These meetings are invaluable to keep us informed about what is
actually happening, and the threats to provision from arbitrary decisions made by
bureaucratic bodies. Most recently we discussed NHS England’s plans to stop paying
hospitals to perform 17 surgical procedures from knee arthroscopy with osteoarthritis to

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tonsillectomies and collectively we are lobbying the Health Secretary and local Clinical
Commissioning Groups to abandon these plans, which goes against NICE guidelines.
I am very concerned at the increasing levels of violent crimes of the party year, with 119
tragic murders reported in London at the time of writing. I work closely with our local police
who try their best with inadequate resources but it is clear that as well as far more resources
for the police, there must be more partnership work with the community to end the gang
culture that captures too many young people.
Many people continue to contact me about the noise of overhead air traffic, as well as air
pollution. I work with local campaigning groups and am organising a meeting with the Chief
Executive of London City Airport so that the local impact can be made clear. I am glad that
progress is being made to make Lambeth more friendly to electric cars.
I have continued to represent constituents in dealing with local Housing Associations that
can be unresponsive, and have stood up for leaseholders who find themselves facing
unreasonable charges from freeholders. I have also been active in challenging planning
applications.
Members may have seen that I have called for the Speaker of the House of Commons, John
Bercow, to resign. The recent independent report into bullying of parliamentary staff makes
it clear that the culture that permits this goes right to the top. The Speaker has made some
useful changes which have helped hold the Executive to account but has been in office for
almost a decade and is now a barrier to further reform.
The war in Yemen has continue and is a man-made disaster, killing tens of thousands and
displacing millions of people. The oncoming famine shows the urgency of seeking peace.
Saudi weapons have been deadly and I am glad that there is a renewed attention on that
regime with their culpability in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi; we need to protect human
rights defenders across the world, including journalist who bravely expose repression. I have
raised other cases of human rights abuses, including that of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma,
LGBT people persecuted in Tanzania, the internment of Muslims in the Xinjiang province,
China, and the ongoing plight of the people in Zimbabwe, which I visited in their election
period.
Jeremy Corbyn continues to reinvigorate the Labour Party, giving more power to members
and establishing the right policies for the future. I look forward to him leading the country
after the next general election.
My best wishes to all members
for the coming year.

Kate Hoey MP

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2017/18 Vauxhall CLP Executive Officers and Committee

Chair Emily Wallace

Secretary Martin Bailey

Treasurer Tony Halmos

Vice Chair (Membership) Hannah O'Rourke

Vice Chair (Campaigns) Dominic Stewart

Youth Officer Bethany Taylor (resigned mid-year)

Women's Officer Hannah Blythe (resigned mid-year)

BAME Officer Tina Valcarcel

LGBT Officer Mercedes Broadbent

Disability Officer Alex Bigham (Fran Springfield from May 2018)

Community Engagement Officer Nathan Yeowell

Fundraising Officer Ibrahim Dogus

TU Liaison Officer John Stuttle

Branch delegates (x5) Stephen Beer, Ryan Devlin, Valerie Farnell, Jasvir
Singh, Saran Dhaliwal

Affiliate delegate Vaila McClure

TU delegate Joan Twelves

Branch Secretaries James Boyson, Paul Costello (& Martin Bailey),
Marilyn Evers, Ethen Carlin (& Tony Leech), Simon
Lydiard, Louisa Baxter, Rod Reeken, Jan O’Malley

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Report from CLP Secretary, Martin Bailey

No General Elections this year, ideal, but we did have
some local elections, not sure if you heard about them?
Anyway we smashed it, and in Vauxhall returning 24 out
of 24 Labour councillors to the town hall. I spent the first
half of the year supporting our smaller branches that had
late vacancies, and throughout the year I have continued
to support some of our smallest branches to ensure they
can function, or at least work with neighbouring wards
so members are able to get more involved at branch
level.

One of the great things about being Secretary is the nosiness it brings, I’d strongly advocate
it for this reason alone, and so outside of the day-job of being your CLP Sec, I sat on panel
interviews for a number of London boroughs in the run up to the local elections, which was
eye-opening in part, we genuinely not only have the best prepared councillors in London,
but we absolutely do our best to ensure they’re able to rise to the challenge and know
what’s ahead of them.

Our top tweet this year garnered over 500,000 impressions with over 25,000 engagements,
not bad for a little account, in fact one of the downsides of Brexit being over is that we fade
into the background again, I jest. We continue to have a tumultuous relationship with our
MP, not least because of the twitter account, and I absolutely take responsibility for that, but I
hope that in 2019 we can, because we should, rebuild that relationship for as long as Kate
remains the MP for Vauxhall, regardless of personal politics as we approach the 30th
anniversary of Kate’s tenure next June, I will work with EC in deciding how we note the
occasion.

Behind the scenes, I have continued to strengthen internal admin procedures and necessary
processes, much of which is hidden from the main membership but means that we as a CLP
continue to operate effectively and most importantly efficiently – thank you again to those
who contributed to the Standing Orders review process, it is incredibly dry, of course, it’s
rules, but as a wise woman (Monica Geller) once said, “rules control the fun”. The role is a
busy one, and we as a CLP have been at the bleeding edge in some of our actions and
motions this year, which has required flexibility and availability in presenting Vauxhall CLP in
the best possible light to the world (shout out to the international press who picked up our
No Confidence motion in July).

But it is also incredibly fun, and I’ve enjoyed supporting a really dynamic EC who all want to
make an impact whether in fundraising, events, membership and community engagement,
or their own branch development. Being Secretary means you don’t get to claim much
success for yourself, but I hope that my openness both in and out of meetings has allowed
people to want to get involved and to stay involved.

I work hard at things that might appear quite rudimentary such as creating interesting
looking emails knowing that for the vast majority of our members these are their only
interactions and view of what Vauxhall Labour is about. I look forward to supporting our EC,
CLP and our new Chair to take Vauxhall Labour even further.

Martin Bailey
CLP Secretary 2017/18

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Reports from other Executive Committee Officers

Vice-Chair, Membership – Hannah O’Rourke

Membership Changes and Demographics
In Vauxhall, we currently have 2,322 members. % are female, % are male, and % are non-
binary or do not identify as either. Just over a fifth of our members are under 27 and could
be counted as young labour. In total we have decreased our membership by 9.7% going
from 2571 members in November 2017 to 2322 members currently. Since November 449
members have left, 168 members have joined and a net gain of -1 have transferred into
Vauxhall from other branches.

Branch Nov-18 Nov-17 Dec-16 New Resigned/ Transfers
Members Lapsed
Bishop's
BLP 229 248 248 19 -48 1

Clapham 251 274 277 15 -44 -5
Town BLP
284 323 330 22 -59 0
Ferndale
BLP 227 263 264 21 -52 -5
355 399 397 36 -81 -4
Larkhall BLP 359 380 387 19 -55 9
Oval BLP 270 307 328 16 -56 -4

Prince's BLP 345 377 383 19 -54 -4
Stockwell 2322 2571 2614 168 -449 -1
BLP

Vassall BLP
Vauxhall

*Changes figures do not exactly equal the difference between Nov 17 and Nov 18 as membership
figures are constantly changing and members centre can take a while to process lapses and transfers.

Union Current % Nov-17 %
Disability 329 14.2% 347 13.5%
105 4.5% 123 4.8%
Male 58.4% 57.8%
Female 1355 41.3% 1487 41.9%
Non-Binary 959 0.3% 1076 0.3%
Under 27 8 20.5% 19.1%
477 8
Total 491
2322 2571

Summary of the year 2017 - 2018

Working with the branches
During the year, I have worked well with the membership officers across all the branches.
I’ve ran 3 training sessions for all branch membership officers and secretaries to show them
how to use the memberscentre system and access their own membership lists. This has
helped to empower the officers to do more to engage their membership at a branch level.
This year members centre has been updated and is now much more secure so this training
will need to be rerun.

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Membership Survey
This year, working with Nathan Yeowell our community engagement officer and the EC, I
ran a membership survey. Although, the survey was slightly hampered by the changes to
GDPR that came in half way through the year and our website being transferred to another
platform, we still got 48 responses which is X% of the membership. The survey generated
some interesting insights including the following:

- Of those surveyed 14% had just gone along to a branch meeting, 4% just to a CLP
meeting, 38% had not been to any kind of event and 42% had been to more than
one type of meeting.

- The top reasons why people don’t attend meetings were disagreements with the
local MPs positions, an impression that the local party is intimidating and childcare
and work commitments.

- On a scale of 1 – 5 when asked how friendly the meetings are, of those that had
attended a meeting most rated the atmosphere as a 4 and 61% agreed the meetings
were accessible. 82% said they were able to understand what was happening at a
meeting and 69% said they thought there was a range of views tolerated at Vauxhall
CLP.

- Only 35% of respondents said they had been campaigning and the top reasons for
not coming campaigning were disagreements with the local MPs positions and
feeling intimidated.

- 68% said they would be interested in doing more community volunteering through
the local labour party.

- 42% were members of a trade union.
- 29% expressed an interest in standing as an elected officer of a branch or the

constituency, 10% were interested in standing as a councillor, 10% as an MP and 52%
were not interested in standing for anything.

It also generated some good ideas for how we could make it easier for more members to get
involved including:
Suggestions for meetings

- Having more focus policy themed discussions in smaller groups that are less
antagonistic and more deliberative rather than just structuring debate around
motions, and also having less motions.

- More discussions that turn into political actions that members can take i.e. motions
that have resolutions that include actions

- Inviting a wider range of speakers
- Consciously using less jargon in meetings or creating a jargon buster for members –

perhaps this could be available as a hand out at meetings.
- Having name badges at meetings so people can get to know each other better.
- Having a code of conduct for meetings and behaviour.

Suggestions for onboarding new members
- Having new member mentors who are CLP members who volunteer to get in touch
with new members and get them involved.
- A calendar of meetings and events on the website which people can look at and
promoting this via social media so people know about things.
- Offering more ways for people to get involved beyond just canvassing and meetings.
More informal socials that don’t rely on drinking or are more family friendly including
suggestions for quizzes, film nights, sports days etc. This can help build new members
confidence to get more involved. They could also be held at weekends rather than
weekday evenings.
- More political education so members have more of an idea of how it all works and
politics before they get involved in meetings.

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- Provide more opportunities to volunteer in the local community
- More training in how to canvass

Democracy Review
This year I’ve spent a lot of time listening to members. For the democracy review, I worked
with the Secretary Martin to hold a number of sessions to engage members around the
various topics for submission including women, BAME and youth representation. This helped
us to write up Vauxhall CLP’s submission to the review. This was a really interesting exercise
and has helped me think about how we might better engage our existing membership and
particularly members from underrepresented groups.
Members Picnic
This year we held our inaugural members picnic! This was a chance to hold a fun and free
event that was family friendly during the summer months. We had a great day with a sports
day themed races including the sack race, water balloon toss, water balancing relay and an
egg and spoon race. Martin also brought some amazing homemade salads! It was a really
fun day and I hope this tradition will continue.
Conference Delegate
This year I also had the chance to be a delegate for Vauxhall at conference. As VC
Membership this was a great year to go, particularly as the Democracy Review was being
discussed. Though the changes we ended up voting on at conference were not as
substantial or wide ranging as we hoped for, it was a very useful experience. I also enjoyed
piloting a more transparent approach to being a delegate where we tweeted how we voted
and what events we went to with our own #VauxLab18 hashtag. I hope this made it easier
for you to follow and see how we were representing you in a more fun and engaging way.

Future challenges & Community Engagement
Though we have made some progress this year in terms of engaging better with members,
there is still much to do, as there is still a large part of our membership who are not actively
involved. The way people interact with politics is changing and it’s important that Vauxhall
keeps up.
As a longer term project, it is also vital that we make our membership more representative of
Vauxhall’s community. I still feel strongly that we need to do more to make it easier for
people to get involved in the Labour Party, by offering
them more ways to engage beyond just meetings.

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Treasurer – Tony Halmos

This is my first report as Treasurer of the CLP. Can I
thank my predecessor, Jasvir Singh for the efficient
handover when I started, and all this year’s officers
and EC for their active support and assistance.
The Party’s accounting year runs from 1 January to
31 December, so the full year, audited accounts set
out below cover 2017, and were approved by the
GC in February. They were then submitted with the
accompanying required report to both Party HQ and
the Electoral Commission. I am also grateful to this
year’s auditors for their advice and support.
The full accounts for 2018 will similarly be submitted
to the GC next February. The position on 31 October is, in summary, a net balance in our
bank account of £22,961, an increase since 31 December 2017 of £8,534. Of this, £5,145
came from the net income from our three successful fund-raising dinners during the year.
Our thanks must go to Ibrahim Dogus for all his hard work in organising these and ensuring
that they went so well.
Our main expenditure during the year has been on room hire, affiliations and conference
delegates (The main payments towards the cost of the Borough elections were made in
advance in 2017).

This increase in the balance in the account is
very welcome, as we continue to operate in
very uncertain political times. There could
easily be a general election in 2019 and we
need all the resources for that which we can
obtain. I therefore make no apology for
carefully holding on to our increased income
and not incurring substantial expenditures in
recent months. The CLP will go into 2019
with secure finances and ready for any
developments that we may have to face.

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Vice-Chair, Campaigns – Dominic Stewart

It has been a pleasure working with you all in my capacity as Vice Chair, Campaigns over the
last year and I want to begin by thanking all members for their efforts since last November.
My main focus was to ensure that the CLP worked as closely and effectively as possible with
Lambeth to ensure that May's local elections were a success.
I ran a number of sessions for the constituency and we enjoyed an excellent turnout of
members in the weeks leading up to polling day. I would like to thank Cllr Gadsby, Paul
Mortimer (Borough Organiser) and Megan Morrison-Sloan (Regional Organiser) for their
help. Special thanks to Cllr Holland who led sessions to encourage female activists onto the
doorstep.
I am delighted to formally report that we re-elected 24/24 fantastic candidates last May.
I organised a trip to Lewisham East to support Janet Daby (now Janet Daby MP) in June's by-
election for the CLP. There was also a number of sessions held in Coldharbour Ward led by
Cllr Hopkins for the by-election in September.
I wish my successor all the best for the upcoming year.

Community Engagement Officer – Nathan Yeowell

This year we have held two community engagement events: volunteering at the Oasis
adventure playground in Stockwell for the Vauxhall Day of Diversity session in December
2017 (organised jointly with then-Disability Officer Alex Bigham); and a planning meeting,
organised with VC Membership Hannah O'Rourke, to test members' appetite for raising
money to keep the Sanctuary Club afloat. Hannah and I also went over the results of the
membership survey at the turn of 2017/18. A statistically insignificant number of members
responded, unfortunately, and our hopes to start constructing a database of members'
campaigning and community engagement interests fell flat.

I spent a significant amount
campaigning ahead of the May 2018
council elections, and since June have
been Chair of the Lambeth Local
Campaigns Forum (LCF).

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BAME Officer – Tina Valcarcel

My name is Tina Valcarcel and I have been in office for a year. Whilst in office I have
attended quite a number of events organised by BAME groups in Vauxhall Constituency. I
have had opportunity to work with organisations such as MI ComputSolutions, situated at 47
Bellefields Road, Stockwell, SW9 9UH. This training centre offers courses in English and
Maths, Learn or improve IT Skills, CV writing any many more that helps to develop our
community. The centre also runs a programme for women affected by mental ill health, to
help them re-engage their lives through volunteering.

I have also worked with Young People
Matters, (YPM), a charitable organisation,
situated at Stockwell Green, committed to
nurturing the potential of children,
promoting healthy living and fostering a
sense of social responsibility.
Most importantly, I organised a Black History
Month celebration at 110 Union Road in
October. This event was well attended by
people from Vauxhall Constituency,
Councillors, and other residents in Lambeth.

At the event there were various stalls which included Arts & Crafts, African costumes/clothes,
books about African / Caribbean culture were sold, different African paintings from different
artist were displayed and sold, African dolls were displayed in different shapes and sizes,
there were poets, and also young black male teachers that support and work with black
children to help shaping them for their future. There were young black women who made
inspiring speeches about their life journey. Although this was the first celebration of Black
History Month, it was well attended and the feedback from attendees and participants were
very encouraging. I was encouraged through the feedback to do more events in the future,
which I would explore given the opportunity.

If I am re-elected I hope to work
collaboratively with other BAME Officers i.e.
Streatham to organise and engaged with our
diverse communities to foster better
relationship with them and the Labour Party.
I have had meetings with the BAME officer
for Streatham and we are both having
conversations on how we can do more work
across Lambeth to support our diverse
communities (including working with LGBT
and Disability officers as well). In particular,
we need to do much more to make our party
membership more diverse and more
reflective of our communities in Vauxhall.
Our diversity is what makes Vauxhall such a
great place to live and as BAME officer I will
do everything possible to make sure the
Labour party reflects that.

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Disability Officer – Fran Springfield

I was elected as Disability Officer in May this year, the previous DO having moved to a
nearby CLP.

In the months before my election I had been working with a team of disabled members from
CLPs across England and Wales.

One of our aims was to effect a change of leadership of Disability Labour, the Socialist
Society affiliated to the Labour Party.

The other was to work with the team leading the Democracy Review, to ensure increased
participation of disabled members within the Labour Party. We also argued for a greater
voice in the running of CLPs and at both Regional and National level. Katy Clark and her
team listened and many of our recommendations were included in the final report.

Just before Labour Party Conference, Disability Labour had its AGM and I’m thrilled to say
that my team achieved over 70% of the vote and we now hold all the positions on the Exec
Committee.

I was honoured and humbled to be elected as Co-Chair. All our Exec roles are job shares and
we are finding it a good and positive way of working.

Simon Lydiard is our Secretary and his breadth of Civil Service skills have been incredibly
useful in trying to sort out the chaos we inherited. We have done more campaigning and
sent out more information to members in the last two months than the previous Exec did in
two years!

So how has this benefitted Vauxhall? Firstly, by giving us direct access to the Shadow
Chancellor and his team who are working on benefit reforms. Disabled members are being
heard and our lived experience and knowledge is respected. We now have the opportunity
to influence the way the DWP and other Departments work in the future.

Before Conference in Liverpool, I and another DL Exec member worked with the Conference
Teams to ensure that disabled members had a much improved conference experience. Our
skills as Accessibility Auditors enabled us to provide professional advice and expertise which
had never happened before.

A team of DL members including both the Chairs, Vice Chairs and several members helped
to run a Disability Hub providing support and advice to disabled delegates who needed
help.

Sadly there was an unpleasant incident when a journalist chose to make derogatory remarks
about disabled people and mocked their needs. Not only did she get someone to film her
whilst she did so, she then uploaded the video onto Twitter.

Several party members were utterly appalled at the video posted and sought advice from
The DL team. We spoke to both the LP Safeguarding Team and the Press Team. Despite
being requested to remove the video, the journalist refused to do so. She then posted a non-
apology describing people who needed to use Safe Spaces as snowflakes.

As a result of this, all four DL Chairs and one of the members concerned met with the
Conference Arrangements Committee on the morning of the Leader’s speech. As a direct
result of our lobbying Julia Hartley Brewer, the journalist concerned was banned from
attending future Labour Conferences.

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Next year in Brighton the Safe Space will be monitored, and those who need to use it will be
offered Mental Health support.
DL also provided support to a young man with a disability who was assaulted by another
delegate from his CLP. We are now contributing to a Code of Conduct for members
attending party conferences and events.
Following the work the DL Team did at Conference I and two other Exec Members have just
qualified as Mental Health First Aiders and by the beginning of December will be qualified to
teach Mental Health First Aid. We hope to train MPs, Councillors, CLP Officers and party
members so they will all know how to support constituents and members who may be
experiencing mental health issues.
Locally I am currently working with a small team of people from Stockwell, including our
three Councillors to produce a film for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on
3rd December. As part of this I am working with John Stuttle our current TULO to visit
Stockwell Bus Garage and remind drivers of their legal responsibilities to disabled people
who need access to the wheelchair space in busses.
We are also asking members to sign a petition asking Lambeth Council to require that any
new businesses which seek planning permission and any current businesses which need to
renew licences, are fully wheelchair accessible. This will include licensed premises.
Local plans for next year include;

 Setting up a Vauxhall / Lambeth Labour Disabled Members Forum
 Campaigning around Disabled Access Day on 16th March and/or Global Access Day

on 16th May
 Continuing to support the Stop and Scrap Universal Credit campaign.

I’m proud that we now have an active and
effective Disability Labour group, working for
disabled members through the Party. I very much
want to continue the work I have started and
hope you will vote for me to remain the Disability
Officer for Vauxhall.

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Financial Statement of Accounts to Dec 31 2017

Summary of Income and
Expenditure

from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017

Income £31,097.53

Expenditure -£27,512.57

Net Income £3,584.96

Detailed Income and Expenditure, 2017

Income

Regular Donations 1,269.00

CLP Collections 155.99

Events 0.00

PayPal 701.86

Membership Share from HQ 4,557.38

One-Off Donations 1,187.32

General Election Donations 10,000,00

Credit from CWU account for GE 10,961.82

Affiliation Fees 264.12
Grants from TUs 2,004.04

Total Income 31,097.53

Expenditure 20.961.82
General Election Costs 710.00
Hall Hire
LCF Fees 3,500.00
Events -650.00
Delegates Expenses -995.48
Affiliation Fees -350.00
Printing 0.00
Postage 0.00

Miscellaneous Expenses -345.27

Total Expenditure 27,512.57

Net Income 3,584.96

BALANCE SHEET £11,230.66
at 31st December 2017 £140.21

BANK ACCOUNTS £3,056.69
Vauxhall Divisional Labour Party
Vauxhall Divisional Labour Party (2nd acct) £14,427.56

Vauxhall LP Constituency Dev Fund

TOTAL

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Get to know your Local Councillors – 2018 Election Success!

Bishop’s – Kevin Craig, Jen Mosley,
Ibrahim Dogus
Prince’s – David Amos, Jon Davies,
Joanne Simpson
Oval –Claire Holland, Jack Hopkins,
Philip Normal
Vassall – Jacqui Dyer, Paul Gadsby,
Annie Gallop
Stockwell – Lucy Caldicott, Mahamed
Hashi, Mo Jaser
Larkhall – Tina Valcarcel, Andy
Wilson, Tim Windle
Ferndale – Jess Leigh, Joshua
Lindsey, Irfan Mohammed
Clapham Town – Linda Bray, Nigel
Haselden, Christopher Wellbelove

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APPENDICES

Speakers and Guests to Vauxhall in 2018

Jon Ashworth MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Dawn Butler MP – Shadow SoS for Women & Equalities
Baroness Shami Chakrabati – Shadow Attorney General
Yvette Cooper MP - Chair, Home Affairs Select Committee
Florence Eshalomi AM - London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark,
Andrew Gwynne MP - Shadow SoS for Communities & Local Government
Carolyn Harris MP
John Healey MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
Cllr Claire Holland - Lambeth Cabinet Member for Environment and Clean Air
Cllr Jack Hopkins – Deputy Leader of Lambeth Council (from May 2018)
Stephen Kinnock MP
Rebecca Long-Bailey MP - Shadow SoS for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Cllr Paul McGlone - Deputy Leader of Lambeth Council (until May 2018)
Natacha Kennedy - Transactivist
Cllr Lib Peck - Leader of Lambeth Council
Marlon Solomon – Performer - Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard's Tale
Cllr Andy Wilson - Lambeth Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources
Cllr Sonia Winifred - Lambeth Cabinet Member for Equalities and Culture

Resolutions Passed

Motion on balloting residents regarding regeneration projects – January 2018
Statement on support of Trans Rights – January 2018
Labour Party Internal Complaints Policy and Procedure – February 2018
NHS – February 2018
Ending Harassment of Women, Residents & Staff at Health Centres – February 2018
Emergency Motion – Kate Hoey – February 2018
Closure of London Overground Ticket Offices – May 2018
Disability Handbook for the Labour Party – May 2018
Meaningful say of Brexit policy – May 2018
Selection of our Parliamentary Candidate for Vauxhall – May 2018
Oval Gasholders Development – June 2018
Kate Hoey – Women’s Abortion Rights in Northern Ireland – June 2018
Unlawful killing by Israeli Army of peaceful Palestinian protestors inGaza – June 2018
Ritzy Industrial Action – June 2018
Contemporary Motion on Brexit – July 2018
Anti-Fascists – July 2018
Labour Group response to Motions – July 2018
Censure & No Confidence of Kate Hoey MP – July 2018
Fighting Anti-Semitism & Adoption of IHRA – September 2018
Unite to win a radical Labour Government and stop Tory Brexit – October 2018*
Affiliation to Disability Labour – October 2018* (*Motions to be ratified Jan 2019)

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Affiliates and Trade Unions to Vauxhall CLP 2017/18

Christians on the Left TSSA
Jewish Labour Movement TfL Central Branch
Labour CID
Labour Party Irish Soc Unison
LGBTLabour Lambeth LG
Scientists for Labour
Socialist Education Alliance Unite the Union
The Co-operative Party Faith Workers
ASLEF South Thames CN4P
Edinburgh District
Paddington Branch Parli & Constituency staff
Community Union Retired - London Central
GPM National Pub’g & Media
Single Branch Lambeth & S’wark Community
CWU GPM London Print
London & Eastern, TU Emps
Capital Branch RBS Central London Campus
Greater London Combined London – Eng & Manufacture
London South West Branch Housing Workers
S. London, Surrey & North Hant Labour Party Staff
London Region
Phoenix Branch Usdaw
GMB Capital Retail
Hendon Branch Croydon Metropolitan
Lambeth – Southern Region South East London Gen
S.W London South West London

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Number of GC Delegates from BLPs and Affiliates 2017/18

Bishops BLP 11
Clapham Town BLP 12
Ferndale BLP 13
Larkhall BLP 11
Oval BLP 16
Prince’s BLP 15
Stockwell BLP 12
Vassall BLP 13
Christians on the Left 2
Jewish Labour Movement 5
Labour Campaign for International Development 5
Labour Party Irish Society 0
LGBTLabour 5
Scientists for Labour 1
Socialist Education Alliance 1
The Co-operative Party 5
ASLEF 1
Community Union 5
CWU 2
GMB 4
TSSA 1
Unison 1
Unite the Union 18
Usdaw 0
TOTAL 159

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That was the Vauxhall Labour Annual Report
2018.

See you on the doorstep
somewhere.

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