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Councillor Ellie Cumbo

Ellie is a member of the LWN management committee and a councillor in Southwark. She is a public policy specialist on crime, justice and violence against women and girls, and also has a legal background.

Abena Oppong-Asare MP, Chair of Labour Women's Network

Abena was elected as the Chair of the Labour Women’s Network in September 2019, and then elected as the MP for Erith and Thamesmead in December 2019. She was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Labour’s new Shadow Chancellor, Anneliese Dodds MP, and then in October 2020 was promoted to Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.
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Kiran Mahil, Secretary of LWN

Kiran Mahil was elected Secretary of LWN in 2019. Orginally from the West Midlands, Kiran works as an Assistant Head Teacher in an East End secondary school. She is passionate about embedding inclusion and resilience in education.
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Councillor Katherine Dunne, Treasurer of Labour Women's Network

Katherine is LWN’s Treasurer, and a long standing member of LWN's training team, including on the Jo Cox Women in Leadership Team. She is a councillor in the London Borough of Hounslow where she is Cabinet Member for Communities and Climate Emergency.
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Nan Sloane, Training Lead for Labour Women's Network

Nan has been an LWN Executive Committee member since 2007, and leads on the development and delivery of LWN's training programme. She is an experienced political trainer and facilitator, and has delivered workshops across the UK as well as in the Balkans, the Middle East and several countries in Africa.
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Councillor Bisi Osundeko, Labour Women's Network Committee

Bisi is an astute entrepreneur, public speaker, philanthropist, life and business coach. She co-authored the best-selling book titled ‘I FLY: stories of overcoming adversity’ and independently published another book titled ‘Befriending Adversity: How I leveraged the power of adversity in my life and business’.
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Councillor Anntoinette Bramble, Labour Women's Network Committee

Anntoinette is a member of LWN Management Committee and in our training team. She is Deputy Leader of the LGA, Deputy Mayor of Hackney and Cabinet member for education, young people and children’s social care.
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Councillor Rosa Bolger, Labour Women's Network Committee

Rosa is a West Oxfordshire District Councillor and was the first woman Leader of the now Labour & Co-operative controlled Witney Town Council.
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Ashley Dalton MP, Labour Women's Network Committee

Ashley Dalton, Labour Women's Network Committee
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Councillor Sharon Thompson, Labour Women's Network Committee

Councillor Sharon Thompson, Labour Women's Network Committee
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Kate Dearden, Labour Women's Network Committee

Kate Dearden, Labour Women's Network Committee
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