Tower Hamlets Labour Party

Uniting the East End

The London Assembly

The London Assembly comprises 25 members, all elected at the same time as the Mayor. The London Assembly examines the Mayor's activities, questioning him about his decisions. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners, publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor.

John Biggs AM                                          

City and East London

Now in his third term as Assembly Member for City and East London, John is a former leader of Tower Hamlets.  

He leads on budget for the Labour Group on the London Assembly, has a keen interest in regeneration and has played a major role in the Thames Gateway project. He was previously Vice Chair of the London Development Agency and Deputy Chairman of the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation.

Contact details
Address: GLA, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4356
Email: john.biggs@london.gov.uk

Nicky Gavron AM                                          

London-Wide

Nicky has been an elected politician since 1986 and has a track record in urban policy development for every level of government. In particular, she has been at the forefront of developing integrated and sustainable land-use, transport and environmental planning policies for London. In 2000, she became the first statutory Deputy Mayor of London, a post she held for seven years.  Leading London’s response to climate change, she introduced policies and programmes to reduce C02 emissions across energy, water, waste and transport.

Contact details
Address: GLA, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4509
Email: nicky.gavron@london.gov.uk

Murad Qureshi AM                                          

London-Wide

Murad was elected to the London Assembly as a Labour party list member in 2004 and re-elected on 1 May 2008.  Murad worked in Housing and Regeneration for 15 years establishing Housing Associations and Co-ops in the East End in response to chronic housing needs.  He was also an Executive Committee member of SERA (1994-2000) campaigning on green issues and a former member of the City of Westminster Council (1998-2006) representing the neighbourhoods he grew up in.

Contact details
Address: GLA, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4400
Email: murad.qureshi@london.gov.uk

Fiona Twycross AM

London-Wide

Fiona Twycross has been a senior manager for the health charity Diabetes UK since 2008, most recently as Head of Governance and previously as Head of Campaigns and Volunteer Development.

Fiona sits on the Labour Party National Policy Forum where her special interests include housing, transport and the environment. She is an active Committee member of the Friends of the Horniman Museum and Gardens.

Contact details
Address: GLA, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4000
Email: fiona.twycross@london.gov.uk

Tom Copley AM

London-Wide

Tom was elected to the London Assembly as a London-wide List member in May 2012.

Prior to his election to the Assembly, Tom worked for the Searchlight Educational Trust - an anti-fascist, anti-racist charity that works with communities to fight racism and hatred.

He has also worked for the Labour Party and the Health Protection Agency.

Originally from Derbyshire, Tom grew up in Wiltshire and has lived in London for most of the last seven years.

Contact details
Address: GLA, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 5524
Email: tom.copley@london.gov.uk