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Claire Sheppard | |
|---|---|
| File:Ms Sheppard.webp Portrait of Claire Frances Sheppard | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1992 / |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (Before 2018) |
| Relations | / |
| Residence(s) | Peckham, London |
| Alma mater | / |
| Occupation | Local campaigner, businesswoman. |
| Website | twitter |
Claire Sheppard is a British local campaigner and businesswoman.[1] [2] which attracted the attention of the media after being one of the 1st organisers in the UK to provide a community response to the COVID-19 pandemic much sooner than her Local Council[3][4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [2] [11]
Business Career
editShe runs a market research company, specialising in finding and filming people for research projects by getting people to talk to brands, charities and organisations so they can better understand their world. In the last year she has worked on projects around food poverty, HIV testing, modern slavery and the feelings evoked from driving.[12]
Activism
editNunhead Rocks
editShe organises Nunhead Rocks [13] [1] , a community group with almost 8000 members in Facebook ( Nunhead's population is around 14000 )[14] [15]
Nunhead Knocks
edit
With the blueprint of the facebook group of Nunhead Rocks, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic she founded Nunhead Knocks ,a support group to assist those isolating and struggling (see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ) making her one of the pioneers [16] of community responses to COVID-19, something which attracted huge praise and attention from the media, local and nation-wide organisations.
Nunhead Womens Institute
editShe has set up the local branch of the Nunhead Women's Institute , a federation of women’s groups dedicated to providing women with educational and social activities [17][18], and has been President three times. [1]
Environmental and political activism
editShe is a local campaigner involved with the Green Party of England and Wales to tackle environmental issues such as flytipping as well as for more investment for the area.
Electoral history
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Victoria Mills* | 1,891 | 63.4 | ||
| Labour | Renata Hamvas* | 1,872 | 62.7 | ||
| Green | Gerard Bennett | 612 | 20.5 | ||
| Independent | Claire Sheppard | 488 | 16.3 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Bartholomew | 249 | 8.3 | ||
| Conservative | Nathan Gamester | 218 | 7.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Skelly | 194 | 6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Partridge | 192 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,985 | 39.74 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harriet Harman | 40,258 | 71.3 | –6.5 | |
| Conservative | Peter Quentin | 6,478 | 11.5 | –1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Ogiehor | 5,087 | 9.0 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Claire Sheppard [1] | 3,501 | 6.2 | +3.4 | |
| Brexit Party | Claude Cass-Horne | 1,041 | 1.8 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Joshua Ogunleye | 127 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 33,780 | 59.8 | –5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 56,492 | 63.4 | –3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 89,042 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | –2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Marina Ahmad | 91,949 | 49.0 |  2.6
| |
| Green | Claire Sheppard [23] | 36,933 | 19.7 |  5.9
| |
| Conservative | Hannah Ginnett | 30,855 | 16.5 | 2.0
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Florence Cyrot | 20,920 | 11.2 | 0.2
| |
| Reform UK | John Cronin | 3,917 | 2.1 | New | |
| TUSC | April Ashley | 2,919 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 55,016 | 29.3 | 3.8
| ||
| Total formal votes | 187,493 | ||||
| Informal votes | 2,976 | ||||
| Turnout | 190,469 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "General Election Candidates 2019". Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ^ a b "Nunhead Rocks Innitiative". Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ^ https://www.nunheadknocks.com/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP6o-6Nu2UQ
- ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-to-volunteer-in-my-neighbourhood-coronavirus-a4395166.html
- ^ https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/the-south-london-community-groups-fighting-coronavirus/
- ^ https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/video-elvis-goes-on-tour-to-raise-funds-for-nunhead-knocks/
- ^ https://www.thewi.org.uk/about-us/wi-community-champions/community-action/nunhead-knocks-initiative
- ^ https://www.communitybridges.co.uk/post/claire-sheppard-and-the-evolution-of-nunhead-knocks
- ^ https://www.thegardenssurgery.co.uk/nunhead-knocks
- ^ https://www.southwark.gov.uk/engagement-and-consultations/covid-support/covid-19-what-can-you-do-to-help
- ^ https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/how-to-vote-for-my-assembly-member-and-what-do-they-do/
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/nunheadrocks
- ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-nunhead-best-place-to-live-uk-c6s759hdb
- ^ https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/nunhead-named-as-one-of-londons-best-places-to-live/
- ^ https://www.nunheadknocks.com/blog-post/celebrating-10-weeks-since-the-start-of-nunhead-knocks
- ^ https://www.thewi.org.uk/about-us
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/NunheadWI/
- ^ "Southwark Council Elections 2018" (PDF). Southwark Council. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election 2019". Southwark Council. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ^ "Camberwell & Peckham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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