Jane Thomas – 2022 NEC Candidate Statement

The candidate statement from Jane Thomas.

Candidate Statement

Labour party activist and experienced campaigner in Sheffield with nearly 30 years experience at all levels – at various times Chair of my CLP, member of Labour’s Yorkshire Regional Board, National Policy Forum and parliamentary candidate in a key seat (Keighley). Former Head of England Team at Friends of the Earth where my team led the anti fracking movement – the largest sustained grassroots mobilisation for decades. Currently Yorkshire Bylines editorial board.

I have played an active role in fairness and equality in the city – helping to shape the Our Fair City campaign following Sheffield’s Fairness Commission, former Chair of South Yorkshire Women’s Development Trust, and more recently setting up and running a local mutual aid group when the pandemic first appeared.

I am a committed devolutionist (established and ran Campaign for Yorkshire), supporter of electoral reform and an active pro European (currently a member of Executive of the European Movement).

It is vital we face outwards – take the fight to the Tories; focus on winning elections at all levels and in ALL parts of the country; be ambitious in our plan to win the next general election. Our communities deserve no less.

I recommend also nominating Akehurst, Baxter, Duale, Singh Josan