Sem Moema
Sem Moema | |
|---|---|
| Member of the London Assembly for North East | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jennette Arnold |
| Hackney London Borough Councillor for Hackney Downs | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Semakaleng Mokgadi Moema 4 November 1984 Islington, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | www |
Semakaleng Mokgadi Moema (born 4 November 1984) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the London Assembly Member for North East since 2021.
Early life[edit]
Moema was born in Islington to South African parents who had fled Apartheid in the 1970s.[1][2] She attended St Michael's Catholic Grammar School and Mahindra United World College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Keele University and a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Birkbeck, University of London.
Political career[edit]
She was first elected as a councillor on Hackney Council for Hackney Downs ward in 2006.[3] She did not stand for re-election in the 2010 local government elections but returned to Hackney Council in a by-election 2016, again representing Hackney Downs ward.[4] Moema was re-elected in the 2018 Hackney London Borough Council election[5] and in the 2022 Hackney Borough Council election.[6]
Moema is a mayoral adviser for private rented sector and housing affordability on Hackney Council,[7] in which role she introduced a licensing scheme for privately rented housing in Hackney.[8]
Following her election to the London Assembly in May 2021 she was elected to serve on the Assembly's Housing, Police and Crime and Confirmation Hearings Committees.[9] Moema is also the chair of the London Assembly's housing committee.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "About Me". Sem Moema. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Moema, Sem (11 February 2020). "Sem Moema: Why I'm standing to be a Labour London Assembly candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Hackney Council election results".
- ^ "2016 Hackney by-election results".
- ^ Service, Local Democracy Reporting (8 May 2021). "Elections results in for City Hall and council elections". Waltham Forest Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Council election results | Hackney Council". hackney.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Hackney Council cabinet".
- ^ "Hackney Council landlord licensing scheme". 21 March 2018.
- ^ "London Assembly – Membership of Committees 2021/22" (PDF).
- ^ "London Assembly housing committee page".
- Living people
- 21st-century British women politicians
- Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
- Alumni of Keele University
- Black British women politicians
- Councillors in the London Borough of Hackney
- English people of South African descent
- Labour Members of the London Assembly
- People from Islington (district)
- Politicians from London
- 1984 births
- People from Hackney, London
- Women councillors in England