Merlene Emerson

Campaigning for Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush

Merlene Emerson

Merlene Emerson: Make it Happen for Hammersmith

Welcome!

I have been selected to stand as the Parliamentary Candidate for Hammersmith when the next general election is called.

As your Liberal Democrat Candidate I have a vision for Hammersmith. Not a vision where the property prices are the 4th highest in London but where over 40% of housing stock do not meet national 'decent homes' standard. Nor one where increasing number of parents have to send their children to schools outside of the borough because of their lack of faith in the local schools (59% of children leave school with less than 5 good GCSEs including Maths and English).

And despite Hammersmith being in a dynamic transport hub served by a network of tube, rail and buses we find ourselves victims to the inefficiencies of transport authorities controlled by the Labour Government and now Tory dominated City Hall. One only has to think of the unnecessary closure of the vital Shepherd's Bush central line station, not to mention the debacle of a brand new railway platform at White City built 16 inches too narrow to pass the regulators!

You deserve better than that. I want to fight for better local services and ensure that the interests of local residents come first. With your help I can, so let's make it happen for Hammersmith!

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Merlene joins women around the world in celebrating the 100th International Women's Day today

Mon 8th Mar 2010

There is indeed much to celebrate of strides that have been made by women, their achievements both within the family as well as in greater society. However there are still areas for much concern.

Merlene Emerson in front of Big Ben

Only 55% of pupils in the borough have been given their first choice in secondary schools, down from 62% last year

Sat 6th Mar 2010

Parents in Hammersmith and Fulham have been left disappointed and frustrated after only about half of the pupils in the borough made it into their preferred secondary school, well below the London average of 65 per cent for first choice admissions.

David Laws and Merlene Emerson

Merlene and Hammersmith & Fulham Lib Dems warn of future Council tax hike

Thu 25th Feb 2010

The latest budget plans adopted by the Tory controlled H&F Council at a Budget meeting on 24 Feb confirmed a final year of cuts in Council taxes. Local Liberal Democrats have warned of future sharp increases in Council Tax, as the Council has financed this year's 3% cut not out of revenue but by drawing down £2.8 million from reserves.

24Feb2010 budget meeting papers (photography: Merlene Emerson)

Merlene challenges David Miliband on Labour's record at public meeting

Mon 22nd Feb 2010

On the evening of Friday 19 February, Foreign Secretary David Miliband came to Hammersmith at the invitation of Labour MP Andrew Slaughter and held a public meeting at St Paul's Church near the Broadway.

On Pubs, Businesses and Networking - Merlene shares her experience at a power breakfast and reflects on how small businesses can withstand the economic downturn

Written by Merlene Emerson on Sat 6th Feb 2010

Last Wednesday, I was at Stone Masons Arms, a pub in Hammersmith, at the unearthly hour of 7a.m., not to imbibe alcohol I might add, but rather to join a group of dynamic and entrepreneurial small business owners at a networking breakfast.

BNI West breakfast 3 Feb 2010 (photography: Merlene Emerson)

Merlene writes to local press expressing dismay at decision to postpone indefinitely plans to make Shepherds Bush station fully accessible

Wed 3rd Feb 2010

"Prior to the closure of the Shepherds Bush station to allow for the building of Westfield, Europe's largest urban shopping mall at £1.6 billion, local residents were promised a fully accessible station, including a lift, in keeping with TfL efforts to make the underground as user-friendly as possible.

Merlene attends Press launch organized by the Electoral Commission to encourage higher voter registration and turn out at the coming elections

Wed 3rd Feb 2010

On 2nd February, the Electoral Commission held a Press launch at Queen Anne's Gate to announce the publication of their new bilingual leaflet to encourage voter registration. According to Jenny Watson, Chair of the Electoral Commission, about 30 per cent of British Chinese who are eligible to vote are not registered with their local authority to vote. The equivalent statistic of non registration for the rest of the population is closer to the region of 8-9%.

Merlene Emerson at Electoral Commission press launch Feb 2010

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Merlene Emerson interview with BC Project on why it is important to vote at the next elections

Fawcett Society interview with Merlene Emerson on representation of ethnic minority women in politics in the UK (April 2008).