Neil Kinnock backs Stella Creasy

Check Stella's campaign video

Vote ONLINE in Leadership & Mayoral ballots - even if you're abroad

Ballot papers have started arriving and you can vote by simply filling yours in and posting it, or by going online to:

labour.org.uk/ballot2015

and following the instructions.

If you're out of the country till after the September 10th deadline you can still vote online provided you don't miss the email sent to you with your personal security code. The code is in two parts, and is also printed on the ballot paper. You need the code when you vote online. The email will probably have the header "VOTE NOW: Labour Party elections"

Deadline is noon September 10th

Stella in tonight's Evening Standard

In case you missed it here is the article about deputy leadership candidate Stella Creasy in Monday's Evening Standard:

Why you should vote for Stella Creasy as Deputy Leader

There has been much discussion about candidates for leader and deputy leader, and the voting is about to begin. Ballot papers start going out on Friday 14th August, so how should you vote?

This if course is up to you but to help you decide about the contest for the deputy leadership here are links to a  number of recent articles, posts etc that may help you assess the strengths Stella could bring to the role. A few are to posts on this blog but most are to external web sites. Some are very recent, and some less so. More will be added.

Stella Creasy - why I'm standing
In the London Evening Standard Aug17
Neil Kinnock backs Stella Creasy on LabourList
The LabourList poll
In the Huffington Post on Changing the world
Labour Finance & Industry group - statement on Labour & business
This blog: the Walthamstow CLP nomination
In Grazia on politics and sexism
Campaign video on YouTube
LabourList on community organising and voter ID
In The Guardian 2013 on the women on banknotes campaign
The Guardian 2013 Twitter boss says sorry to targets of troll abuse

The Guardian 2013 Stella Creasy: the MP who 'won't back down'

This blog 2013 women on banknotes campaign

On BBC news in 2012 - football league stops adverts from wonga

And a reminder of how Steve Bell depicted the effect of Stella's payday loans campaign on the Tory/LibDem coalition Government:

Cycle routes during the Victoria Line closure

The Victoria Line is now closed for the rest of August (along with the footpath to Queens Road station). Rather than use the overground it might be quicker and easier, (and cheaper!) to use a bike route, possibly just to get to Finsbury Park and pick up the Vic from there.

Below are links to some cycle routes starting from around Walthamstow Central suggested on the Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign website. Check their routes page for the full details, return routes and alternative routes.

• Finsbury Park & Manor House, 8 km.
• Leyton Tube, 5.8 km.
• Leytonstone Tube, 3.4 km.
• Seven Sisters, 5 km.
• Snaresbrook, 4 km.
• Stratford Tube, 7 km.
• Tottenham Hale, 3.5 km.

They’ve also had offers of help to make your first commute as easy and safe as possible with 'Ride buddies' to show you the way. The destinations offered so far include:

• Walthamstow Queen’s Road Station to Kings Cross/Farringdon
• Wood Street to Hackney Road
• Lea Bridge Road (outside the Samaritans) to Battersea
• Greenleaf Road to Clerkenwell
• Campbell Road to Liverpool Street, mostly on quiet back-roads
• St James St to Euston station
• Walthamstow Central to Stoke Newington and Highbury & Islington
• Lighthouse Chapel in Markhouse Road to Camden Lock
• Quiet route from Walthamstow to Bloomsbury
• Rensburg Rd / Coppermill Lane to South Kensington
• Explore the route to central London, taking in all the stations from Euston to Victoria
• Walthamstow Central to Shoreditch High Street

Stella Creasy leads the deputy leadership race in latest LabourList survey

The  latest survey on the LabourList site asks:
"Who do you want to be Labour’s deputy leader? In the past, for the largest amount of LabourList reader the answer to this question has been Tom Watson.

"However, this week Stella Creasy has take a 4 point lead over Watson, with 31% choosing her. Watson received 27% of the vote. Last time round Watson secured 33% of the vote, while Creasy was on 27%. The two have switched positions – although Creasy has a slightly smaller lead than Watson did. This change could be down to the fact that numerous hustings have taken place and candidates have had more time to set out their stalls. Therefore opinion may have shifted the more exposure readers have had to particular candidates."

Stella Creasy in Grazia, on sexism

Read the full article on LabourList here

• Stella Creasy's deputy leader campaign page is here
• To volunteer to help her campaign email here.
• You can donate to her campaign here
• Read Stella Creasy on not being silent about sexism, in Grazia
• Labour Party info on Stella Creasy is here

In the recent supporting nominations meeting Walthamstow CLP overwhelmingly nominated Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy for the deputy leadership. Full Walthamstow nomination details here

Leader and Deputy nomination meeting - Walthamstow CLP supports:

Corbyn and Creasy

In a packed meeting Walthamstow CLP nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour Party Leadership, and its own MP Stella Creasy for the Deputy Leadership. In accordance with the new rules on leadership selections the meeting - held today Saturday 25 July 2015 - was open to all party members within Walthamstow, and all supporters who had affiliated to the party through membership of an organisation affiliated to the Labour Party (see here for full list of affiliated organisations).

Two separate ballots were conducted using a single round preferential vote system. Under this system voters allocate preferences for each candidate (from 1 - 4 for leader, or 1 - 5 for deputy, or as few preferences as they wish). The candidate with the fewest 1st preferences drops out and the 2nd preferences are then re-allocated; this repeats to the lower preferences till one candidate has 50%+1 of the vote.

The votes cast were:

LEADERSHIP BALLOT

Total votes cast = 92

Round	Andy Burnham	Yvette Cooper	Jeremy Corbyn	Liz Kendall	Spoilt
1st pref	25	15	39	12	1
				E
2nd pref	4	5	1
Round 2	29	20	40
		E
3rd pref	12		4
Round 3	41		44
			Winner (52%)

E = eliminated

Note: after the first round totals do not equal total votes cast if a reduced number of preferences has been expressed by voters.

DEPUTY LEADERSHIP BALLOT

Total votes cast = 91

Round	Ben Bradshaw	Stella Creasy	Angela Eagle	Caroline Flint	Tom Watson	Spoilt
1st pref	2	69	1	0	15	4
		Winner (76%)

Supporting nominations close on July 31st.

The next and final stage of the contest is the postal ballot. This starts on August 14 when the papers go out, and votes must be submitted by September 10th. Voting is open to an even wider field of people; in addition to all party members, and all supporters who affiliated to the party through membership of an affiliated organisation, other supporters can register, by paying just £3. The closing date for this is August 12th. Register or join here. 

The final result will be declared at a special conference in London on Saturday September 12th

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow, this week

• Sunday 19th July - taking part in the London hustings for the Labour Deputy Leadership contest
• Monday 20th July - attending parliament to vote against the Government's welfare reform proposals 
• Tuesday 21st July - taking part in the Coop Party Hustings for the Labour Deputy Leadership
• Wednesday 22nd July - taking part in a debate on the impact of think tanks on politics and running a campaign bootcamp workshop for young people 
• Thursday 23rd July - speaking in Bath about why I am standing for the Labour Deputy Leadership 
• Friday 24th July - holding one of my regular appointment only advice surgeries for local residents. To book a place please call 020 8521 1223. 

London Hustings and Meeting with Stella

Stella Creasy's Deputy Leadership Campaign team write:

"Stella will be taking centre stage this Sunday for the London hustings at the Camden Centre so we hoped you could join us for some campaigning at the venue before it starts at around 12pm. Following the hustings, we will then be heading to a nearby venue for a members meeting with Stella, and would love to see you there too:

Sunday 19 July From 2.30 - 4pm
Somers Town Coffee House
60 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1HS

Hope to see you there,

Stella Creasy Campaign team"