Councillor Ellie Cumbo, Labour Women's Network Committee
Ellie is a member of the LWN management committee and a councillor in Southwark. She is a public policy specialist on crime, justice and violence against women and girls, and also has a legal background.
Abena Oppong-Asare MP, Chair of Labour Women's Network
Abena was first been elected Chair of LWN back in September 2019, and then elected as the Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead in December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health.Find out more
Kiran Mahil, Secretary of LWN
Kiran Mahil was elected Secretary of LWN in 2019. Orginally from the West Midlands, Kiran works as an Assistant Head Teacher in an East End secondary school. She is passionate about embedding inclusion and resilience in education.Find out more
Councillor Katherine Dunne, Treasurer of Labour Women's Network
Katherine is Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Hounslow where she holds the Cabinet portfolio for Climate, Environment and Transport Strategy.Find out more
Nan Sloane, Training Lead for Labour Women's Network
Nan has been an LWN Executive Committee member since 2007, and leads on the development and delivery of LWN's training programme. She is a Labour historian and author, and her most recent book, Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries was published in 2022.Find out more
Councillor Bisi Osundeko, Labour Women's Network Committee
Bisi is an astute entrepreneur, public speaker, philanthropist, life and business coach. She co-authored the best-selling book titled ‘I FLY: stories of overcoming adversity’ and independently published another book titled ‘Befriending Adversity: How I leveraged the power of adversity in my life and business’.Find out more
Councillor Anntoinette Bramble, Labour Women's Network Committee
Anntoinette is a member of LWN Management Committee and in our training team. She is Deputy Leader of the LGA, Deputy Mayor of Hackney and Cabinet member for education, young people and children’s social care.Find out more
Councillor Rosa Bolger, Labour Women's Network Committee
Rosa is an experienced leader who spent her early career in the television industry: writing, producing and directing programmes for some of the UK and USA’s largest TV networks. She then transitioned into the world of digital tech and political leadership, bringing with her strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex topics into engaging, entertaining content for a wide variety of audiences.Find out more
Ashley Dalton MP, Labour Women's Network Committee
Ashley is the Labour MP for West Lancashire, having won the West Lancashire by-election in February 2023. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.Find out more
Councillor Sharon Thompson, Labour Women's Network Committee
Sharon was first elected to the LWN Executive Committee in 2020 and loves the organisation so much she is one of the training team. Sharon is the Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council, she is the first Black or Asian person to hold the position in the City.Find out more
Kate Dearden, Labour Women's Network Committee
Kate is Head of Research, Policy and External Relations at Community trade union and leads on the union's political work. Kate has led key pieces of work at Community including standing up for British steelworkers, speaking up for the self-employed and shaping policy on the future of work.Find out more