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Sem Moema
AM
Member of the London Assembly
for North East
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Preceded byJennette Arnold
Hackney London Borough Councillor for Hackney Downs
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2018
Personal details
Born
Semakaleng Mokgadi Moema

(1984-11-04) 4 November 1984 (age 39)
Islington, London, England
Political partyLabour
Alma mater
Websitewww.semmoema.london

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

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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

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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]

Moema has campaigned on London's housing crisis, campaigning for a lift in Local Housing Allowance following rising rents in the Capital.[11] This campaign was successful, with the Government enacting her ask at the next Autumn Statement.[12]

She has successfully campaigned against Section 21 "no fault" evictions,[13] with the Labour Government formed following the 2024 General Election including a ban in their first King's Speech.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "About Me". Sem Moema. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ Moema, Sem (11 February 2020). "Sem Moema: Why I'm standing to be a Labour London Assembly candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Hackney Council election results".
  4. ^ "2016 Hackney by-election results".
  5. ^ Service, Local Democracy Reporting (8 May 2021). "Elections results in for City Hall and council elections". Waltham Forest Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Council election results | Hackney Council". hackney.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Hackney Council cabinet".
  8. ^ "Hackney Council landlord licensing scheme". 21 March 2018.
  9. ^ "London Assembly – Membership of Committees 2021/22" (PDF).
  10. ^ "London Assembly housing committee page".
  11. ^ Vickers, Noah (18 September 2023). "Minister urged to un-freeze housing benefit amid rising homelessness". Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Page 4, Autumn Statement" (PDF). Gov.uk. November 2023.
  13. ^ "News from Sem Moema: More than 12,000 section 21 notices in London since Government pledged to abolish them | London City Hall". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "The King's Speech 2024". GOV.UK. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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