Minesh Parekh

I’m Minesh Parekh and I’m standing for the NEC to help get our government back on track.

I’m a Labour & Co-operative councillor in Sheffield where I have passed community wealth building policies and centred climate justice. I have been a party organiser, helping elect Olivia Blake in Sheffield Hallam in 2019 against the national swing. I’m a policy worker, mitigating the harms of the hostile environment.

The last general election was one of the best days of my life. It symbolised us finally being able to begin undoing the harms of the austerity and ushering in that decade of radical renewal. Instead, what we have seen is economic timidity, a rightward shift on welfare and migration, and our supporters abandoning us in droves. We need to change course.

Our party is strongest when all wings have a voice and can contribute to its mission. This political culture that disciplines dissent, and organises self-defeating stitch-ups, is a sign of weakness that we must move beyond. We need a politics built on consensus, not control.

I am standing to advocate for real Labour values, party democracy, and the transformative Labour government we need.

Please also nominate Gemma Bolton and Yasmine Dar.