Very excited to announce I’ve been elected as a Councillor for Letchworth Wilbury!
A fantastic gain of two for Labour made by amazing activists across the district - many fantastic people have made this happen & I couldn’t be happier.
What an amazing effort from
@NorthHertsLab
!
🚨🚨
I’m excited to announce that I have been selected as the
@UKLabour
candidate for Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner.
I’m looking forward to set out my vision for an effective Constabulary against the criminal challenges we face now and into the future. 🌹
I’m proud to announce that I’ve been selected as the
@UKLabour
&
@CoopParty
candidate for Letchworth Wilbury.
There is an incredible legacy left by
@lgchammer
to live up to, and I hope I can do just that.
Stevenage is where I was born, the town that shaped me and the place I call home.
Local people have had such a positive impact on my life, but we need a strong Labour MP to stand up for our communities in Parliament.
That is what I will be.
Join us. 👇
Incredible work by Rachel and the PLP to force a Tory Government with a 77 seat majority to act on the cost of living catastrophe.
@UKLabour
isn't just winning the battle of ideas, we're the ONLY party with any idea.
Finally, the Chancellor adopts Labour’s plan for a windfall tax on oil & gas profits to lower bills.
Today's statement is the Tory government all over: out of touch with no plan for the future.
There's no doubt about who is winning the battle of ideas in Britain – it is Labour.
I'm sad to announce that I have not made the shortlist to be
@StevenageLabour
PPC.
It's been a great run, and I've learned a lot in a field of excellent candidates!
I'll continue to serve my residents and support whoever is selected to become Stevenage's next
@UKLabour
MP.
Stevenage is where I was born, the town that shaped me and the place I call home.
Local people have had such a positive impact on my life, but we need a strong Labour MP to stand up for our communities in Parliament.
That is what I will be.
Join us. 👇
🎉 Announcement 🎉
Erin Florence Judi Plater joined us in the world today (Saturday 16th) at 05.01am.
Both Erin & Mummy
@EllieJ_Plater
are well, safe & happy. 👶
Spent a good, but sad day today organising and delivering a tribute to Jack Dromey.
An incredible turnout with lots of people sharing his memory. He will not be forgotten.
@labourdoorstep_
It was great to chat with
@Keir_Starmer
today about our plans for policing in
#Hertfordshire
.
We can only get change for our county by electing a Labour +
@CoopParty
PCC, and a
@UKLabour
Government led by Keir.
To give Hertfordshire its future back, Vote Labour tomorrow.
Disappointed to have not been elected today, but a massive thank you to everyone that came out to help campaign & voted for me for
@HertsPCC
We’ve had a great set of elections in Hertfordshire this year, and we’re ready for a General Election, whenever Sunak decides to call it!
Counting Hall this morning for Herts Police Commissioner count supporting our candidate
@ThomasPlater
Great results in Stevenage but sadly Tom pipped at post by voting in rest of Herts.Well done Tom for flying the Labour flag & a great campaign.
Proud to announce I have made the Longlist in the
@StevenageLabour
Selection.
I'll be out chatting with members over the next few weeks, putting forward why I should be Stevenage's next MP.
We can only win Stevenage, together.
#WinningStevenageTogether
What a fantastic speech (and incredible tie!!) from
@KevinBrennanMP
on today's Copyright & Remunerations bill.
When Covid-19 hit, our work disappeared incredibly quickly & is still only recovering now.
We must
#FixStreaming
& this bill will go a long way to doing that.
The
#BLMUK
Protest in Letchworth yesterday was incredibly powerful.
I stand (and dance) in solidarity with all those affected by racism.
#BlackLivesMatter
Attended the
#BlackLivesMatter
Protest in
#Letchworth
yesterday. Met so many wonderful people & it was so powerful to see our
#community
come together.❤️
Thank you to everyone that attended, to the stewards, the public speakers & to Sage Pearce for organising!
#BLM
Thank you
@StevenageLabour
for electing me as your new CLP Chair at yesterday's AGM.
I'm looking forward to working with every member of the CLP to achieve success in both the all-out Borough Council elections, and for
@kevinbonavia
in the General - whenever that may be!
Excited to announce that at North Herts Council last night, I was confirmed as Deputy Executive Member for Enterprise!
Lots to do & great to meet officers this morning to get stuck in to challenges in the sector!
Very excited to be welcoming a new baby Plater into the world in September!
Very much looking forward to meeting them, with my amazing wife
@EllieJ_Plater
❤️
#babyplater
I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've been accepted onto the
@CoopParty
Parliamentary Panel.
The Coop Party has been an integral part of my political journey & I'm looking forward to getting stuck into the training, supporting Coop values & campaigns across our movement!
A huge thank you to everyone who has campaigned for me over the past few months. It’s been amazing.
We’ve spoken to residents across Hertfordshire, from Waltham Cross to Welwyn and people know it’s time for a change.
On May 2nd, Vote
@UKLabour
+
@CoopParty
.
#saferwithplater
Things
@grantshapps
could be doing right now:
✅Getting around the table with
@RMTunion
to offer a proper pay deal for hard-working rail staff.
✅ Lowering rail fares after the biggest fare hike in 9 years.
❌ Playing politics in the commons & failing our transport network👇
An amazing first day of
#Lab22
and great to chat with so many different groups and exhibitors including the fantastic
@labourforces
!
There’s so much to do & see and I’m really looking forward to the next couple of days!
Great to be on the trains today for a meeting in London!
Our rail system is fantastic & we must support the incredible workers from
@RMTunion
,
@ASLEFunion
&
@TSSAunion
who make sure we get where we need to be and keep us safe!
🚆👊
Great to join those calling for by-elections
@simonlightwood
&
@KayMorrison1
this lunchtime.📱
The mood is very good & lots of people already voting
@UKLabour
! If you can jump on the phone and call then please do - every call helps beat the Tories!
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
I'm really excited today to launch 'Talk to Tom'.
If you have a view on the priorities of Police in your local area, especially if you've felt disengaged from previous
@HertsPCC
elections, then WhatsApp, Text or call me on 07513 102693!
#saferwithplater
👮
Heartbroken.
Judi was brilliant, witty and incredibly supportive. I could not have asked for a better friend and mentor.
She would have hated me saying so, but her passing is a real loss for everyone who knew her and benefitted from her tireless work.
Rest in Peace.
Mama, grandmother, activist, Labour councillor for over 40 years, cockapoo servant and maker of the best roast potatoes in the world. We are heartbroken and sorry to say Judi Billing MBE passed away with her family around her in the early hours of this morning.
Been an absolutely mad week of campaigning here, there & everywhere but wouldn’t change anything for the world!
It’s almost election time, so come and join your local
@UKLabour
teams across the country as we talk to voters & get some amazing people elected!
I had looked forward to running against David and challenging him on his record in office, however it was not to be.
I wish him the best in retirement, and look forward to setting out my vision for
@HertsPCC
, for an effective force against the crime we face in Hertfordshire. 👮♀️
David Lloyd, Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has decided to stand down from the role at the next election in May this year.
He is one of the longest-serving Commissioners in the country after being elected to the post when it was created in 2012. He was re-elected
Utterly sickening that Royal Mail would attack the CWU, but not unexpected from them right now.
Trade Unionists must stand shoulder to shoulder to repel these blatant attacks on workers freedom.
I stand with
@CWUnews
👊
Our negotiators are currently in the room with Royal Mail Group and this happens. We need the public to see this so please share as much as you can
#StandByYourPost
It’s obvious from todays
#gmb
interview Boris Johnson is clueless.
He couldn’t answer questions on the Carers allowance, Cost of Energy Crisis or his own law breaking in Downing Street.
He hasn’t got a scooby doo.
So on the 5th May send him a message. Vote
@UKLabour
.
Great to join BT Openreach
@CWUnews
workers on the picket line today in Stevenage.
750m to shareholders and a 3.5m pay package to the CEO whilst workers are relying on food banks is utterly disgusting behaviour.
We must stand together for a fair deal for working people.
Trickle down economics was outdated years ago, but this Government has no new ideas and are relying on a failed ideology.
This is reverse Robin Hood - they’re stealing from the poor to line the pockets of the rich.
An utterly baffling budget.
"They've decided to replace levelling up with trickle down."
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said there was nothing about the government's plan for growth, and claimed it was based on an "outdated ideology"
Great to be out in
#Codicote
this morning on the
#labourdoorstep
Lots of casework that I'll be following up on & great to hear residents views!
Also had a fantastic breakfast at
#Cafe77
, great staff and amazing food & drink!
It was great talking to residents with
@Andrew_Lewin_
in Welwyn today, about local issues that really matter to them.
Antisocial behaviour is a real worry for residents across Hertfordshire, and if elected as
@HertsPCC
it's an issue I pledge to prioritise.
#saferwithplater
Great to get out yesterday in Roebuck with
@StevenageLabour
.
Lots of conversations on the doorstep, people are worried about this winter, and one resident said she’d met the local MP and he doesn’t care.
We need an MP who actually stands up for Stevenage. Only a Labour MP will.
I've had a fantastic time this weekend representing
@WeAreTheMU
at the
@TUCYoungWorkers
Conference.
An absolutely brilliant conference forging links with young workers across our trade unions and standing behind some incredible motions.
✊
#TUCYWC23
Great to get out on the doors in Hertford today to talk to local people and support
@joshdeanuk
Residents in Hertford are telling us they’ve been let down by the Tories, and that Hertford needs change.
Josh will be the change that Hertford & Stortford needs.
#saferwithplater
My thanks to Labour’s Herts Police and Crime Commissioner candidate
@ThomasPlater
for joining us on the
#LabourDoorstep
in Hertford this afternoon 🌹
Great to see such enthusiasm on the doors for Labour ahead of the PCC election and the General Election.
'The PM makes the laws, tells the country to obey the laws, then breaks them and then - in my view - lies to Parliament about it'
@Keir_Starmer
says he expects
@BorisJohnson
to 'apologise and then excuse himself' today over his partygate fine
Great to see
@Keir_Starmer
engaging on the concerns of UK Musicians.
We need a PM and a government that takes the arts seriously & invests into our cultural economy.
Keir Starmer is that PM &
@UKLabour
is that Government.
Met
@Keir_Starmer
today & he was really engaged on musicians’ concerns: pay & conditions, Covid impact, cost of living crisis, arts funding, Brexit impact, music education, streaming royalties & tackling sexual harassment. Thank you
@UKLabour
for the support you give.
🗳️Today is Election Day for the PCC across Hertfordshire 🗳️
Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm and you’ll need Photo ID 🪪
For a safer Hertfordshire and YOUR voice heard,
Vote Labour & Co-op Today ❌
#saferwithplater
I'm proud to be supported by
@ASLEFunion
to be
@StevenageLabour
's next PPC.
I stand with Drivers on Fair Pay, proper investment in UK rail & a statutory maximum working temperature.
As your MP, this is what I will fight for.
#WinningStevenageTogether
Was amazing to be invited to the
@StevenageLabour
count last night and see so many fantastic Labour Councillors get elected!
A brilliant result and incredibly well deserved for all!
Looking forward to seeing more
@UKLabour
success today!!
This is your daily reminder that
@UKLabour
CLP Officers are volunteers.
We all have lives and work commitments that we juggle with our commitment to the Labour Party.
Be patient and don't denigrate us on Social Media, when we use our spare time to work for us all.
#clpsecretary
Liz Truss is asking more questions than she's actually answering.
She doesn't have a clue, about energy bills, renters' rights, or public spending.
@Keir_Starmer
is a PM in waiting.
#PMQs
I’ve been campaigning today with
@kevinbonavia
@StevenageLabour
&
@Hemellabour
on our plans to make our high streets safer.
We’ll get more bobbies on the beat, crack down on shoplifting and make sure the govt makes assaulting a shop worker a stand-alone crime.
#saferwithplater
Was great to be at
@HertsLabourUK
Christmas Party yesterday chatting with members about my plans for Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner and listening to their views and concerns.
Thanks for having me!
#Labour
#Christmas
We welcomed the incomparable
@TanDhesi
as special guest speaker at our Christmas Party this weekend! He spoke passionately about the need for a Labour Government. Great to have
@Turmaine
Watford PPC &
@ThomasPlater
Herts PCC candidate with us! Great music from Wiktoria Tracs!
If you were faced with:
❌000's of job losses
❌Internal Fire & Rehire to worse T's & C's
❌A real terms pay cut
Would you just lie down & take it?
The Govt. could have stepped in and averted these strikes a long time ago. They failed.
I fully support all
@RMTunion
workers.
If you’re old enough to vote, you’re old enough to be in Parliament.
No MP does it all on their own, all MP’s are supported by local & Parliamentary teams in their job.
Only 3% of MP’s are 18-29. We should support young people in Politics, not drag them down.
Good Luck Harvey!
Very pleased to be supported by Daniel!
Daniel was an incredible candidate for Codicote in 2022 taking Labour back to 2nd place with vote levels unseen in 15 years.
We must win the villages, and I have the experience we need.
#WinningStevenageTogether
A fantastic day today on the
#labourdoorstep
Some great conversations in the Wilbury with
@NorthHertsLab
followed by some
@StevenageLabour
canvassing for the brilliant Joan Lloyd in Bandley Hill!
@UKLabour
will continue to work hard for all residents!
Yesterday our local MP's had the chance to vote to cut energy bills for local people. How did they vote?
Stephen McPartland❌
Sir Oliver Heald ❌
Bim Afolami ❌
They don't have our best interests in mind.
@NorthHertsLab
&
@StevenageLabour
are on YOUR side.
My letter to
@thecomet24
today highlights the disappointing behaviour from the local
#Tories
.
Working people in
#NorthHerts
&
#Stevenage
are paying the price of Covid fraud, rising energy bills & the cost of living crisis.
We deserve better.
Tory MP votes to allow water companies dump sewage into our rivers.
Tory MP then says sewage discharge into rivers is unacceptable.
You couldn’t make it up.
#Stevenage
deserves better.
🤪🤪🤪
Ellie Plater is your Labour & Co-op candidate for Bedwell
After a record breaking by-election win in Jan with
@imconormcgrath
, Bedwell has a phenomenal new candidate in Ellie - a dedicated local resident who's
#BestForBedwell
Vote Labour on 4th May🌹
Absolutely stunning words from a Tory Party member on
@LBC
@mrjamesob
just now.
"The bedrock of the Conservative Party is rotten to its core."
It's obvious now
@UKLabour
are a government in waiting.
#ResignBorisJohnson
All musicians should be supporting this
@WeAreTheMU
campaign for a
#musicianspassport
in a post-Brexit world.
Playing in the EU has been one of the highlights of my career, and is a fantastic career opportunity for all UK Musicians.
#Brexit
#EU
This just frankly is not on. The CLP Secretaries forum is such a supportive resource for all Secs.
It's a real model for how we can run the Labour Party in a cross-factional future. I stand in solidarity with 400+ of my colleagues. We will not be cowed.
#IStandWithCLPSecs
Will MPs & members come out in solidarity with CLP Secretaries after our private group has been infiltrated by someone who thinks it’s appropriate to publically share conversations. We are volunteers and p*ssing off 400+ secretaries really isn’t a wise move.
#IStandWithCLPSecs
I'm proud to be endorsed by
@WeAreTheMU
.
My union empowered me, showed me I belonged in politics and helped me succeed.
I will always fight to protect Musicians' rights and campaign for a fairer music industry and a Universal Music Education.
#WinningStevenageTogether
It’s clear that areas with a Tory PCC have real issues with rural crime.
That’s why
@UKLabour
has a dedicated rural crime strategy:
🚓 More Rural Patrols
🚜 Clamp down on Agricultural Crime
🐏Tackle Livestock Worrying
Hertfordshire needs a Labour PCC.
#saferwithplater
Our countryside is part of our national identity and home to millions.
With Labour’s rural crime strategy, Britain’s rural communities will be protected.
A fantastic afternoon with
@imconormcgrath
getting these set up across
#Stevenage
.
@UKLabour
is working hard across Hertfordshire for our communities.
On May 2nd, vote Labour & Co-op for a PCC who will work hard to hold our police to account.
#saferwithplater
Kevin will be a fantastic local MP for Stevenage.
There’s nobody I would trust more to be on your side & fighting for our priorities in Parliament.
#votekevin
#votelabour
🌹🌹🌹
The General Election has been called for the 4th July🗳️
I’m proud to be standing as Labour’s candidate to be the next MP for Stevenage🏡
After 14 years of Conservative chaos - residents know it’s time for change↩️
It’s time for an MP who’s local, accessible and on your side🌹
There’s a choice today for Stevenage MP
@SMcPartland
.
He can choose to ban fracking like his party promised , or do another Tory u-turn.
Fracking is unwanted, unneeded and will cause harm to rural areas across our country.
We must ban fracking, no ifs or buts.
❌ RMT isn't affiliated to
@UKLabour
❌You have the power to give rail workers a fair pay deal (and stop the strikes!) but you failed
❌ In 2022 working families suffered the highest rail fare hikes for 9 years
Same old, from an out-of-touch Tory.
#Stevenage
deserves better.
Great to get out on the picket lines during my lunch break today in
#Stevenage
with
@CWUnews
posties.
All workers deserve a fair wage. No Ifs, No Buts.
#StandByYourPost
I had a blast proposing
@Labour4PR
motion at
@StevenageLabour
this evening and it was great that it passed!
It’s not our conference motion, but we’re taking an incredible motion on Disabled Rights from Alistair that it was a no-brainer to support.
A very good evening indeed! 🌹
I had a great time out today with
@StevenageLabour
There was a fantastic response on the doors & it was a pleasure to be with a wonderful campaigning team!
Looking forward to the next one!
#labourdoorstep
Phenomenal turnout for our double
#LabourDoorstep
campaign day in St Nicholas ward🌹 Lot's of new support identified by our 3 teams.
As the Tories fall apart, Labour is Strong, Labour is Together, Labour is United and Labour is ready to win!
People Kwasi Kwarteng listened to in the past week:
❌ The OBR
✅ Hedge Fund Managers telling him to double down
❌ The Bank of England
✅ Tory MP’s threatening mutiny
Utter. Sheer. Incompetence.
#KamiKwasiEconomics
I'm proud to have signed up as a
@JewishLabour
ally today.
Anti-semitism is a scourge that we must all work together to rid politics of.
JLM does amazing work, and their training & support is second to none. I couldn't be more happy to support them.
Great to be out today in Knebworth with Alistair to share our Campaign for Step Free Access at
#Knebworth
Station with residents.
A great response, on a campaign that affects people in Knebworth, Stevenage & the surrounding area.
Stay tuned for more!
It’s great to see
@Keir_Starmer
at my alma mater
@guildhallschool
today backing our arts & cultural sector.
The opportunities they gave me built my confidence and without them I wouldn’t be a councillor or the
@UKLabour
@HertsPCC
candidate.
We must support them.
🎷🎷🎷
When I was 11, I hopped on a train to London, ending at the Guildhall School of Music.
For a working class kid like me, it was transformational.
Every child should have access to the subjects they love.
Great to set out our plan to make that happen, back at
@guildhallschool
.
I'm very excited to announce tonight that I have been endorsed by
@CoopParty
to be the Labour & Cooperative Candidate for
@HertsPCC
It's been an incredible campaign so far engaging with our residents because your priorities and your voice matter.
#HertsPCC
#LabourandCoop
So when the Dagenham Women went on strike for equal pay in 1968, they weren’t strivers?
Train Drivers are responsible for the safety of hundreds of millions of people. Workers with that responsibility must be paid properly and must be safe in their cabs.
Their safety is ours.
It’s been a busy weekl!
I’ve been speaking to residents with
@SteveReedMP
&
@kevinbonavia
about our plans to protect the environment & tackle fly-tipping.
Followed by a great roundtable with
@NFUHerts
farmers listening to their experiences of rural crime.
#saferwithplater
I'm delighted to have the backing of
@CWUnews
for
#Stevenage
!
The CWU do an incredible job supporting postal & communications industry workers across the UK.
I will always stand with them to protect workers' jobs, pay and rights.
#StandbyYourPost
Overheard on my yearly (almost) NYE gig in a v. Tory Constituency (60%+ in 2019)
'I can't vote for Boris & the Tories anymore, there's just been too much.
Cummings, that [Hancock's] affair & all the parties it's just ruined my confidence in them.
They've got no authority'
Excited to be helping to host the first
@hertslabour
LCF Phonebanking for
@StevenageLabour
!
It's tonight (Monday 7th February) at 17:30!
Come and join us by signing up at the event link below 👇👇👇
Was great to get out for Stevenage Day today and be with loads of amazing groups including
@fawcettsociety
@SGFilBritC
and
@StevenageLabour
It was great to see so many people back at events and enjoying themselves in the incredible weather.
Can’t wait for next year already!
We had a great session on the
#labourdoorstep
in Almond Hill, Stevenage at lunchtime yesterday!
A few residents I spoke to were worried about feeling safe on our high streets.
They’re now backing Labour, and our plan to tackle crime & make our streets safer.
#saferwithplater