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Lynne Featherstone

: MP for Hornsey and Wood Green

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    • Whittington debate today in Parliament 17 Mar 2010
      I secured a 90 minute in Parliament today on the Future of London Hospitals - obviously about the Whittington A&E, maternity and paediatrics. I wanted to use this opportunity to really put the case to the Minister that the sweeping changes being proposed have no clinical evidence base and no business case. I [...]
    • Whittington A&E – Story 10 17 Mar 2010
      Adrian's story: I completely support the campaign to keep the A&E service going at the Whittington and have had three experiences:- 1. About 18 months ago I cut my foot badly at home (I live in Crouch End). My wife drove me to the Whittington, where I had a rapid first [...]
    • Whittington A&E – Story 9 15 Mar 2010
      Michael's story: A couple of years ago, actually late in the evening walking home to Avenue Road N6 from the Annual Meeting of the local residents' association CASCH, I tripped over a raised manhole cover in the pavement at the Coolhurst Road end of Avenue Road and fell flat on my [...]
    • “Freedom, creativity and the internet” – motion passed at LibDem conference 14 Mar 2010
      Very pleased that the following motion was passed at our conference this morning regrading the Digital Economy Bill. There was an excellent debate and at the end I was with just about everyone else in the hall in voting for it: Conference notes with concern amendment 120a to the Digital Economy [...]
    • Whittington A&E – Story 8 13 Mar 2010
      Naomi's story: Many, many times have I been grateful for the quick and safe reactions of the staff of the Whittington A&E. Just one story? I run a group for mothers and babies nearby. One afternoon, a toddler knocked over a mug of very hot tea. His mother tried to comfort him, but [...]
    • Whittington A&E – Story 7 12 Mar 2010
      Gillian's story: In 2005 I became unwell and developed a high temperature. I wasn't well enough to go to the doctor and was prescribed antibiotics on a home visit from our local doctor on a Friday. Unfortunately I was extremely allergic to the drugs and was told on Saturday by Camidoc [...]
    • Whittington A&E – Story 6 11 Mar 2010
      Mary's story: In October 2009, I became very ill at home because I was hemorrhaging from ulcers in my stomach and round the base of my windpipe. I did not know I had ulcers because I was in no pain: I simply felt extremely weak. My excellent GP, Dr Friedman came [...]
    • Whittington A&E – the first chink in their armour? 10 Mar 2010
      In the opposition day debate yesterday on London Hospitals - the Minister Mike O'Brien said this: 'I do not see any justification for closure of the A and E at this time, and I would want to hear the case for closing it during the next Parliament. I have seen no [...]
    • UpRise: United Against Racism 10 Mar 2010
      There is a group trying to continue the event that Boris discontinued - to make UpRise: London United Against Racism happen. They are nearing a crucial stage of planning but their ambitions are currently being held back by funding - a factor they always knew would be our greatest challenge. They are waiting [...]
    • John Kampfner explains why he is supporting the Liberal Democrats 10 Mar 2010
      This is what John Campfner says of his reasons for supporting the Liberal Democrats. Today I launched my pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg. As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been able to give a frank and honest appraisal [...]
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    • MP helps local disabled resident let down by Haringey Council 15 Mar 2010
      A disabled woman who has spent a year and a half in the same room without access to normal bathroom facilities has this week got extra support from local MP Lynne Featherstone to make sure Haringey Council delivers on their year-old promise to build her an accessible toilet and shower [...]
    • Northern Line closures: 20 months of misery ahead for local residents 14 Mar 2010
      Local residents will not be able to use the Northern Line from local stations in Highgate, Archway and Finchley at weekends until December 2011 after tube operator, Tubelines, announced 82 weeks of weekend closures, starting on 27 March 2010. The Liberal Democrats have launched a petition against the closures, saying that they will affect residents travelling [...]
    • Local Liberal Democrats step up the campaign against Northern Line closures 13 Mar 2010
      To help raise awareness of the proposed 82 weeks of evening and weekend closures on the Northern Line and to gain further support for their campaign Liberal Democrats have been out collecting petition signatures around Highgate Station. Lynne Featherstone MP, Highgate councillor Rachel Allison and local Transport spokesperson Councillor Martin Newton spent [...]
    • Labour leaflet lies about Hornsey Hospital 13 Mar 2010
      Local Liberal Democrats have demanded that Labour withdraw false claims that the party campaigned against the new health facility on the site of the Hornsey Hospital. Lynne Featherstone MP and local Liberal Democrats helped lead a high-profile, decade-long, campaign to get the hospital site back into use. In recognition [...]
    • Traffic calming consultation gets green light 12 Mar 2010
      Haringey Liberal Democrats are urging residents to take part in a statutory consultation on plans to provide new traffic calming measures and 20mph limits in the Palace Gates area of Alexandra ward. All households in the consultation area received documents from Haringey Council on 4 March 2010 to take part before the deadline [...]
    • Squatters move in after Haringey Council fails to act on empty home 11 Mar 2010
      A family-sized home, left empty by Haringey Council for nearly a year, has now been taken over by squatters, despite promises by Housing bosses that it would be brought back into use this month. The property, at 15 Nelson Road, Stroud Green (N8), was occupied last week, three months after local Liberal Democrats raised [...]
    • Comment on Whittington Hospital public meeting 8 Mar 2010
      Commenting following the public meeting with NHS bosses about the future of the Whittington A&E on Thursday 4th March, Lynne Featherstone MP said: “Thank you to the hundreds of residents who came out to have their voices heard. The mood of the meeting with clear, 370 against closure and zero for. “Speaker [...]
    • Local MP reads with local school children for World Book Day 6 Mar 2010
      To mark World Book Day and to share the joy of reading a good book with local school children, Lynne Featherstone MP visited a special story- telling session at Noel Park Primary. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP started off by reading ‘The Great Kapok Tree’, about the Amazon rainforest, to [...]
    • Liberal Democrats take Whittington Petition to Downing Street 2 Mar 2010
      To get the Prime Minister to intervene and stop the Whittington A&E being closed down, local Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone MP and Councillor Robert Gorrie presented the Whittington Petition to Downing Street. The petition has been supported by over 2,200 local residents, with over 1000 people signing it in the first [...]
    • Local MP urging residents to come to public meeting on future of Whittington A&E 2 Mar 2010
      Local MP Lynne Featherstone is this week calling on local residents to come along to a public meeting on Thursday to hear directly from health care bosses on the future of the Whittington A&E. The meeting, which is being held at Greig City Academy in Hornsey, N8 7NU on Thursday the [...]
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    • CHAGOS ISLANDS 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that the interests of the Chagossian people and of Mauritius must be fully protected in the proposed Marine Protected Area; urges the Government to withdraw its case from the European Court of Human Rights and to settle out of court, as already suggested by the Court; [...]
    • VULTURE FUNDS 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House expresses concern at the activities of so-called vulture funds, which seek to profit unfairly from the defaulted debts of heavily-indebted poor countries; notes that the international community has already deemed many of these countries' debts unsustainable by agreeing to reduce or cancel them; further notes the actions [...]
    • SAVE BBC 6 MUSIC AND ASIAN NETWORK CAMPAIGN 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House notes with deep concern recent newspaper speculation that the BBC is considering closing its 6 Music and Asian Network radio stations; believes that both radio stations offer outlets for independent and non-mainstream music; further notes that both 6 Music and Asian Network reach out to audiences not [...]
    • FISCAL STRATEGY FOR NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House notes the Chancellor of the Exchequer's words in the Pre-Budget Report on the need to implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; is concerned, however, that new and innovative technologies such as passive flue gas retention systems and voltage optimisation technologies do not benefit from the reduced [...]
    • SMARTER TRAVEL CHOICES INITIATIVES 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House notes the success of Smarter Choices initiatives in providing transport advice and information resulting in significant reductions in car trips and increased use of low carbon transport modes including buses, car sharing, cycling and walking; further notes the success of the Department for Transport's pilot projects in [...]
    • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House is concerned that 750,000 children a year witness domestic violence in the home; notes that children can experience domestic violence in many ways such as seeing or hearing the violence and the shouts, screams and crying, seeing the cuts, bruises and emotional impact on the abused parent, [...]
    • REFORM OF THE VOTING SYSTEM 17 Mar 2010
      I sponsored an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that any referendum consulting the people of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on changes to the electoral system in respect of the Westminster Parliament should include a wide variety of choice, including the single transferable vote, and not a restrictive choice imposed by politicians. [...]
    • SAFETY OF MEDICINES 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that the safety of medicines should be established by the most reliable methods available in order to reduce the large and increasing toll of serious adverse drug reactions; and calls on the Government to initiate an unprecedented comparison of currently required animal tests with a set [...]
    • SPORTS CLUBS AND MEN'S HEALTH 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House welcomes the development of public health programmes that take advantage of sports stadiums' and sports clubs' position in communities to reach men with health information and services; notes the programmes run by NHS Oldham and the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation; further notes the research and co-ordination provided by [...]
    • NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE 17 Mar 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House endorses the call by the Motor Neurone Disease Association for a national strategy for motor neurone disease (MND) and believes that such a strategy would lead to enhanced cost-effectiveness and good practice; supports the implementation of the National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions; is dismayed that [...]
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Hornsey & Wood Green:
it's a two-horse race

General Election result 2005

The Tories came third in Hornsey and Wood Green in five of the last six elections: 2001 (general election), 2002 (council), 2004 (GLA), 2005 (general election) and 2007 (GLA). In the sixth - the 2006 council elections - they did even worse, finishing fourth.

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