Sem Moema

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.

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

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

Early life

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

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] Sem was re-elected in the 2018 Hackney London Borough Council election[5] and in the 2022 Hackney Borough Council election.[6]

Sem 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] Sem is also the chair of the London Assembly's housing committee.[10]

References
  1. "About Me". Sem Moema. 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).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "London Assembly housing committee page".
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