About Nancy

Nancy Platts became Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion constituency in June 2007.  She hopes to succeed David Lepper, who is standing down as Labour MP after 11 years at the next General Election.

Nancy was selected to stand as the Labour candidate for the parliamentary seat of Brighton Pavilion in June 2007 and moved to live in the Hanover area of Brighton with her partner Steve. Nancy is a member of Unite the Union who actively support her as a candidate.

Born in London in 1965, Nancy went to Bexley Technical High School for Girls and left school at 18.  She has worked practically all her life in the public and charity sectors.  Nancy spent 11 years in public relations and personnel and training for the London Fire Brigade.  She went to college after work to study for professional qualifications and in the summer used to volunteer with the Children’s Country Holiday Fund taking 32 disadvantaged children on holiday!

Nancy then moved to become Head of Policy at TSSA, a railway trades union, campaigning for better employment rights and publicly owned, publicly accountable transport services. For nearly ten years’ she was a trustee of Transport 2000, the environmental transport campaign (now the Campaign for Better Transport) and continues to be a member.

She moved to the Greater London Authority to become a senior project manager before transferring to the voluntary sector.  In 2003, she became Head of Policy at the Daycare Trust campaigning for quality, affordable childcare, became a trustee of End Child Poverty and joined the Executive of the Fawcett Society.  Nancy went on to become Director of Maternity Alliance lobbying Ministers for improved parental leave and better maternity services for all, especially disadvantaged groups.

Nancy went on to act as a campaigns and communications consultant to various charities including the National Childbirth Trust and Child Poverty Action Group.  Currently Nancy is a Senior Public Affairs Advocate at Consumer Focus working in their Disadvantage Team and campaigning on behalf of people living in fuel poverty, in debt or fear of repossession.

Nancy’s policy and campaigning priorities for Brighton are informed by feedback received from local residents and businesses. She wants to tackle poverty and disadvantage, will campaign for better public transport, including more cycle lanes, call for more affordable housing, and support an equal national minimum wage for young people and seek to protect the unique culture of Brighton, especially independent shops and small businesses.

Nancy is a member of the following organisations:

1.  Amnesty International
2. Brighton Line Commuters
3. Campaign for Better Transport
4. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
5. Chartered Institute of Public Relations
6. Co-operative Party
7. Fabian Society
8. Fawcett Society
9. Friends of the Earth
10. Labour Animal Welfare Society
11. Labour Party
12. Labour Women’s Network
13. Liberty
14. Object
15. South Downs Society
16. Unite the Union
17. TSSA
18. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
19. WWF-UK