Lezley Cameron Scottish Labour Party

Lezley Cameron was a councillor once before, so we asked her why she wants to do it all over again. She explained that she feels that the people in this ward in particular need a Labour councillor (or two!) to stand up for them.

Lezley told us : “I think the people of the Liberton/Gilmerton need Labour councillors more than ever given the cuts that there have been over the last 10 years from the SNP led Scottish Government to our councils.
When I was a Councillor previously we were able to invest lots in our schools, and we built Gracemount Leisure Centre for example. It’s a very different story now.
People are very worried about what’s happening in our schools about education, and they are also very worried about the fact that we’ve got an elderly population and that our services for health and social care in particular are really, really stretched.
My background is in HR originally and in economic development when I was a councillor before I represented Alnwickhill which is part of this ward so I know the area quite well.
I was also the Convener of economic development, so my priorities at that time were to make sure people had access to education, training and employment opportunities.
I’ve also lived overseas – I lived in Australia. So I have seen how things are organised in other parts of the world, and I am bringing back that kind of experience.
I’ve got a very rounded experience in local government. I first worked as an officer in the council,  I have been a trade union representative and I’ve also been an elected member so that’s a very rounded perspective.  I’ve also run my own business and I worked very closely with the business community in my previous role.
I was responsible for European and international Affairs and last year during the EU referendum I led the main campaign for the area. That’s an issue that people are really bringing up on the doorsteps there are lots of EU National is living in this area and they are concerned about what Brexit means for them.

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