My name is Abbey (Abideen) Akinoshun, and I have lived in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for over 15 years with my family.

As a result, I have a good insight into the problems confronting our community. My children attend a local school, where I used to serve as a school governor.

I have been consulting in Employment Law and Regulatory Services in Woolwich for the past five years. Up till three years ago, I worked as a Clinical Service Manager with one of the NHS Foundation Trusts in London.

In 2006 I was elected by the majority of the registered nurses in England to represent them, in the Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC], where I used my position and knowledge to influence major changes in the nursing profession and to improve quality of care to the wider public. Having spent over fourteen years in the NHS, I am fully aware of the stresses that the NHS is suffering from!

I also have a wealth of experience in politics, human rights, advocacy, race-relations, and community relations.

In short, I am a resident with a lot of experience, common sense and a passion to serve my local community.

Having been a Labour Party member for over 10 years, I left the party about 5 years ago because, sadly, I no longer saw it as a party to build a fairer society. I then joined the Green Party just over a year ago, because I saw a fast-growing political party which has a fully developed range of policies addressing social, economic and political issues in our society.

I am standing as your prospective candidate for the Green Party because I would like to have the opportunity to give a political voice to the thousands of ordinary citizens like me, living in the Borough of Greenwich.