Luke Akehurst
Luke Akehurst is the Director of We Believe in Israel a project of the pro Israel campaign group BICOM. Akehurst has been a Labour Party activist since 1988, and a staunch Blairite.
Labour Party
He was National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6[1]; Organiser, Holborn & St Pancras CLP The Labour Party September 1996 – January 1998[2]; Full-time Agent for Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP in the 1997 General Election[3];Labour Group Political Assistant London Borough of Hackney February 1998 – June 2000[2]; Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005), and from 2002, has been Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) and chief whip of Labour in the London borough 2002-9. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012.[1]
Lobbyist
Akehurst was employed for five months as a Press Officer in the London Borough of Lewisham( June 2000 – October 2000)[2] before taking up a job as a Director with the lobbying firm Weber Shandwick Public Affairs.[2] He specialises in advising defence and aerospace companies.
Israel lobby
Akehurst was appointed as Director of We Believe in Israel, a project of BICOM in August 2011[2]
Blog
He has a Blog[1] which has been spoofed.[4]
Affiliations
Member of Unite, the Co-Op Party and Fabian Society.[3] Active trade unionist for 19 years – including seven years as a member of Amicus London Regional Political Committee.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lukeakehurst, Blogspot.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 LinkedIn [ Luke Akehurst], accessed 5 November 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Luke4NEC Luke's Experience, accessed 5 November 2012
- ↑ Lukeakehurstsblog
