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Emma Dent Coad was born in London to an Anglo-Spanish family. She spent 30 years as a journalist writing about design and architecture, specialising in social housing, planning, and the resurgence in Spain. She is a life-long political activist, involved in numerous campaigns over the years related to social issues. She joined Kensington and Chelsea Council as a Labour Councillor in 2006. Her surprise election as the first Labour MP for Kensington on 9 June 2017, by 20 votes, overturned a majority of 7,331 and made her a national figure. Four days later the atrocity of the fire at Grenfell Tower, near her home, set the seal on her time in Westminster. She re-stood for the Council in May 2018 and was re-elected with an increased majority - one of numerous MPs who retain their Council seats. During her time in Westminster Emma was an outspoken advocate for her Kensington constituents, particularly on numerous issues related to Grenfell. She was vice-chair of the Fire Safety and Rescue All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), as well as for London, for Planning and Built Environment, and for CND, speaking on matters relating to the fire services, Council Housing, and Leasehold Reform.
There is a lot of controlled fury in it, an absolute refusal to let go of the principles that you don't often hear * Guardian * Speaks to a lost London barely recognisable in the more staid, corporate landscape today * Sunday Times * A brutal exposé . . . written with furious personal compassion for those let down. It is a deconstruction of the culture that ultimately led to some of the failures at Grenfell Tower and is absolutely damning from start to finish -- Peter Apps * Inside Housing * Insightful and thought provoking ... well worth reading * Love Wirrall * An eye-opening, breath-taking and damning indictment of the divisions that rend this country... required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the pressing case for meaningful local democracy - and how far Britain falls short of it * Morning Star *
