Your candidates in London Fields

Brenda Puech

Brenda has lived in London Fields for 25 years and has been deeply involved in community life. She has led a Tenants and Residents Association, sits on committees of Hackney Living Streets, Hackney Cycling Campaign, the London Fields User Group, and the Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and founded the Parklets Campaign. Brenda has worked constructively with council officers and councillors on transport and planning. Professionally, she is a disability access consultant with a background in architecture and planning, and an MSc in Environmental Economics from the LSE.

Brenda says, “People are hungry for clear information; I want to make sure they’re heard and helped”.

Kwame Otiende

Kwame has lived and worked in Hackney for over 20 years, runs one of Hackney’s most popular grassroots venues and a food bank. He understands the pressures residents face around housing, the cost of living, pressure on businesses and public services. Through this work, Kwame has built trusted relationships with residents, artists, local businesses, police, and council officers, balancing creativity with practical problem-solving. Kwame says, “I want to bring a fresh, practical perspective to council representation. Listening, acting, and working collaboratively to improve public services, support vulnerable groups, and strengthen community engagement.”

Working together for London Fields Ward

What we are building here is historic for Hackney, and rare elsewhere too. Two groups working together with a shared local message, choosing collaboration over confrontation, because Hackney needs action, not political point scoring. For two years, our Green Councillors have worked closely with three ex-Labour councillors who formed the Hackney Independent Socialist Collective (HISC) at the Town Hall. 

We are not the same party, and we won’t always agree on everything. We work together where we have common ground, and are open and honest with residents about where we differ.

For the May 2026 local elections in London Fields Ward, we are standing alongside Sarah Byrne from the Hackney Independent Socialist Collective and ask for your support for us all as part of a team dedicated to real change.

Sarah Byrne is a teacher and parent living in London Fields for over 25 years. Her children were born in the Homerton and went to local schools. She is the current president of Hackney National Education Union focussing on the funding crisis in our schools, which disproportionately affects SEND pupils, opposing school closures, and for inclusive education for all children. Her key priorities if elected, would be schools, housing and to divest pension funds from weapons associated with the genocide in Gaza.

Published and promoted by E. Henton on behalf of Sarah Byrne, c/o 5 Brayford Square, E1 0SG