The Candidates

Emily Darlington 

I am an active campaigner in Milton Keynes, out on the door step for Super Saturdays, helping organise street stalls and taking part in Party meetings.

I campaigned for our council candidates in May where we gained 7 seats and 7 great councillors putting us in good stead to win the council in 2014. It was great to see Labour gains for the Liberal Democrats in Bradwell, Campbell Park and Wolverton and to see Margaret Burke beat the Tories in Stantonbury. 

I have national experience, travelling across the country as a volunteer in the 2010 General Election to organise campaign visits for Gordon Brown and other ministers.

- In the 2005 election, I worked at Labour HQ, helped draft the business manifesto and working in the press office.

I was a special adviser at the Department of Trade and Industry and the Treasury covering issues of innovation, economic growth and personal taxation. In government, I helped deliver 28 days holiday for all workers, simplifications to child tax credits and an increasing science budget.

Rebakah Peterson  

I have been an active member of a Labour-affiliated trade union for 19 years, and I joined the Labour Party as a full member in 2008. I am a delegate to the National Policy Forum (NPF) for the trade union section, division II, and have attended the NPFs held in Gillingham, Wrexham and Aston. Further to this I am elected to the Crime, Justice, Citizenship and Equality policy committee, regularly attending and contributing to the meetings alongside shadow Cabinet members.

I attended the Labour Party Conference in 2011 in ex-officio capacity as an NPF member, and I represented South West Bedfordshire CLP as a delegate at the 2012 conference in Manchester. I have also attended the London Labour Party conference on behalf of my trade union ASLEF on two occasions. 

I stood as a town councillor in the 2010 local election for Leighton-Linslade, although I was unsuccessful, and I have campaigned in local, regional and national elections.

I attend my local Labour branch meetings when shift-work commitments allow, and I am engaged in jointly setting up a local trade union liaison (TULO) group.