Joseph Bourke | joseph@hounslowlibdems.org.uk

Joe grew up in Southall and went to school in Harrow. His father worked at Firestones factory in Brentford until it closed in the late seventies. Joe moved to Brentford with his wife and four children in 1997 and soon became engaged with local community activities, serving as a school governor with Saint John’s primary school in Boston Park Road.  As a practicing Chartered Certified Accountant and football fan he was able to provide assistance to the Brentford FC supporters trust with the fans takeover of the football club in 2006 and served as a director of both the football club and the supporters trust from 2005 to 2007. Joe is honorary treasurer of Brentford Chamber of Commerce.

Cllr Andrew Dakers | andrew@hounslowlibdems.org.uk

Andrew’s career has spanned IT at the BBC, business change management at GlaxoSmithKline, campaigning for WWF-UK and most recently leading Public Affairs at corporate responsibility charity Business in the Community. Andrew is parliamentary candidate for Brentford & Isleworth Constituency and, as a local councillor for Brentford since 2006, spends his evenings chairing the project to regenerate the historic heart of Brentford town centre, as a trustee of social landlord Ealing & Brentford Consolidated Charity and a member of London Borough of Hounslow’s Pension Fund Committee. He has worked in Fiji, India, Uganda and the USA, and gained an MSc Development Management from The Open University in 2002. Andrew undertakes a range of freelance consultancy focussing on ‘wicked problems’.

To ensure his work as a councillor and campaigner is transparent, his interests are registered.

Mona Naqvi | mona@hounslowlibdems.org.uk

Mona is currently studying Government and Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and grew up on the Isleworth-Brentford border. Middle-Eastern parents provided her with an interest in ensuring equality and cultural integration within the community. Her campaigning priorities are to promote fairer and more accessible opportunities for women and young people to community leisure facilities, better education, general welfare and greater employment prospects. As a young person herself, Mona is keen to address the concerns of young people in ways that are beneficial to the entire local community.