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Semakaleng Mokgadi Moema (born 4 November 1984) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the London Assembly Member for North East since 2021.
Sem Moema | |
|---|---|
| Member of the London Assembly for North East | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jennette Arnold |
| Hackney London Borough Councillor for Hackney Downs | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Semakaleng Mokgadi Moema 4 November 1984 Islington, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | www |
Moema was born in Islington to South African parents who had fled Apartheid in the 1970s.[1][2] She attended St Michael's Catholic Grammar School and Mahindra United World College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Keele University and a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Birkbeck, University of London.
She was first elected as a councillor on Hackney Council for Hackney Downs ward in 2006.[3] She did not stand for re-election in the 2010 local government elections but returned to Hackney Council in a by-election 2016, again representing Hackney Downs ward.[4] Moema was re-elected in the 2018 Hackney London Borough Council election[5] and in the 2022 Hackney Borough Council election.[6]
Moema is a mayoral adviser for private rented sector and housing affordability on Hackney Council,[7] in which role she introduced a licensing scheme for privately rented housing in Hackney.[8]
Following her election to the London Assembly in May 2021 she was elected to serve on the Assembly's Housing, Police and Crime and Confirmation Hearings Committees.[9] Moema is also the chair of the London Assembly's housing committee.[10]
Moema has campaigned on London's housing crisis, campaigning for a lift in Local Housing Allowance following rising rents in the Capital.[11] This campaign was successful, with the Government enacting her ask at the next Autumn Statement.[12]
She has successfully campaigned against Section 21 "no fault" evictions,[13] with the Labour Government formed following the 2024 General Election including a ban in their first King's Speech.[14]
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