Who we are – Labour Environment Campaign

Our Team

Ben Carter

Executive Director

Ben leads SERA, bringing over two decades of experience in campaigning, political strategy and fundraising. He is privileged to have supported environmental action, policy change, and grassroots engagement across the UK.

Laura Clarke

Research and Politics Officer

Laura leads our policy and research work and acts as our parliamentary officer. Laura has delivered research, policy and advocacy for the labour movement, not-for-profits
and social research institutes in the UK, Europe and Australia.

Executive Committee

The SERA Executive Committee is elected every three years from SERA members. The Executive Committee is our board, leads in policy development and advocacy, and provides strategic input across all our work.

Lisa Trickett

SERA Co-Chair

Lisa is a Birmingham City Councillor and co-founder of Places in Common. Through her political, professional, and campaigning work with SERA, she focuses on securing delivery of a fair and just transition and embedding environmental justice in local and national policy.

Bill Eyres

SERA Co-Chair

Bill is an experienced sustainability, corporate affairs, and marketing professional who has worked with major organisations including The Crown Estate, O2, The Co-operative Bank, and The Body Shop International. His focus is on strengthening sustainability performance, maximising shared value, and placing people at the heart of positive social change.

Rachel Eden

SERA Treasurer

Rachel is Treasurer of SERA and has been a councillor for Whitley in Reading since 2010. She is currently Lead Councillor for Public Health and Education, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founder of Holy Brook Accountants, and a director of Reading Community Energy Society.

Matthew Crighton

Co-Chair SERA Scotland

Matthew is Sustainable Economy Adviser at Friends of the Earth Scotland and Secretary of the Just Transition Partnership, bringing together trade unions and climate campaigners. His work focuses on green economy policy, collaboration across the environmental sector, and ensuring a just transition for workers and communities.

Phillip Fenton

Executive Committee Member

Phil champions the circular economy and resource efficiency. He has previously supported the Shadow Labour DEFRA team on resources and waste policy and is a former National Organiser for SERA, bringing long-standing movement knowledge and policy experience.

Christian Fuller

Youth Representative

Christian is SERA’s Youth Representative and a legal professional specialising in international environmental law. He brings experience in UK politics and campaigning, alongside a strong focus on youth voice and environmental justice.

Jessie Jacobs

Executive Committee Member

Jessie is a campaigner and social entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience in leadership, advocacy, and community development. A former Director of the UK Democracy Network, she has led national campaigns, raised significant funding for grassroots action, and now works on local regeneration initiatives in Cornwall. A passionate surfer, she is committed to protecting the UK’s coastline and oceans.

Sandy Martin

Executive Committee Member

Sandy has served on SERA’s Executive Committee since 2020 and leads on membership growth and support for local groups. He previously served as Shadow Minister for Waste and Recycling from 2018 to 2019 and brings extensive experience of Labour politics and environmental campaigning.

Melanie Smallman

Executive Committee Member

Melanie represents the Socialist Societies on Labour’s National Policy Forum, providing a direct link between SERA and Labour’s policymaking process. Involved with SERA since 2006, she has previously served as a Labour councillor, advised DEFRA, and is now a Professor at UCL.

Pete Wood

Co-Chair SERA Scotland

Pete is a researcher focused on environmental and social sciences and an Associate Lecturer at The Open University. He is Co-Chair of SERA Scotland and brings academic expertise alongside experience supporting Labour-aligned environmental policy and debate.

Starling Wilkie

Executive Committee Member, Wales Representative

Starling represents Wales on SERA’s Executive Committee and lives and works in Cardiff. She is Board Secretary of the Co-operative Party, having previously served for many years as Deputy General Secretary. With a background in local government, policy, and strategic planning, Starling has been a Labour activist for over 40 years and brings deep experience of organisation-building and Welsh politics, alongside a lifelong love of the environment.

Member MPs

We are delighted to have seen so many members elected in 2024. SERA members in parliament are champions for the environment.

Name	Constituency	Region	Government Role (where allocated)
Alex Baker MP	Aldershot	South East
Brian Leishman MP	Alloa & Grangemouth	Scotland
Laura Kyrke-Smith MP	Aylesbury	South East
Sean Woodcock MP	Banbury	South East
Luke Murphy MP	Basingstoke	South East
Liam Conlon MP	Beckenham & Penge	London
Laurence Turner MP	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands
Sam Rushworth MP	Bishop Auckland	North East
Tom Hayes MP	Bournemouth East	South West
Peter Swallow MP	Bracknell	South East
Ruth Cadbury MP	Brentford & Isleworth	London
Kerry McCarthy MP	Bristol East	South West
Darren Jones MP	Bristol North West	South West	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations

Callum Anderson MP	Buckingham & Bletchley	South East
James Frith MP	Bury North	North West
Perran Moon MP	Camborne, Redruth & Hayle	South West
Daniel Zeichner MP	Cambridge	Eastern
Julie Minns MP	Carlisle	North East
Rachel Blake MP	Cities of London & Westminster	London
Becky Gittins MP	Clwyd East	Wales

Melanie Ward MP	Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy	Scotland
Peter Lamb MP	Crawley	South East
Natasha Irons MP	Croydon East	London
Katrina Murray MP	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East	Scotland
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP	Doncaster North	Yorkshire & Humberside	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Sonia Kumar MP	Dudley	West Midlands
Alex Mayer MP	Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard	Eastern
Deirdre Costigan MP	Ealing Southall	London	Assistant Whip
Blair McDougall MP	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade
Polly Billington MP	East Thanet	South East
Tom Rutland MP	East Worthing & Shoreham	South East
Chris Murray MP	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Scotland
Feryal Clark MP	Enfield North	London	Parliamentary Under Secretary. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Steve Race MP	Exeter	South West
Seema Malhotra MP	Feltham & Heston	London	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Education & in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Claire Hazelgrove MP	Filton & Bradley Stoke	South West
Tony Vaughan MP	Folkestone & Hythe	South East
Mark Ferguson MP	Gateshead Central & Whickham	North East	Assistant Whip
Matthew Pennycook MP	Greenwich & Woolwich	London	Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)
Dame Meg Hillier MP	Hackney South & Shoreditch	London
Alex Ballinger MP	Halesowen	West Midlands
Imogen Walker MP	Hamilton & Clyde Valley	Scotland	Assistant Whip
Rt Hon John McDonnell MP	Hayes & Harlington	London
David Taylor MP	Hemel Hempstead	Eastern
Joe Morris MP	Hexham	North East
Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry MP	Islington South and Finsbury	London
Rosie Wrighting MP	Kettering	East Midlands
Anneliese Midgley MP	Knowsley	North West
Alex Sobel MP	Leeds Central & Headingley	Yorkshire & Humberside
Katie White MP	Leeds North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	Minister for Climate in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP	Leeds West	Yorkshire and Humberside	Chancellor of the Exchequer
Gregor Poynton MP	Livingston	Scotland	Assistant Whip
Jeevun Sandher MP	Loughborough	East Midlands
Jess Asato MP	Lowestoft	Eastern
Tim Roca MP	Macclesfield	North West
Luke Myer MP	Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East	North East
Kirsty McNeill MP	Midlothian	Scotland	Parliamentary Under Secretary, Scotland Office
Emily Darlington MP	Milton Keynes Central	South East
Catherine Fookes MP	Monmouthshire	Wales
Pamela Nash MP	Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke	Scotland
Adam Jogee MP	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands
Lucy Rigby MP	Northampton North	East Midlands	Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Mike Reader MP	Northampton South	East Midlands
Rachel Taylor MP	North Warwickshire & Bedworth	West Midlands
Miatta Fahnbulleh MP	Peckham	London	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Marie Tidball MP	Penistone & Stocksbridge	Yorkshire & Humberside
Andrew Pakes MP	Peterborough	Eastern
Fred Thomas MP	Plymouth Moor View	South West
Luke Pollard MP	Plymouth Sutton & Devonport	South West	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Fleur Anderson MP	Putney	London
Georgia Gould MP	Queen’s Park & Maida Vale	London	Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)
Anna Turley MP	Redcar	North East	Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio)
Sir Chris Bryant MP	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade
Paul Waugh MP	Rochdale	North West
Jake Richards MP	Rother Valley	Yorkshire & Humberside	Assistant Whip & Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
James Naish MP	Rushcliffe	East Midlands
Alison Hume MP	Scarborough & Whitby	Yorkshire & Humberside
Bill Esterson MP	Sefton Central	North West
Olivia Blake MP	Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire & Humberside
Kevin McKenna MP	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	South East
Gurinder Singh Josan MP	Smethwick	West Midlands
Samantha Niblett MP	South Derbyshire	East Midlands
Anna Gelderd MP	South East Cornwall	South West

Terry Jermy MP	South West Norfolk	Eastern
Noah Law MP	St Austell & Newquay	South West
Kevin Bonavia MP	Stevenage	Eastern
Chris McDonald MP	Stockton North	North East	Minister for Industry
Allison Gardner MP	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP	Suffolk Coastal	Eastern
Rt Hon David Lammy MP	Tottenham	London	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Danny Beales MP	Uxbridge & South Ruislip	London
Stella Creasy MP	Walthamstow	London
Gen Kitchen MP	Wellingborough & Rushden	East Midlands
Andrew Lewin MP	Welwyn Hatfield	Eastern
Sarah Coombes MP	West Bromwich	West Midlands
James Asser MP	West Ham & Beckton	London
Josh MacAlister MP	Workington and Whitehaven	North West	Minister for Children and Families
Beccy Cooper MP	Worthing West	South East
Luke Charters MP	York Outer	Yorkshire & Humberside