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Carl Russell
Ealing Community Independents Party candidate for Walpole
Carl is an energetic, passionate socialist candidate who has lived and worked across West London, witnessing firsthand the corporate decay and bureaucratic mismanagement affecting local communities. A former organiser in a university rent strike campaign and now working in Housing, he has long been committed to standing up for residents. Carl is running in Walpole to protect the area from instability and to safeguard and strengthen the community’s greatest assets for the future.
Walpole Ward
Where Carl fits into things
Ealing Southall
Constituency
Walpole
Ward
Carl Russell
Candidate
Walpole
About the role
The responsibility of a councillor is to represent the people within a ward by making decisions on local services and other local issues.
What councillors do
- Make decisions on local services like housing, roads, and parks
- Represent residents' concerns at council meetings
- Help resolve local issues raised by constituents
- Set council budgets and local tax levels
How to influence
- Attend local council surgeries
- Write or email about local issues
- Attend public council meetings
- Join local community groups
Council
Ealing