Meet Ian Cohen: a local champion to give West Hampstead a fresh start
Ian Cohen has lived in West Hampstead for 50 years, and is standing to be your local councillor on 28th August to give Pandora Road and all of West Hampstead a fresh start.
He was part of the team that launched West Hampstead's Neighbourhood Forum to control development locally. Conservatives were the only party to back a ban on skyscrapers in West Hampstead.
He has run a business on West End Lane for 35 years and been involved in setting up 5 others locally in the last 8 years, so he knows how to support the community, get results, and deliver value for money. Conservatives are the only party to propose cutting taxes in the last decade.
He is a Governor at Emmanuel School, leading on finance and administration. Schools are the biggest part of Camden's budget, but Camden's schools now get the worst results in London.
He volunteers at Sidney Corob House care home and is a patron of Jewish Care. Adult social care is increasingly the crunch point for local councils' budgets.
Ian got Camden to tackle roadwork congestion by charging utility firms for every day the roads are dug up. He proposed it in 2021, and Camden's finally agreed to implement it later this year.
About Ian
West Hampstead is home. I grew up here. I've launched several businesses here. My wife and I will grow old here. And serving you matters to me.
When it came to choose where to raise our family, it wasn't really a choice – it was simple. But that West Hampstead is slipping away – unless we push back.
Time and time again, we hear warm words that turn to empty promises, dirty streets, congested roads, and a community less safe to grow up or grow old in.
It's time to give West Hampstead a fresh start.
When Conservative councillors proposed using the council's power to ban tall buildings in West Hampstead, Labour and Lib Dems voted to say West Hampstead IS well-suited to skyscrapers.
Hollow words now count for nothing. Trust is at an all time low in politics, and I will earn your trust through real action, not empty words.
I love West Hampstead. And for decades, I have proven it through actions, not words - when it came to where to raise our kids, to open new businesses, and now to serve you: to give West Hampstead the fresh start it deserves.
Printed and promoted by David Douglas on behalf of Ian Cohen, both of 1A Heath Hurst Road, Hampstead, NW3 2RU
