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Leanne Mohamad
Friday 21st February
6.00pm
The Cambridge Union
Leanne Mohamad is a British-Palestinian activist who stood as an independent candidate in the 2024 United Kingdom general election against Wes Streeting, the Labour Party incumbent and shadow health secretary, in the constituency of Ilford North.
Leanne won the UK Redbridge Regional ‘Speak Out’ Challenge in May 2016 after delivering a speech entitled ‘Birds, not Bombs’, calling for peace and freedom for Palestinians. Since 2016, Leanne has been a leading activist, speaking at many universities, conferences, and even in Parliament.
In the 2024 general election, Leanne came within 528 votes of Wes Streeting, after a narrow race that saw the Health Secretary with only a 1.1% lead in final vote tallies.
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