Hyde Park Labour Action Team

We are delighted to have been elected as your Labour Councillors for Hyde Park Ward to Westminster Council.

Md Shamsed Chowdhury has lived and worked in Westminster since 2016. He is experienced in the business and hospitality industries and uses his knowledge to support young people into work. Shamsed is also a volunteer with a homeless charity in Westminster. He speaks English, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali and is keen to support all residents in the ward to ensure everyone has a decent home and feels safe on our streets.

Shamsed was elected in May 2022 and is Deputy Cabinet Member for Streets and a member of the Planning Committee. He is also Lead Member for Edgware Road where he is very active in ensuring that businesses comply with the environmental, licensing and health regulations.

Paul Dimoldenberg has been a Westminster Labour Councillor for over 35 years and was elected to represent Hyde Park Ward in May 2022 after representing Queen’s Park Ward for 25 years and Harrow Road Ward for 8 years before that. He is a former Leader of the Labour Group and led the Team that uncovered the ‘Homes for Votes’ and ‘15p Cemeteries’ scandals. Originally from Manchester, he has lived on Marylebone Road since the 1970s.

Paul is Lord Mayor of Westminster for 2025/2026 after serving as Cabinet Member for City Management and Air Quality from 2022-2025.

Judith Southern grew up in rural Cumbria and trained to be a nursery nurse. She then worked in West Yorkshire as a bus driver before starting nurse training. She worked at Paddington Green Children’s Hospital and has lived in Hyde Park ward since 1985. Before retiring she worked at Trinity Hospice at Clapham Common where Judith says she felt privileged to be able to give the best palliative care possible.

Judith was elected a Councillor for Hyde Park Ward in May 2022 and is the Council’s Older Persons Champion where she is active in ensuring that there are many opportunities for older people to lead a full life and that they get the help they need when they need it.

Nigel Medforth has joined the Hyde Park Labour Action Team

Nigel lives in Hyde Park Ward with his husband and pug dog. Since moving to the area in 2013 he has been active in the Labour Party, supporting the election of Rachel Blake MP and our local councillors. He works in London as a technology consultant and believes that the skills and knowledge he has developed from 30 years in IT could be put to strategic use for the Council and the community. His focus is to work for residents and accurately voice their concerns and views to the Council.