Keith Moffitt

Keith Moffitt is a British Liberal Democrat local government Politician. He has been a Councillor for West Hampstead since 1994, and in the local elections of May 2006 became the first ever Liberal Democrat Leader of Camden Council, ending Labour's 35 year hold on the borough.

Moffitt speaks fluent French, German and Portuguese. In 2004 he ran in the European elections to represent London in the European Parliament.

Career

Before becoming leader of the council Moffitt worked as a translator, and is Vice-Chair of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.He previously had a 20-year career with British Coal, working in International Relations and European Community affairs, and was Chairman of the United Nations Working Party on Coal Trade from 1986 to 1992.

In 2006 Moffitt suspended his professional career in order to focus on his new role leading Camden Council.

Policies

Moffitt campaigned on a platform of freezing the Council Tax in his first year of office and, together with his Conservative coalition partners, has honored this pledge through the Council's "Better and Cheaper" agenda. This cost-cutting programme has attracted significant criticism from the opposition Labour party.

External links

* [http://www3.camden.gov.uk/templates/wards/showCouncillor.cfm?person=58 Personal Page at Camden Council]
* [http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/who-represents-you/leader-of-camden-council/ Leader's pages at Camden Council]