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This meant defying the party whip, but she survived to continue fighting for her constituents. “Aileen and the rebels were right and I was wrong,” said Phil Turner, a member of the council’s leadership at the time. Both libraries survived.  In recent years, her belief in the vital importance of education led Aileen to initiate and run for ten years a very successful children’s competition to improve the environment on behalf of the Camden Civic Society.  At the Safer Neighbourhoods Board, she spoke against some of the more arbitrary aspects of policing in the borough and was an advo...

'She was fun to be with, and never boring, with all sorts of insights into life' Aileen Hammond was a councillor in Belsize AILEEN Hammond, who has died aged 82, was a force of nature, a passionate believer in social justice who was never afraid to speak out or take practical action. A feisty former Belsize ward councillor, Aileen worked tirelessly for the Labour Party, of which she was a lifelong member, and for the Co-operative Party, as well as energetically involving herself with other local organisations, including the Camden Civic Society, the Safer Neighbourhoods Panel and the Belsize ...