PUBLISHED: 13:00 30 April 2020 | UPDATED: 13:55 30 April 2020<\/p>\n
Lucas Cumiskey <\/p>\n
Former Islington Mayor Anna Berent<\/p>\n
Archant<\/p>\n
A former mayor of Islington and true champion of liberal causes died on Wednesday morning, aged 93. <\/p>\n
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A former mayor of Islington and true champion of liberal causes died on Wednesday morning, aged 93. <\/p>\n
Anna Berent was a Liberal Democrats councillor for Mildmay ward from 2002 to 2010, and she served as mayor in her final year on the council. <\/p>\n
Anna was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party in Islington before joining the Lib Dems.<\/p>\n
Before being elected, Anna led a successful campaigned to stop the Eurostar from running on surface tracks through Islington. <\/p>\n
Anna also played a leading role in transforming the park in Newington Green, and in the development of the Mildmay Community Centre. <\/p>\n
She was passionate environmental campaigner and organised the St Pauls Shrubbery Festival for 20 years. Anna and was a founding member, and later chair, of Newington Green Action Group.<\/p>\n
Former Lib Dems leader of Islington Council Terry Stacy MBE said: Anna was a true champion of liberal causes. I dont think we would have seen the improvements to Newington Green and the surrounding area if it hadnt been for her advocacy. <\/p>\n
She truly was inspirational. She played an instrumental part in Lib Dems history when we ran the council.<\/p>\n
When there was a hung council the Lib Dems had a majority of one, and as mayor Anna had the casting vote. <\/p>\n
Former Lib Dem deputy council leader Lucy Watt added: Anna was an amazing woman very free thinking she had her principles and was really respected for that. [...] She campaigned on so many environmental and civil liberties issues, she was always at the marches. <\/p>\n
She will really be missed. She was a very generous person, had a lively mind right up to the end.<\/p>\n
Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece OBE, who served as Lib Dems councillor for Mildmay at the same time as Anna, said: She worked tirelessly, she was a fantastic councillor. She was such a strong community champion, a really remarkable and public servant. She served the people of Islington tremendously. I feel very privileged to have served with her as a fellow ward councillor. She helped so many people and touched so many lives.<\/p>\n
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