About Me

About Shane Mochrie-Cox

Shane was born in Gravesend and is a local resident in the Coldharbour and Perry Street Ward he represents and lives with his wife and two children. Many members of Shane's family live or have lived in the ward as well. Shane grew up on a council estate in Northfleet and went to school in Northfleet. After leaving North West Kent College (Gravesend Campus) as it was then known, Shane worked for local government before going to university in Scotland to qualify as a professional youth worker.

Shane has worked for many years as a qualified youth worker both for local authorities and in the charity and voluntary sector and has helped many young people get the best start in life and to get them involved in their communities.

Shane is a passionate believer in social justice and joined the Labour Party over 20 years ago to ensure that local people are heard and involved in decisions that affect them.

Shane is proud to be elected for the ward of Coldharbour and Perry Street, his local home ward, in a 2014 by-election and subsequently in 2017 in a further by-election and again in 2019 and 2023 in the Borough Elections.

Shane is also pleased to have been on the Gravesham Labour frontbench since 2017 first as the Shadow Cabinet Member for Community Services and since the 2019 Gravesham Borough Council Elections in which Labour formed the Administration as the Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure. After the 2023 Borough Council Elections Shane was elected by his Group colleagues to be the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Group and at the 2023 Annual Council became the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategic Environment.

After the Annual Council in May 2025 some slight changes to Cabinet Portfolios meant that in addition to remaining Deputy Leader of the Council, Shane also became the Cabinet Member for Planning and Business Development which retained much of his former Portfolio but with the addition of Economic and Business Development and his work on Community Safety including Chairing the Community Safety Partnership went back to the Community and Leisure Portfolio.

Shane's current Portfolio responsibilities as Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Planning and Business Development can be found in the Constitution of the Council which can be found here: 
  • Development Management
  • Building Control
  • Environmental Management
  • Conservation
  • Planning Policy
  • Economic and Business Development
Shane's previous responsibilities as Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure as as per the Constitution of the Council these included the following services as part of the Portfolio:
  • Community Safety
  • Sport Development (including Leisure)
  • GCLL (Gravesham Community Leisure Ltd)
  • The Woodville (including the Arts Centres)
  • Community Engagement
  • Gr@nd (including Health and Public Health)
  • Arts, Heritage and Tourism
  • Market
  • Town Twinning 
Since the 2019 election the Labour Administration on Gravesham Borough Council has delivered so much of it's manifesto that Shane is proud to have been a part of including:

- Starting the replacement of Cascades Leisure Centre with a brand new £34 Million Leisure Centre as part of our new Sports, Leisure and Active Recreation Strategy
- Tackling flytipping by creating a brand new Environmental Enforcement team which had led to fines, prosecutions and even a prison term for flytipping in the Borough. A new Environmental Enforcement Strategy has also been created and published.
- Created a brand new Arts and Culture Centre in the Borough - the St George's Arts Centre (while retaining St Andrew's Art Centre for other creative arts purposes) putting Gravesham on the map nationally for arts and culture.
- Retaining and promoting the best of Gravesham through our new Tourism and Heritage Strategy
- Supporting our children and young people and the health and wellbeing of the Borough through the new Youth and Community, Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
- A new Borough Market Strategy which listened to local people who asked a food and food hall offer changing the hours and offer to meet local needs.
- As a listening Council created a Community Engagement Strategy
- A new Gravesham Community Safety Partnership and Community Safety Strategy and Anti Social Behaviour Strategy and Modern Slavery Strategy to tackle with our partners the issues of crime and anti social behaviour in our Borough. Work is ongoing for a Tackling Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and a Tackling Serious Violence Strategy.

All Strategy and Policy Documents of the Council can be found here: https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/policies-strategies-open-data

Gravesham Labour Party

Cllr Shane Mochrie-Cox is a Labour Party Councillor

For more information on the work of the Gravesham Labour Party, to get involved and includes the latest Manifesto please visit:

X/Twitter: @graveshamlabour
Phone: 01474 534395
Latest Gravesham Labour Manifesto can be found at: http://www.graveshamlabour.org.uk/2023manifesto

For more information on the work of the national Labour Party please visit:

X/Twitter: @UKLabour
Phone: 0345 092 2299

To join the Labour Party please call the number above or visit www.labour.org.uk/join 

Contact information for Dr Lauren Sullivan MP

To contact the local Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham Dr Lauren Sullivan, please use the below contact details.


Dr Lauren Sullivan MP

Member of Parliament for Gravesham


You can write to her at:


Dr Lauren Sullivan MP

House of Commons, 

London 

SW1A 0AA


or at the Constituency Office

66 High Street

Gravesend

Kent

DA11 0BB


Email: lauren.sullivan.mp@parliament.uk


Phone: 01474 740229


WhatsApp/Text: 07976 808809


Promoted by John Burden, Parliamentary Agent on behalf of Lauren Sullivan and all at Gravesham Labour all at 24 Overcliffe, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0EH.