Steve has dealt with over 120,000 individual cases for local residents who asked in Helping residents - one of the highest levels for any MP.

Steve is the first Labour MP to pass a major Act of Parliament from opposition in 22 years, protecting mental health patients from violent restraint of the kind that killed 21-year-old South Norwood graduate Seni Lewis.

Steve has held senior positions on Labour’s front bench - he’s currently Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Previously, he has been Labour’s spokesperson for Communities and Local Government; Justice; Children and Families; Civil Society; and Crime Prevention.

Steve led the successful campaign to save Croydon University Hospital from closure, and secured £20 million investment in a new A&E.

Steve pioneered a new approach to tackling crime at source, successfully cutting violent youth crime in Lambeth by a third in just 18 months.

Steve was the first MP in the country to get flammable, Grenfell-style cladding stripped from a local housing block, and brought thousands of new affordable homes to Lambeth before becoming an MP.

Steve led the transformation of Lambeth’s services for vulnerable children from worst-rated to best-rated in the country before becoming an MP.

Steve helped set up Repowering - now the UK’s biggest community owned sustainable energy company - and has called for Croydon Council to set up its own clean energy cooperative