Helen Mary Westwood AM is a former Australian politician and Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

[1] She was a board member of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) since 2001 and chair from 2004 to 2005.

[7][8] In 2006, she resigned as Mayor to become an adviser to State Fisheries Minister Ian MacDonald as a prelude to her nomination on the Labor Party ticket for the Legislative Council.

[14] Gibson never returned to the Ministry and another Minister, Phil Koperberg, was briefly stood aside in a related historical domestic violence allegations.

[18] Despite winning the endorsement of the ASU rank and file Helen ultimately failed in her bid to regain preselection on the back of other Left-affiliated unions (the AMWU, CFMEU and CPSU) voting for Luke Foley, Lynda Voltz and Mick Veitch.

[20] In 2007, she was commended in the Women of the West Award for her commitment and dedication to improving social balance, equity, opportunity and community harmony.