Sarah Rebecca Sackman is a British barrister and Labour Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green since July 2024, and as the Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services since December 2024.
There were a number of objections from residents who cited concerns such as parking and congestion but some opposed the move on the grounds of a Muslim centre being located in an area (Golders Green) with a large Jewish population.
[15] Sackman contributed a chapter to Community-Led Generation - A Toolkit for Residents and Planners by Pablo Sendra and Daniel Fitzpatrick on using the law to challenge redevelopment through courts.
[21] In 2022 Sackman worked on the appellant team in R (on the application of Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office against the government trial of voter ID arguing that it was unlawful to be made under Representation of the People Act 2000.
[24] In the 2015 general election, Sackman stood for the Labour Party in Finchley and Golders Green; she won the preliminary selection against Alon Or-Bach and Catherine Tuitt.
[4] Sackman was backed by a number of Labour politicians, including Prime Ministers Gordon Brown,[29] Keir Starmer[30] and Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Sackman promised to "tirelessly call out antisemitism and Islamophobia", and voiced support for the bills in the 2024 King's Speech as a vehicle to restore British public services.
[45] In response to the 2024 United Kingdom riots in which Red Flare leaked messages from Far-Right wing Telegram groups naming North Finchley as a possible gathering place outside immigration law specialists[46][47][48] Sackman called the targeting of this service "disgusting"[49] and on the day of the planned riot chaired a meeting of unity with Jewish and Muslim leaders to deepen community cohesion.
[50][51] Sackman secured additional funding in the October 2024 United Kingdom budget for the Crown Prosecution Service to support Rape and Serious Sexual Offences teams.
[58] Sackman served as a school governor for four years in a state primary in Camden and has also volunteered at Toynbee Hall Free Legal Advice Centre.
[9] As of April 2018[update], Sackman was a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics Cities Programme, teaching public law and urban politics.