Kris Stewart

Kris Stewart (born February 9, 1967 in Portsmouth) is the founding chairman[1] of English football club AFC Wimbledon and a left wing political activist. He was the club's chief executive and is also a CIMA past finalist management accountant. Under his leadership, AFC Wimbledon achieved numerous milestones including their first ever match, a friendly against Sutton United, as well as their first competitive game in the Combined Counties League away at Sandhurst, and a sell-out game against Chipstead at Kingsmeadow.[2] He is a former member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and stood as the Left List's candidate for Merton and Wandsworth[3] in the 2008 London Assembly election.[4]

Not to be confused with actress Kristen Stewart.

In 2013, he resigned from the SWP due to the party's rape scandal and co-founded the International Socialist Network with around 100 other former members.

References
  1. http://www.wisa.org.uk/cgi/l/articles/index.cgi?action=show&id=154 Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/jul/14/sport.comment
  3. http://www.electrespectcoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64%5B%5D http://www.electrespectcoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64%5B%5D
  4. http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=14515



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