Before tragedy.
Not after it.

Public commitment reported · no direct campaign response

Sagal Abdi-Wali

Labour

The campaign’s emails of 8 and 10 September requesting a meeting and asking Sagal to support The Joshua Test received no direct response.

However, the Camden New Journal reported on 1 October that Sagal said she would “absolutely” take Joshua’s case forward if elected and seek “a universal statutory requirement for ongoing structural safety checks of residential balconies and communal railings”.

The article also reported that she would raise the issue in her maiden speech, seek a formal consultation and cross-government review, meet the housing minister, and pursue a Private Member’s Bill or Ten Minute Rule Bill extending statutory requirements to ongoing railing safety checks.

This is a substantive public commitment and is recorded as such. It does not yet answer the campaign’s requests for a direct meeting, immediate preventive action, named ownership, an implementation timetable, testing where safety cannot be reliably established, or inspection and repair records residents can verify.

Source: Tom Foot, “Act on balcony fall deaths, grieving mother urges by-election hopefuls”, Camden New Journal, 1 October 2026.

Pledge confirmed on video

Patrick Stillman

Liberal Democrats

Patrick publicly stated in an official campaign video that he had made a personal pledge to Fiona's campaign. The video also shows him holding the “I Back The Joshua Test” commitment. He said he would champion The Joshua Test if elected and, if not elected, work with Camden Council to explore local policies or changes.

Meeting held: Patrick met Fiona in Holborn on 21 September 2026 for a positive and productive discussion about the campaign.

His support is directly recorded. The video does not specify his first parliamentary action or an implementation timetable.

Support and commitment confirmed at meeting

Zack Polanski

Green Party leader · party engagement

Zack met Fiona in Holborn on 21 September 2026. The meeting was positive and productive, and he committed his support to the campaign’s asks for The Joshua Test.

At the 6 October housing hustings, the Green representative appeared unfamiliar with The Joshua Test and did not provide a substantive answer. This does not supersede Zack's personal commitment, but indicates that it had not been communicated effectively to the representative.

Concrete accountability action taken

Ewan Cameron

Conservative

Ewan met Fiona in Holborn on 21 September 2026 for a positive and productive discussion. He wrote to Camden Council seeking urgent, written answers about the action taken since Joshua's death and the safety of comparable residential balustrades and barriers across the borough.

On 5 October, Ewan publicly asked Sagal Abdi-Wali to confirm what action she had taken since the balustrade at Joshua's home failed. He also reported meeting Constable House residents who said their request to have a balustrade made safe had received no response.

This is a concrete accountability action. An explicit commitment to the complete national Joshua Test and a delivery timetable have not yet been recorded.

Support expressed · formal pledge not recorded

Helen Spiby-Vann

Christian Peoples Alliance

Thanked the campaign for its work to raise standards for vulnerable people and expressed personal and prayerful support. Her response did not explicitly commit to the requested parliamentary action.

Response received · pledge not addressed

Jonathan Silberman

Communist League

Sent a written response setting out wider political views on housing and capitalism. It did not answer the specific Joshua Test pledge or commit to the proposed inspection, testing, maintenance, verification and recording of residential barriers.