Moema was born in Islington to South African parents who had fled Apartheid in the 1970s.^[1][2] She attended St Michael's Catholic Grammar School and Mahindra United World College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Keele University and a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Birkbeck, University of London.

She was first elected as a councillor on Hackney Council for Hackney Downs ward in 2006.^[3] She did not stand for re-election in the 2010 local government elections but returned to Hackney Council in a by-election 2016, again representing Hackney Downs ward.^[4] Moema was re-elected in the 2018 Hackney London Borough Council election^[5] and in the 2022 Hackney Borough Council election.^[6]

Moema is a mayoral adviser for private rented sector and housing affordability on Hackney Council,^[7] in which role she introduced a licensing scheme for privately rented housing in Hackney.^[8]

Following her election to the London Assembly in May 2021 she was elected to serve on the Assembly's Housing, Police and Crime and Confirmation Hearings Committees.^[9] Moema is also the chair of the London Assembly's housing committee.^[10]

1. ^ "About Me". Sem Moema. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
2. ^ Moema, Sem (11 February 2020). "Sem Moema: Why I'm standing to be a Labour London Assembly candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
3. ^ "Hackney Council election results".
4. ^ "2016 Hackney by-election results".
5. ^ Service, Local Democracy Reporting (8 May 2021). "Elections results in for City Hall and council elections". Waltham Forest Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
6. ^ "Council election results | Hackney Council". hackney.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
7. ^ "Hackney Council cabinet".
8. ^ "Hackney Council landlord licensing scheme". 21 March 2018.
9. ^ "London Assembly – Membership of Committees 2021/22" (PDF).
10. ^ "London Assembly housing committee page".