London’s election organisers are looking for youngsters who are passionate about London and their local area to take part in a new voting awareness campaign. The campaign is being organised by London Elects, the body which is overseeing this year’s Mayor and London Assembly elections. Sarah Garrett says: “On 3 May, Londoners will be able to vote for […]
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
Interview: Lawrence Webb, UKIP Mayoral candidate
“It’s been pretty good actually,” UKIP’s Lawrence Webb tells me when asked how his Mayoral campaign is shaping up. Selected as UKIP’s candidate in September, Webb says: “It’s very hard to maintain a campaign over a very long period but there are things I’ve been doing off camera and I’ve been involved with some for […]
London’s smaller parties have their sights set on Paddick
According to last month’s opinion polls, Londoners look set to elect either Ken Livingstone or Boris Johnson in May. In both polls, Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick trailed a distant third. When I suggested that his predicted 7% share of the Mayoral vote may not be a disaster for the party’s Assembly candidates, Paddick posted […]
Livingstone makes police numbers pledge
Labour’s Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone says he would reverse “cuts” to London’s police numbers if elected in May. The number of Met officers has long been contested by Livingstone and Mayor Boris Johnson who has promised there will be “around 1,000 more fully warranted police officers on London’s streets at the end of this term […]
Campaigners launch clean air manifesto
The Clean Air in London campaign has published its manifesto for the Mayoral and London Assembly elections on 3 May 2012. The campaign is calling on all Mayoral candidates adopt policies to reduce pollution in the capital. The manifesto includes calls for the next Mayor to: Lead the fight to improve London’s air by championing […]
