Under the party’s selection process, aspiring mayors must secure the backing of 5 local constituency parties to be placed on a long-list of candidates from which party bosses will decide who gets onto the ballot paper. Wolmar currently has the backing of two constituency parties and needs the support of at least three more if he’s to make it to the next stage.
Islington councillor announces Green party City Hall bid
Caroline Russell, the sole opposition councillor on Islington council, has launched a bid to become the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate and an Assembly Member at next year’s City Hall election.
Let’s have a debate about London’s future that’s based in reality
Advocating lazy, ill-researched and sometimes frankly bullshit policies does nothing to address these issues. And all indulging such pronouncements does is let candidates off lightly and misleads voters, many of whom will end up even more disillusioned with politics when these impossible things never happen.
Labour Mayoral Nominations
Labour constituency parties are voting to nominate their preferred candidates for Mayor of London, with each hopeful needing the backing of at least five local parties to get onto a long list of candidates
George Galloway announces mayoral run
Former Bradford West MP George Galloway has announced he is running for Mayor of London. The controversial politician, who lost his Commons seat in this month’s general election, announced his candidacy for Mayor on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.
