London Elections for Mayor and Assembly Members- 2nd May – click
Who will represent YOU best in London?
As one of the greastest Cities in the World Londont can be the leader in addressing climate change. Which candidate will prepare us for disasterous weather events and do the most to cut back on our greenhouse gas emissions?
Candidates for Mayor
The Candidates for every Party and Independents have a page each in the Your Vote Doesn’t Count’ here: leaflet, delivered to every address in London.
This election now uses ‘first past the post’ system, so a vote for a candidate unlikely to win can make it easier for a candidate you really do not want, to win!
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Candidates for the one Haringey and Enfield Assembly Member
The four main candidates are Katie Knight (Green), Joanne McCartney (Labour), Calum McGillivray (Conservative), Guy Russo (Liberal Democrat), with some other candidates eg from Reform UK
Read the biographies and aspirations of the candidates for Haringey and Enfield in the Haringey Community Press here.
This election also uses the ‘first past the post’ system now.
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Candidates for place as a London wide Assembly Member
These are chosen in proportion to the votes for the Parties on the voting list. The list of London wide candidates are listed in the official leaflet Your Vote Doesn’t Count’ here:
The election for London wide candidates uses a proportional system. So the vote for every candidate will increase the number of Assembly Members representing your preference.
Key Climate and Environment Issues and Manifestos
Greenpeace have studied the manifestos socring pledges around the “green issues that matter to Londoners: climate; nature; wildlife; healthy air; transport; warm homes; clean energy. ” at https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/mayor-of-london-election-candidates-scoring-energy-transport-climate-and-nature/
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Schematic from the Friends of the Earth Manifesto Pledge for Candidates. here
The Friends of Earth 10 priorities for the next Mayor cover;
1.Decision making
2.People
3.Green jobs and skills
4.New housing
5.Retrofitting homes
6.Transport
7.Energy
8.Nature
9.Waste
10. Air quality and water
And the full action plan can be downloaded from:.London_Climate_Action_Plan_February_2024_v2
ULEZ and London’s Air Quality
TfL has a web page with information about the effect of the ULEZ on London’s air quality here including a link to the latest report the Inner London ULEZ expansion 1 year report (February 2023).