Green candidates for London Mayor and GLA list

From the London Green Party

Less than 48 hours to go ... But there's still time for you to get involved in our Mayoral hustings THIS Saturday (11th July).

 

Yes, in less than 2 days London Green Party's Mayoral hustings will take place at Birkbeck College - start time 1.45pm, finish around 4.30pm.

 

Our six wannabee Green Mayoral candidates (announced below) will face each other, London Green members and members of the press in a Question Time style event which that will help you decide who you want to represent you as our Mayoral candidate.

 

There are still some places left in the audience for this event that could determine who you vote for in the selection. You could be there to put your question in person to the candidates. However, you do need to book your place in advance (don't worry, it's free!) and you can do this by clicking here for more details and tickets.

 

The event will be filmed, and we will be taking questions live on twitter to ask the candidates. If you would like to submit a question to be considered please email it to caroline.allen@greenparty.org.uk, with the subject 'Mayoral Hustings Question'. You can tweet during the event using the hashtag #GreenHustings (but don't forget that if you are tweeting using an official account you should not do anything that may be considered to promote any individual candidate(s).)

 

The Assembly list hustings will be taking place on the afternoon of Sunday 19th of July.

 

The Green Party currently have two Assembly Members, both selected via the regional lists – Darren Johnson and Baroness Jenny Jones. With the Green Party vote share increasing by more than three times in the recent General Election and our membership surging, the London Elections in May 2016 present the party with a fantastic opportunity to increase our representation on the Assembly. This means the candidates you select matter more than ever.

 

Click here for full details and tickets to see the candidates in action - these are free but you must sign up in advance to attend.

 

Announcing our candidates

 

London Green Party Electoral Returning Officer Adrian Williams and the Officers of the London Green Party are pleased to announce that the following members (listed in alphabetical order according to first names) have submitted valid nominations for candidacy to represent the Green Party in the 2016 GLA elections:

 

Mayoral Candidacy (of whom one will be selected)

 

Benali Hamdache, Caroline Russell, Jonathan Bartley, Rashid Nix, Sian Berry, and Tom Chance

 

London-wide Assembly List (of whom 11 will be selected to an ordered list)

 

Andrea Carey Fuller, Barry Cooper, Benali Hamdache, Caroline Russell, Dee Searle, Jonathan Bartley, Michael Gold, Noel Lynch, Peter Underwood, Rashid Nix, RoseMary Warrington, Shahrar Ali, Sian Berry, and Tom Chance.

 

Voting will take place throughout August conducted by the Electoral Reform Society using primarily an online system. Only those who were members at the close of nominations (29th June 2015) will be eligible to vote. Members will be required to cast preferences for the candidates as in a Single Transferable Vote (STV) election - in the case of the Assembly selection, the higher up the list a candidate is placed the more chance they have of being elected to the Assembly in May 2016.

 

Detailed information about the voting procedure will be issued alongside ballots. The results are expected to be announced in the first week of September.

 

Full details of the selection and the detailed framework can be found on the members' website by following the links. 

 

We wish all our candidates the best of luck!