With support for the Green Party in London having trebled in the recent general election, the race to represent the Party at the polls next spring is expected to be an extremely competitive and close-fought contest. As ballot papers arrive with London Green Party members, six candidates will be competing for their votes for the Mayoral nomination –
- Caroline Russell,
- Sian Berry,
- Benali Hamdache,
- Jonathan Bartley,
- Rashid Nix,
- Tom Chance.
Fourteen candidates are also competing for the eleven places on the Party’s Assembly 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,
- Tom Chance.
Co-Coordinator of the London Green Party Caroline Allen said: "This is a big month for the Green Party in London. Our members face an incredibly tough choice between an extremely strong field of candidates – it’s both an enviable and difficult position to be in! But we know that with our recent growth in support and surge in membership whoever emerges as our candidates on September 2nd, we are going to be able to put in our toughest, strongest, and most exciting Mayoral and Assembly campaign to-date."
London Green Party members now have a month to decide who will represent them. The party expects to announce their Mayoral and Assembly list candidates on Wednesday 2nd September
