Amy Gallagher

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Amy Gallagher is a British mental health nurse working in the National Health Service and a psychotherapist. [1]

In 2022 she sued the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust for what she called "forcing racist ideology" on students in 2022, in reference to critical race theory. [2] [3]

Gallagher was the Social Democratic Party candidate for mayor in the 2024 London mayoral election. [4] She received 1.39% of the vote, finishing seventh of the thirteen candidates. [5] She said she stood in the election to "push back on woke ideology". [6] [4] While campaigning, she described the planned black out performance of the upcoming West End Slave Play as "simplistic and racist". [7]

Electoral results

2024 London mayoral election [8]
PartyCandidateVotesOf total (%)± (pp), party
Labour Sadiq Khan 1,088,225 43.8 +3.8
Conservative Susan Hall 812,39732.7−2.6
Liberal Democrats Rob Blackie145,1845.8+1.4
Green Zoë Garbett145,1145.8−2.0
Reform UK Howard Cox78,8653.1New
Independent Natalie Campbell 47,8151.9New
SDP Amy Gallagher 34,4491.4+1.1
Animal Welfare Femy Amin29,2801.2New
Independent Andreas Michli26,1211.1New
Independent Tarun Ghulati24,7021.0New
Count Binface Count Binface 24,2601.00.0
Britain First Nick Scanlon20,5190.8New
London Real Brian Rose 7,5010.3−0.9
Majority276,00811.1
Rejected ballots11,1270.4
Turnout 2,495,55940.5−1.5
Registered electors 6,162,428
Labour hold

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