Anne Clarke (politician)

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Councillor Anne Clarke AM
Clarke litter-picking with residents in 2021
Member of the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2021
Party	Labour & Co-operative
Children	2
Residence(s)	Cricklewood, London, England
Website	www.anneclarke.co.uk

Anne Marie Bates Clarke is an American-born British Labour Party politician who has been the London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden since 2021. ^[1] She represented Childs Hill ward on Barnet Council from 2018 to 2022, ^[2] and represents Cricklewood ward since 2022. ^[3]

Early and personal life

Clarke is from Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago in the United States. Having moved to London to study in 1998, she became a naturalised British citizen in 2007. She lives in Cricklewood with her husband and two children. ^[4]

Political career

In 2021, Clarke was elected as the London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, and re-elected in 2024. She won 70,749 votes, 19,143 more than Julie Redmond, the Conservative Party Candidate, who came second. ^[1]

Clarke is the Labour group spokesperson for Fire at the London Assembly, having lobbied for Londoners still living in homes with unsafe cladding and advocating for implementation of all recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

She has also fought for firefighters' pay and conditions to ensure the London Fire Brigade has enough staff, advocating for staff throughout the Brigade's Culture Review and "engage" process, known as being in special measures, from 2022 to 2024. ^[5]

Clarke has campaigned for better regulation of lithium-ion batteries, ^[6] obtaining data showing that the larger batteries used in e-bikes and scooters cause a fire every two days on average in London.

Clarke chaired the Assembly's Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee throughout 2022/23 and 2023/24. ^[7] As of 2024 ^[update] she serves as a member on the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee, ^[8] the Economy, Culture and Skills Committee, ^[9] and the Fire Committee. ^[10]

Election results

2024 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Clarke	70,749	43.6	1.3	62,350	38.3
	Conservative	Julie Redmond	51,606	31.8	3.2	49,393	30.4
	Green	Kate Tokley	18,405	11.3	1.2	18,157	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Emery	12,335	7.6	0.4	11,751	7.2
	Reform	Raj Forhad	7,703	4.7	2.4	7,272	4.5
	Rejoin EU					4,457	2.7
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	1,639	1.0	New
	Animal Welfare					2,555	1.6
	Britain First					1,632	1.0
	SDP					1,295	0.8
	CPA					1,282	0.8
	Independent	Laurence Fox				919	0.6
	Communist					719	0.4
	Independent	Farah London				422	0.3
	Heritage					315	0.2
	Independent	Gabe Romualdo				79	0.0
Majority			19,143	11.8	4.5
Valid Votes			162,437			162,598
Invalid Votes			1,218			1,108
Turnout			163,655	39.6	3.4	163,706	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing		2.3

2022 Barnet London Borough Council election: Cricklewood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Anne Clarke*	1,314	69.7
	Labour Co-op	Alan Schneiderman*	1,109	58.8
	Conservative	Yosef David	415	22.0
	Conservative	Ajantha Tennakoon	356	18.9
	Green	Danielle Pollastri	192	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Leighton	131	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Lawton	106	5.6
Turnout			1,885	30.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

2021 London Assembly election: Barnet and Camden ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Clarke	75,180	42.3	2.0
	Conservative	Roberto Weeden-Sanz	62,178	35.0	0.5
	Green	Kirsten De Keyser	22,180	12.5	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marisha Ray	14,172	8.0	1.9
	Reform	Mark Simpson	4,107	2.3	New
Majority			13,002	7.3	1.4
Total formal votes			177,817	98.4	0.4
Informal votes			2,821	1.6	0.4
Turnout			180,638	43.0	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

2018 Barnet London Borough Council election: Childs Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shimon Ryde	2,262	39.4	+6.6
	Conservative	Peter Zinkin	2,243	39.0	+6.4
	Labour	Anne Clarke	2,224	38.7	+7.7
	Conservative	Vanessa Gearson	2,222	38.7	+5.9
	Labour	Lisa Pate	2,080	36.2	+6.3
	Labour	Nigel Young	1,877	32.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Cohen	1,279	22.3	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Susette Palmer	1,126	19.6	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sachin Patel	876	15.3	−10.1
	Green	Jemma Ferguson	406	7.1	−3.5
Turnout			5,744	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. "Results 2024". London Elects.
2. "Local Government Election Results 2018". Barnet Council. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
3. "Local Government Election results May 2022". Barnet Council. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
4. "Anne Clarke AM". Anne Clarke AM. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
5. "London Fire Brigade taken out of special measures". BBC News. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
6. "London officials raise concerns over e-bike and e-scooter fires". BBC News. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
7. "Anne Clarke". London City Hall. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
8. "Budget and Performance Committee". London City Hall. 11 November 2024.
9. "Economy, Culture and Skills Committee". London City Hall. 31 October 2024.
10. "Fire Committee". London City Hall. 17 October 2024.
11. "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of London Assembly Elections, Barnet and Camden" (PDF). London Elects.
12. "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, Barnet and Camden" (PDF). London Elects.
13. "Final results" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Profile at the London Assembly