Steven John Norris is a British Conservative Party politician and businessman. Norris served as Member of Parliament for Oxford East from 1983 to 1987. After narrowly losing that marginal seat in 1987 he re-entered the House of Commons at a by-election for Epping Forest in 1988,which he held until stepping down to focus on his business career in 1997. He was subsequently chosen by Conservative Party members to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London in 2000 and 2004 in which he secured 42% and 45% respectively,coming second to Ken Livingstone but ahead of the Conservative Party's vote share for the London Assembly.
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body,part of the Greater London Authority,that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power,with a two-thirds supermajority,to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies. The London Assembly was established in 2000. It is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners,publish its findings and recommendations,and make proposals to the Mayor.
Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron is a British politician who was deputy mayor of London under Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former Labour candidate for the 2004 London mayoral election.
Valerie Shawcross is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Labour Co-operative parties,she was Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark from 2000 to 2016.
Richard Michael Barnes is a British politician,who was the Deputy Mayor of London from 2008 to 2012. A former member of the Conservative Party,Barnes served as the Leader of the Conservatives on the London Assembly from 2007 to 2008,and was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Ealing and Hillingdon from 2000 to 2012,when he lost his seat to Labour. On 30 September 2014,Barnes defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Andrew John Pelling is a British politician. He was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2005 to 2010,first as a Conservative,then from 2007 as an independent. He contested the seat as an independent at the 2010 general election,but lost to his former party.
Christopher Laurie "Kit" Malthouse is a British Conservative politician and businessman who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire since 2015. He served as Secretary of State for Education from 6 September to 25 October 2022,and previously served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from July to September 2022.
Shaun Sharif Bailey,Baron Bailey of Paddington is a British politician and former journalist. A member of the Conservative Party,Bailey has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016 and the House of Lords since July 2023.
Gareth Andrew Bacon is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since 2019. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing from November 2023 to July 2024. He has been Shadow Minister for London and a Shadow Minister of State for Justice since July 2024.
Steven Mark Ward Reed is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham and Croydon North,formerly Croydon North since 2012.
Croydon London Borough Council,which styles itself Croydon Council,is the local authority for the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in London. Croydon is divided into 28 wards,electing 70 councillors. Since 2022 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor. The council has been under no overall control since 2022,being run by a Conservative minority administration. The council meets at Croydon Town Hall and has its main offices in the adjoining Bernard Weatherill House.
Stephen John Greenhalgh,Baron Greenhalgh is a British businessman and politician,and was the second Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. He is a member of the Conservative Party. In April 2020 he was created Baron Greenhalgh of Fulham.
The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly,alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020,but on 13 March 2020 it was announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the sixth election since the Assembly was established in 2000. Due to the previous term being extended to 5 years,those elected would only serve a three-year term until the next election in 2024. The election was held on the same day in 2021 as other elections in the UK;the UK local elections,Scottish Parliament election,and Welsh Senedd election.
The Mayor of the Liverpool City Region,is the directly elected mayor of the Liverpool City Region,who is responsible for regional governance over a number of issues,the Mayor has powers devolved to them from the Central Government,as well as this the mayor chairs the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Susan Mary Hall is a British politician who has served as a Member of the London Assembly since 2017 and a councillor on Harrow London Borough Council since 2006. She was leader of the London Conservatives on the London Assembly from December 2019 until May 2023. Hall was the Conservative Party candidate for the 2024 London mayoral election,finishing in second place behind incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan.
The 2021 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2021. More than 145 English local councils,around 5,000 councillor seats,thirteen directly elected mayors in England,and 39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were contested. On the same day,the 2021 Hartlepool by-election took place,and there were also elections to the Scottish Parliament,Senedd and London Assembly,the last in conjunction with the London mayoral election.
In the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election,on 5 May 2022,all 70 members of Croydon London Borough Council,and the Mayor of Croydon,were up for election. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won the mayoral election.
The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly,some local council by-elections in London and regular local elections elsewhere in England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022,voting in this election took place under the first-past-the-post system for the first time,replacing the supplementary vote system. The results of the election were announced on 4 May 2024.
Jason Stephen Perry is a Conservative Party politician who has served as the directly elected Mayor of Croydon,a Borough within London,since 2022. He was previously the Leader of the Opposition of the Croydon London Borough Council and has been Leader of the Croydon Council Conservative Group since September 2020.
