Elections
Green Islington Vote up in 2008 GLA Elections
To say that the electoral process for London Mayor and the Greater London Assembly is complicated is putting it mildly. However, when the dust settled, it was clear that the Green Party in Islington had done well. Very well, in fact.
The key test of Green support was the “List” vote - this was the proportional representation route to seats on the GLA, and consequently the best chance of a Green vote translating into elected officials. The electorateknew that this is where their support for us would count - and the votes piled in.
Across Islington we picked up over 16%, pushing the Lib Dems into third spot. In North islington we registered a whopping 20%, comfortably beating the Tories (16%) and Lib Dems (13%). the strength of support for the Greens in North Islington was even more telling in the first-past-the-post vote, where Finsbury park resident Aled Fisher once again put the Greens into second, ahead of the Tories and Lib Dems.
The support we got for the list vote helped re-elect Greens Darren Johnson and Jenny Jones to the Assembly.As important, itsuggested that the good folk of Islington are pleased with the impact that our Highbury West councillor, Katie Dawson has made since she was elected - and that they want more of the same.
