New London Assembly candidate selection results announced

CIty Hall London

London Labour have today announced candidates for London Assembly seats being contested next May. The new candidates are:

City and East – Unmesh Desai

Croydon and Sutton – Marina Ahmad

Lambeth and Southwark – Florence Nosegbe

Merton and Wandsworth – Leonie Cooper

In Havering and Redbridge, Ivana Bartoletti has already been selected. You can see the full breakdown of the new selections below:

CITY AND EAST

Results 1st Stage % of Valid Vote
DEMIRCI, Feryal 139 6.4%
DESAI, Unmesh 666 30.6%
GILL, Rocky 550 25.3%
QURESHI, Murad 142 6.5%
ULLAH, Abdal 262 12.1%
UZ-ZAMAN, Motin 415 19.1%
TOTAL 2,174
 
  Exclusion of DEMIRCI
Results 2nd Stage % of Valid Vote
DEMIRCI, Feryal
DESAI, Unmesh 695 32.2%
GILL, Rocky 588 27.3%
QURESHI, Murad 164 7.6%
ULLAH, Abdal 272 12.6%
UZ-ZAMAN, Motin 438 20.3%
Non-Transferable 17
TOTAL 2,174
 
  Exclusion of QURESHI
Results 3rd Stage % of Valid Vote
DEMIRCI, Feryal
DESAI, Unmesh 723 34.2%
GILL, Rocky 627 29.6%
QURESHI, Murad
ULLAH, Abdal 302 14.3%
UZ-ZAMAN, Motin 464 21.9%
Non-Transferable 58
TOTAL 2,174
 
  Exclusion of ULLAH
Results 4th Stage % of Valid Vote
DEMIRCI, Feryal
DESAI, Unmesh 773 37.8%
GILL, Rocky 697 34.1%
QURESHI, Murad
ULLAH, Abdal
UZ-ZAMAN, Motin 575 28.1%
Non-Transferable 129
TOTAL 2,174
 
  Exclusion of UZ-ZAMAN
Results 5th Stage % of Valid Vote
DEMIRCI, Feryal
DESAI, Unmesh 973 53.3% Elected
GILL, Rocky 851 46.7%
QURESHI, Murad
ULLAH, Abdal
UZ-ZAMAN, Motin
Non-Transferable 350
TOTAL 2,174

CROYDON AND SUTTON

Results 1 to elect
AHMAD, Marina 557 Elected
BROTHERS, Emily 426

LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK

Results 1 to elect
DIXON-FYLE, Dora 1,260
NOSEGBE, Florence 1,580 Elected

MERTON AND WANDSWORTH

Results 1 to elect
COOPER, Leonie 1,140 Elected
WHELTON, Martin 528

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