The London Labour Party has today announced the shortlist for Labour’s candidate to fight the London mayoral election in 2016.
The shortlisted candidates are:
Diane Abbott
Tessa Jowell
Sadiq Khan
David Lammy
Gareth Thomas
Christian Wolmar
Harriet Harman MP, Acting Leader of the Labour Party, said:
“The Mayor has let down London for too long. We need a Labour mayor in City Hall to stand up for the interests of all Londoners, from Richmond to Redbridge and from Barnet to Bromley.
“But it won’t just be Labour’s members who choose our candidate. As with our Leader and Deputy Leader elections, we will let the public in. Hustings events will be open to the public to come and hear from the candidates, and anybody resident in London who supports the Labour Party can register to vote for who they want to see as the next Labour Mayor.
“Labour’s Mayoral candidate will lead the fightback against the Tories on behalf of Londoners. Who we choose is crucial — and a decision that I want everybody to be involved in making.”
Strong bunch there.
Tessa or Sadiq for me if I was a Londoner…I think!
(via labourpress)
