AWP Celebrates 2024 London Mayor & Assembly Election Results

AWP Celebrates 2024 London Mayor & Assembly Election Results

AWP’s is celebrating a set of inspiring results in the 2024 London Mayor and London-wide Assembly Elections.

Mayor of London Election 

In the election for Mayor of London, AWP’s Femy Amin received: 29,280 votes (1.18% of the vote) and came 8th out of 13 candidates.

The party previously contested the London Mayoral election for the first time in 2021 when the election was then held under the Supplementary Vote system. With the Mayoral election now held under the First Past The Post, there were no second preference votes.

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AWP’s Femy Amin to stand in Mayor of London Election

AWP’s Femy Amin to stand in Mayor of London Election

Femy Amin will stand as Animal Welfare Party’s candidate for the Mayor of London election while a party list of 7 candidates, a record for AWP, will contest the London-wide Assembly Election on 2nd May.

Amin, a healthcare professional, came to the UK as a teenage Afghan refugee and describes herself as long being motivated to create a fairer, more compassionate society. She first stood for election for AWP in 2019, in the constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner before standing again in the 2021 London-wide …

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AWP Celebrates 2021 Local Election Results

AWP Celebrates 2021 Local Election Results

Animal Welfare Party is celebrating some of its best results to date in the London Mayoral and Assembly Elections and in Lothian Region in the Scottish Parliament Elections. 

In the London Mayoral Election, AWP’s Vanessa Hudson received 16,826 first preference votes and 63,619 second preference votes.

In the London-wide Assembly election, AWP stood a party list of six candidates and received 44,667 votes from across the capital (1.7% of the vote) – ranking seventh overall and gaining almost 19,000 more votes than the party received in this …

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AWP Standing in London Mayoral, Assembly & Scottish Parliament Elections

AWP Standing in London Mayoral, Assembly & Scottish Parliament Elections

Animal Welfare Party is standing for the first time in the London Mayoral Election and in Lothian Region in the Scottish Parliament Elections which take place on 6th May. The party will also contest the London-wide Assembly Election for the second time.

In London, party leader, Vanessa Hudson is contesting the Mayoral Election and acting as Lead Candidate for AWP in the London-wide election. Sam Morland, Alex Bourke, Femy Amin, Mark Scott and Julian Weisman join on the party list.

“I’m standing because, as we emerge from the …

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AWP Committee of National Officers Re-elected at Online AGM

AWP Committee of National Officers Re-elected at Online AGM

Animal Welfare Party’s Committee of National Officers were re-elected today during the party’s online Annual General Meeting.

Vanessa Hudson continues as the Party Leader.

Jane Smith continues as Deputy Leader.

Louise Cobham continues as Treasurer.

Jon Homan continues as Nominating Officer.

Due to coronavirus restrictions, the AGM was held online with an increased attendance on previous years.

The meeting reviewed the party’s activities over the past year and looked at potential activities for the year ahead which include the possibility of the party contesting the London Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Welsh …

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