Just 7% of London Greens have voted in the Mayoral and Assembly selection
Bright Green can reveal that just 7% of London Green Party members have voted in the ongoing Mayoral and Assembly candidate selection, as of the 18th August.
The 7.2% figure is from just two weeks before the end of the ballot – with the figure understood to be not considerably higher less than one week on.
That means that fewer than 1,000 of the 11,500 Greens living in London (accounting for a seventh of the total national membership) have so far voted in the ballot, according to sources.
A few dozen votes each way could swing the result, particularly with other preferences taken into account under the ranked voting system.
We got in touch with the Electoral Returning Officer for an updated figure, but in a fairly heated response were told figures would only be formally released at the end of the contest – despite all candidates receiving an email on turnout recently…
Six candidates are competing for the Mayoral nomination – Islington councillor Caroline Russell, transport campaigner Sian Berry, London Young Greens co-chair Benali Hamdache, Lambeth Green Party co-convenor Jonathan Bartley, Brixton activist Rashid Nix, and London Green Party co-ordinator Tom Chance. Fourteen candidates are also in the running for the eleven places on the party’s Assembly list.
Bright Green encourages London Greens to get stuck in and vote, with under a week left to decide the direction of the Greens for next May’s elections in the capital.
Read our guides to the Mayoral election here and the Assembly ballot here.
The codes are too complicated.
by the looks of things a lot of greens have been too busy trying to vote in the labour leadership elections.
Fellow Greens you really have to get your fingers out & vote or why did you join the Green Party, you should be ashamed if you do not vote by the deadline,I am disgusted at their apathetic attitude, do NOT wait till the last minute!!!!!!!!!!
Either the expensive voting system is not as effective as paper & post methods or the situation where official avenues can’t publicise candidates has hampered awareness. During a recent telephone call to a member they didn’t know anything about this election – and these are people signed up, paid up as interested in the party.
Er…………yes, I have not actually found the relevant email. Can someone from the office resend it?
I hope this isn’t symptomatic of bigger problems.