Alison Moore (politician)

Alison Moore is a British Labour politician who has been a member of the London Assembly since March 2020.[1]

Alison Moore

AM
Member of the London Assembly
as the 8th Additional Member
Assumed office
25 March 2020
Preceded byTom Copley
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Political career

Moore has been a councillor on Barnet London Borough Council since 1998 for the East Finchley ward.[2] Moore is a former Leader of the Labour Group on Barnet Council. She also stood as the Labour candidate for Finchley and Golders Green in 2010.

Moore took over the seat of Tom Copley, who resigned from the Assembly following his appointment as Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development by Sadiq Khan.[3] She was co-opted into the Assembly along with Murad Qureshi.[4]

Committee assignments

Moore has the following assignments in the 2020-21 session:[5]

  • Chair of the Transport Committee
  • Member of the Audit Panel
  • Member of the Budget and Performance Committee
  • Member of the Confirmation Hearings Committee
  • Member of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee

Electoral history
General election 2010: Finchley and Golders Green[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Freer 21,688 46.0 +6.2
Labour Alison Moore 15,879 33.7 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Laura Edge 8,036 17.0 -0.1
UKIP Susan Cummins 817 1.7 +0.6
Green Donald Lyven 737 1.6 -1.0
Majority 5,809 12.3 N/A
Turnout 47,157 61.1 N/A
Registered electors 70,722
Conservative win (new boundaries)

References
  1. Assembly, London (2020-03-25). "We warmly welcome our new Assembly Members @MuradQureshiLDN and @AlizonMoore They have now been sworn into office and are ready to represent Londoners pic.twitter.com/8olroYVDvA". @LondonAssembly. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. "IN DEPTH: Alison Moore - Not just a councillor". Hampstead Highgate Express. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  3. "Mayor of London appoints Tom Copley AM as Deputy Mayor for Housing". London.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  4. "Changing of the guard as two new Labour members join London Assembly". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. "Dr Alison Moore". London City Hall. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. BBC News|Election 2010|Constituency|Finchley & Golders Green news.bbc.co.uk, retrieved 27 July 2012


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