Susan Hall remains on track to win the Conservative London Mayoral selection as we enter the final week before voting opens.
New figures show Ms Hall now has 71 political endorsements, more than the other candidates combined.
The latest public endorsements figures are:
- Susan Hall – 71
- Daniel Korski – 48
- Moz Hossain – 5
When limited to London-only politicians, the count is:
- Susan Hall – 65
- Daniel Korski – 13
- Moz Hossain – 5
Only London members have a vote in the contest and Susan’s endorsements are primarily from London Conservatives. This means her endorsements also have greater weight in the contest than those from people outside London, which one of the other candidates is more reliant on.
Last week a poll conducted by the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) also showed Susan Hall was the Tory grassroots preferred Conservative candidate.
In the CDO poll that ran from 14th to 17th June, members were asked for their preferred Conservative Candidate for London Mayor in 2024 to take on Labour’s Sadiq Khan in next May’s election. The choices were between the final three conservatives in the race which included: London Assembly member Susan Hall, tech entrepreneur and former government advisor Daniel Korski and Tory Barrister Mozammel Hossain KC.
Of the 962 members who responded, 68% voted for Susan Hall. Daniel Korski came in second with 20.5% of the vote and KC Mozammel Hossain received a 14.7% share.
Susan Hall received 624 votes, Daniel Korski received 197 and Mozammel Hossain KC received 141.
On being told she came out on top, Susan Hall told the Conservative Post:
“I am so grateful to everyone for their support. We have got to get Sadiq Khan out, so that we can sort out the Met Police, build a lot more homes in the right places and stop the ULEZ expansion on day one. I am the only candidate that can beat him and make London a safer, happier and cleaner city.”
As part of Susan Hall’s pledges, she has promised to halt the ULEZ expansion on day one if she is elected London mayor before turning her attention to “hunting down and locking up” petty criminals.
According to her team, Ms Hall also currently comes top with 57 political endorsements having almost double Daniel Korski’s 29 and Moz Hossain’s 3. Susan’s team say she is “the only candidate who has won elections, who has worked in elected office, and who has experience battling Sadiq Khan on the London Assembly.”
As the former leader of the Conservative Group in the London Assembly, Ms Hall has also announced she would invest £200 million in the Met Police to sort out crime, funded by savings at City Hall and TfL – including scrapping nominee passes. She has also made a Delivery Guarantee promising that all of her commitments are:
- Costed and affordable
- Within the Mayor’s powers
- Realistic and achievable
Ms Hall is calling on the other candidates to adopt this pledge, and retract any policies that are based on powers that the Mayor does not have or that are unfunded.
A series of hustings is now takes place, after which Conservative party members will vote for their preferred candidate. The successful applicant will be announced on 19 July, allowing them ten months to campaign before the election next May.
