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| Siân Berry wans to be the Green Party's candidate for Mayor of London in 2016 | Siân Berry wans to be the Green Party's candidate for Mayor of London in 2016 |
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| Siân Berry is standing to be the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London in next year’s capital elections, she has announced. | Siân Berry is standing to be the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London in next year’s capital elections, she has announced. |
| Ms Berry, who is a Green councillor for Highgate in the borough of Camden, previously stood as the party's candidate in 2008. | |
| “Our city is in crisis thanks to inequality, dirty air, and a broken housing system. But London is full of communities, movements, and campaigns who are building a new kind of politics,” she said on her campaign website. | “Our city is in crisis thanks to inequality, dirty air, and a broken housing system. But London is full of communities, movements, and campaigns who are building a new kind of politics,” she said on her campaign website. |
| “They need an ally in City Hall. The Greens have a duty to bring the energy of that new politics into a race for Mayor, and to put forward a credible alternative in this election.” | “They need an ally in City Hall. The Greens have a duty to bring the energy of that new politics into a race for Mayor, and to put forward a credible alternative in this election.” |
| The Green Party’s candidate in 2012, Jenny Jones, came in third place ahead of the Liberal Democrats with 4.5% of the vote. | The Green Party’s candidate in 2012, Jenny Jones, came in third place ahead of the Liberal Democrats with 4.5% of the vote. |
| The environmental campaigner is hoping to build on the success of Baroness Jones, who sits on the London Assembly and in the House of Lords. | The environmental campaigner is hoping to build on the success of Baroness Jones, who sits on the London Assembly and in the House of Lords. |
| “When I ran for Mayor in 2008 the Green Party had around 800 members in London. This time we have a talent of 10,000 to tap in to,” Ms Berry said. | “When I ran for Mayor in 2008 the Green Party had around 800 members in London. This time we have a talent of 10,000 to tap in to,” Ms Berry said. |
| Other candidates are likely to stand to represent the party, which has not yet selected its official candidate. | |
| The former medical copywriter was one of the party principal speakers between 2006 and 2007, before it adopted the practice of having a single leader. | The former medical copywriter was one of the party principal speakers between 2006 and 2007, before it adopted the practice of having a single leader. |
| She has represented Highgate in Camden since 2014 where she replaced a former Green councillor Maya De Souza, who had stepped down. | She has represented Highgate in Camden since 2014 where she replaced a former Green councillor Maya De Souza, who had stepped down. |
| The Mayoral elections will take place on 5 May 2016. Labour and the Conservatives have no yet chosen their candidates, but current Mayor of London Boris Johnson is not expected to stand again. |