Alison Moore (politician)

Alison Moore is a British Labour politician and was Mayor of Barnet Council from May 2022 to May 2023. Moore served as a member of the London Assembly from March 2020 to May 2021.[1]

Alison Moore
Mayor of Barnet
In office
24 May 2022 – 23 May 2023
Preceded byAlison Cornelius
Succeeded byNagus Narenthira
Councillor for East Finchley
Assumed office
7 May 1998
Preceded byHelen Gordon
Member of the London Assembly
as the 8th Additional Member
In office
25 March 2020 – 6 May 2021
Preceded byTom Copley
Succeeded byElly Baker
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] She did not stand for re-election in the 2021 London Assembly election.[5]

Councillor Alison Moore has become the 57th Mayor of Barnet after being officially sworn in during the Annual Council Meeting held on Tuesday 24 May at Hendon Town Hall following the council election in which Labour had won control of the council for the first time.[6]

Committee assignments

Moore has the following assignments in the 2020-21 session:[7]

  • 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[8][9]
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 (25 March 2020). "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 6 April 2020.
  2. "IN DEPTH: Alison Moore - Not just a councillor". Hampstead Highgate Express. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. "Mayor of London appoints Tom Copley AM as Deputy Mayor for Housing". London.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. "Changing of the guard as two new Labour members join London Assembly". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. "London Assembly election: Which constituencies to watch out for". This Is Local London. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. "Councillor Alison Moore becomes the 57th Mayor of Barnet". Barnet Council. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. "Dr Alison Moore". London City Hall. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. BBC News|Election 2010|Constituency|Finchley & Golders Green news.bbc.co.uk, retrieved 27 July 2012


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