Labour candidate Len Duvall has retained his seat for Greenwich and Lewisham in the London Assembly, keeping the seat comfortably in Labour hands.
Len Duvall has retained his seat for Greenwich and Lewisham in the London Assembly keeping the seat comfortably in Labour hands.
It will be Duvall’s fourth term in the seat which was kept from the grasp of the Conservative candidate, Alex Wilson.
“We will represent people who are worried about the cost of living and services such as the NHS and will represent their views to a government that increasingly does not understand them,” he said.
“Our role will be to hold Boris to account, we have a huge mandate for our five pledges and we will make sure Boris looks at them.”
“The rotation of candidates is just different people showing up and thinking they can have a go. I’m really happy with the result despite the swing because Greenwich and Lewisham has always been a seat where we are comfortably second.
“Our main priority was getting Boris back into City Hall and it looks like we have done that.”
Third-placed Russell was defiant despite the Lib Dems suffering a slump in the nationwide polls.
Duvall was first elected as an assembly member in 2000 and retained his Greenwich and Lewisham seat in 2004 and 2008.
Duvall is a former chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority and is the leader of the Labour Group on the London Assembly.
On the London Assembly Labour page, Duvall says: “London is a thriving and vibrant city of almost 8 million people, so I see my job as ensuring that your voice is heard loud and clear where it matters most – at the heart of London government.
“I think it’s important to know what local residents think on issues such as crime, housing and transport, so to help me understand your concerns better and make your voice count.”
In keeping with the constituency’s majority labour vote, the London Mayoral preference for Greenwich and Lewisham is Ken Livingstone, meaning a possible threat to current Mayor Boris Johnson.
Reporting team: Peter Apps, Tristan Carlyle, Sophie Exton, Robin Jellis, Nate Saunders & Anna Tabrah
