London mayor candidates: When is election and who is standing? His policies include building 50,000 new council houses, boosting police numbers by 10,000 officers, and making public transport free to the under-25s. Born and raised on a housing estate in North Kensington, Shaun Bailey later founded a youth work charity called MyGeneration and in the late noughties was seen as a rising star in the revitalised Cameron-era Big Society Tory party. Find out who London election's 2021 candidates are - plus policy promises from Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Laurence Fox, and more. Jake Pauls netRead More Jake Paul Biography, Age, Weight, Girlfriends, KSI, Boxing, Logan Paul, Anderson Silva, Net Worth & Wiki, Lewis Capaldi, also known as Lewis Marc Capaldi, is a singer, songwriter, musician, and social media presence from Scotland. As well as being the leader of the Rejoin EU party, Hewison also runs a company that offers training courses in the financial sector. A former Brexit Party candidate at the general election. She also hopes to rewild the city through schemes such as topping buildings with plants and solar panels. A really simple guide to the 2021 elections, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Violy dies aged 78, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Mother who killed her five children euthanised. Video, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims. His policies include increasing police numbers, opening more local police stations, stopping bike lanes and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, and more affordable housing. N iko Omilana will not be elected mayor of London next week. Burning Pink's candidate describes herself as a mother, grandmother and vigilante. The 2020 race was delayed by a year due to the pandemic and sees candidates competing for a three year term instead of the usual four. Video, 00:01:12, WATCH: Huge fire burns after Indonesia depot explosion, Australia's 'biggest drug bust' nets $700m of cocaine. A former chemistry teacher, David Kurten has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016. The candidate in question is YouTuber Niko Omilana, and he's running against such luminaries of the political world as current London mayor Sadiq Khan and Count Binface. At conservative gathering, Trump is still the favourite. Among his manifesto pledges are the renaming of London Bridge as Phoebe Waller Bridge, London rejoining the EU, and ensuring no croissant is sold in the capital for more than 1. 'It could be a reflection of people sort of seeing a market for standing out as a fun candidate to give people an alternative to not voting. Meet the YouTubers who stood for mayor of London, The YouTubers who stood for mayor of London. London Real hosts interviews with a wide range of people, but attracted condemnation last year when broadcasting an interview with the notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke who falsely claimed the pandemic did not exist and 5G phone masts could harm people. Max Fosh is a YouTuber with 419,000 subscribers on the video sharing website, and former private school pupil, now 26. He is running largely as a prank, claiming in his announcement video there should always be at least one posh bloke on the ballot paper and that his main aim was to get more votes than Laurence Fox. This election was originally scheduled to take place in May 2020 but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Niko Omilana (born 4 March 1998; age 25) is a well-known YouTuber, content producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and an internet star from Staffordshire, England. Enter your password to log in. The former journalist also has multi-cultural appeal. Thus, allowing you to have time to bring in the laundry'. Video, 00:01:23, Watch: Matt Hancock message row in 83 seconds, Isabel Oakeshott: Why I leaked Hancock's messages. He works in recruitment in the City, is a volunteer cricket coach and father of five. ), the so-called interplanetary mayoral candidate is the alter-ego of British comedian Jon Harvey and has stood in the last two general elections since being announced on Twitter in 2018 - you might remember him speaking in Latin to Boris Johnson and dancing the dab in front of Theresa May. A homemade candidacy promo video sees him standing in a suit in his living room insisting that he has lived in London for 28 years and says never has he seen the level of pessimism, despair and social injustice that he sees today. After time spent as a housing rights activist and Marxist campaigner in London in the 1970s, he then he ran his own weather forecasting company which denied the scientific consensus on climate change and claimed to be able to predict earthquakes based on solar activity. He has hit the headlines attacking the presence of Sikh soldiers in a World War One drama, boycotting Sainsburys over their response to Black Lives Matter and more recently encouraging people to not wear masks or abide by lockdown rules. One of the reasons I started cycling more was to avoid harassment on public transport, she said in the wake of Sarah Everards murder. There may be parish council elections or council by-elections where you are. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. According to UKIP, Gammons is also an internationally respected motivational speaker and an award-winning and best-selling author, but Twitter seems to be more distracted by his surname, which just so happens to be a pejorative term for a right-wing politician. But with the four rows of candidates featuring mainly jokesters, public opinion may have become 'disenfranchised', according to one politics expert. His manifeso includes recruiting more community police officers, building more homes, creating a Covid business recovery fund, and pushing for a greener city with electric transport. Who is Niko Omilana? Sian Berry is also co-leader of the Green Party. Burning Pink have regularly doused other partys headquarters and council buildings in pink paint to protest their inaction in tackling climate change. If no one candidate secured more than 50 per cent of the vote when first preferences were counted, second choices were factored in for a run-off between the top two candidates. He said 'it's fairly British' and 'just one of the quirks of UK politics', but also 'could be a sign of general dissatisfaction'. Pictured: The nunchuck video, Mr Rose is pictured break dancing on the roof of his battle bus during his campaign for London mayor. The well-known YouTuber is opposed to disclosing details about his personal life. Some34,355 checked Mr Corbyn as their second-choice candidate. According to rumors, his mother is a stay-at-home mom and his dad has a little job nearby. Niko Omilana, 23, is another YouTuber who ran in the London mayor elections. A YouTuber known for his prank style videos. Welcome to the Coronation! So let's look at who the bookies are tipping for the win London Mayoral Election Odds. . He also wanted to encourage more young people to vote in the May 6 election. Chris Stafford, doctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham, told MailOnline 'there's always been a few joke candidates'. She has been a local councillor in Camden since 2014, and is also a member of the London Assembly. In February, Mr Corbyn was slammed for a 'disgraceful' leaflet that compared Britain's vaccination programme to Auschwitz. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. His main rival, ConservativeShaun Bailey has been languishing in the polls, with a recent poll putting him 13 points behind Labours Mr Khan. Rose, 49, moved to London in 2002 and is the founder of London Real, a podcast and online talk show with two million subscribers. Count Binface waits for the result at Boris Johnsons Uxbridge & Ruislip South constituency in the 2019 General Election, Valerie Brown campaigning on Primrose Hill last month, David Kurten, during his time as a senior UKIP politician and Assembly Member, Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in. His policies include reopening all London businesses as normal, taking out cycle lanes, and defending free speech. I am putting myself forward in this election because I feel, morally, no father can just stand by and watch the rights of their children being stripped away without taking action.. But in fact, these are the candidates taking on Sadiq Khan in next months London mayoral election. More than six million people are registered to vote in the capital with the mayoral election normally taking place every four years. 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He was also born in 1998 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. Read about our approach to external linking. The controversial US oil plan explained. Video, 00:02:12Isabel Oakeshott: Why I leaked Hancock's messages, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. Miles Away - NDL Overture (from Niko Omilana's \"How I Won The London Mayor Election\")Interpretation of \"Cults - Go Outside\"Stream / Download: https://stream.milesawayofficial.com/vip-ndlovertureVideo: https://youtu.be/w6OJl42Ntko?t=1936It was a pleasure doing all the music for this! The mayor has. Richard Hewison is standing under a simple banner of re-joining the European Union. He has campaigned against the Covid lockdowns and has spread false conspiracy theories about coronavirus vaccines. Can incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan see off challenges from Tory opponent Shaun Bailey, the Green Partys Sian Berry or perhaps comedy candidates Count Binface or YouTube star Niko Omilana? USP: An A-list following. On Thursday 6 May Londoners are heading to the polls to elect their mayor, as incumbent Sadiq Khan hopes to win a second term. On his campaign website Mr Gammons said: 'I grew up on a council estate where my mother voted Labour, my father voted Liberal and my brother voted Conservative. 1 Niko Omilana is an English YouTuber who gained popularity for his parody videos and pranks. Niko Omilana has summarised why people should vote for him in the London mayoral election in two inspiring words. They are a varied lot - and there is a record-breaking number of them. Video, 00:01:23Watch: Matt Hancock message row in 83 seconds, One-minute World News. The satirical candidate is back, fresh from standing against Boris Johnson at the 2019 general election. This time, hes crowdfunded the 10,000 needed to run and his 21-point plan for 2021 promises to marry fiscal responsibility, social awareness, and not being an anti-vaccine nutjob, with pledges for London to join the European Union and for London Bridge to be renamed as Phoebe Waller. Not only are their identities disguised, but also their images. The 49-year-old former youth worker was brought up by his mother in a council house in Ladbroke Grove where people carried knives, sold drugs and you had all that drama. After a career in banking and a time battling heroin addiction, American-born Brian Rose has run the London Real YouTube and podcast channel since 2011.