Susan Hall

Susan Hall is a Conservative Party politician who has been a member of the London Assembly since 2017.[1] She has been the leader of the London Conservatives on the Assembly since December 2019.[2]

This article is about the British politician Susan Hall. For the American artist, see Susan Hall (artist).
Susan Hall
Hall in 2017
Leader of the GLA Conservatives
Assumed office
17 December 2019
Preceded byGareth Bacon
Member of the London Assembly
as the 4th Additional Member
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byKemi Badenoch
Conservative Party Group Leader
on Harrow London Borough Council
In office
May 2010 – August 2017
DeputyBarry Macleod-Cullinane
Preceded byDavid Ashton
Succeeded byPaul Osborn
Leader of Harrow London Borough Council
In office
16 September 2013 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byThaya Idaikkadar
Succeeded byDavid Perry
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative Party
OccupationPolitician

Political career

Hall was elected as a Councillor on Harrow London Borough Council for Hatch End Ward in the 2006 local elections. She was given a Cabinet position responsible for the Environment and Community Safety in 2007 and became Deputy Leader of the group in 2008. Hall became Leader of the Conservative group in 2010 and Leader of the Opposition, she took over as Leader of the hung Council in 2013 returning to opposition Leader in 2014. She was appointed to the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority in June 2010.[3]

At the 2016 London Assembly election, Hall was number 4 on the Conservative Party list. She was not elected.[4][5]

She inherited the 4th Additional Member seat on the London Assembly in June 2017 following Kemi Badenoch's resignation, as a result of Badenoch's election as MP for Saffron Walden.[6][7][8]

In 2018, Hall became deputy leader of the London Conservatives.

After Gareth Bacon was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 general election, Hall succeeded him as the leader of the Conservatives on the London Assembly.[2]

Hall is a community safety advocate who campaigns for crime prevention. She has called for an increase in police funding in order to tackle knife crime.[9] Hall is a critic of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.[10]

In March 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic in London, Hall wrote a letter to Mayor Khan, asking him to “call in the police” to “enforce the coronavirus lockdown” in order to protect National Health Service workers.[11]

In November 2020, Hall expressed admiration for the way that controversial White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, dealt with an interview by Kay Burley. Gorka has been criticised for Islamophobia and alleged support for far right and anti-semitic organisations such as the Hungarian Guard.[12]

Following the storming of the United States Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump in January 2021, Hall compared the riot to other British politicians' opposition to Brexit.[13]

Electoral history

2016 London Assembly election
2016 London Assembly election[14][15][16]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Fiona Twycross (105,480), Tom Copley (95,891), Nicky Gavron (87,900),
Murad Qureshi (81,139), Alison Moore, Preston Tabois, Feryal Demirci, Mike Katz, Emily Brothers, Bevan Powell, Sara Hyde		 1,054,801 40.3% –0.8%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch (127,372), Andrew Boff (109,176), Shaun Bailey (95,529),
Susan Hall (84,914), Amandeep Bhogal, Joanne Laban, Antonia Cox, Joy Morrissey, Timothy Barnes, Gregory Stafford, Kishan Devani, Jonathan Cope		 764,230 29.2% –2.8%
Green Siân Berry (207,959), Caroline Russell (103,980),
Shahrar Ali (69,320), Jonathan Bartley, Noel Lynch, Rashid Nix, Dee Searle, Benali Hamdache, Andrea Carey Fuller, Anne RoseMary Warrington, Peter Underwood		 207,959 8.0% –0.6%
UKIP Peter Whittle (171,069), David Kurten (85,535),
Lawrence Webb (57,023), Peter Harris, Neville Watson, Piers Wauchope, Afzal Akram, Elizabeth Jones, Tariq Saeed, Freddy Vachha, Peter Staveley		 171,069 6.5% +2.0%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon (165,580),
Emily Davey (82,790), Merlene Emerson, Robert Blackie, Zack Polanski, Dawn Barnes, Annabel Mullin, Marisha Ray, Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, Pauline Pearce, Benjamin Mathis		 165,580 6.3% –0.5%
Women's Equality Sophie Walker, Harini Iyengar, Jacquelyn Guderley, Alison Marshall, Rebecca Manson Jones, Anila Dhami, Isabelle Parasram, Chris Paouros, Joanna Shaw, Kate Massey-Chase, Melanie Howard 91,772[17] 3.5% N/A
Respect George Galloway, Akib Mahmood, Mikail Rayne, Clare McCaughey, Rehiana Ali, Terry Hoy, Simon Virgo, Saurav Dutt, Tehmeena Mahmood, Karina Lockhart 41,324 1.6% N/A
Britain First Jayda Fransen, Paul Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone, Nancy Smith, Hollie Rouse, Peggy Saunders, Donna King, Kevan McMullen, Steven Connor 39,071 1.5% N/A
CPA Malcolm Martin, Maureen Martin, Yemi Awolola, Helen Spiby-Vann, Ray Towey, Damilola Adewuyi, Kathy Mils, Kayode Shedono, Des Coke, Ashley Dickenson, Stephen Hammond, Kevin Nichols 27,172 1.0% –0.8%
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson, Jonathan Homan, Alexander Bourke, Linda Seddon, Zsanett Csontos 25,810 1.0% N/A
BNP David Furness, Paul Sturdy, John Clarke, Michael Jones, Peter Finch, Nicola Finch, Denise Underwood, Stephen Dillon, Philip Dalton, Gareth Jones, Beb Smith 15,833 0.6% –1.5%
The House Party Terry McGrenera 11,055 0.4% +0.1%

References
  1. "Susan Hall". London City Hall. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  2. "New London MPs will step down from City Hall roles in May". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  3. "Susan Hall". London City Hall. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. "London-wide Assembly Member candidates 2016 | London Elects". 2016-08-12. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  5. "Results 2016 | London Elects". londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  6. "Exclusive: Kemi Badenoch selected in Saffron Walden". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  7. "Harrow Tory leader set to join London Assembly following General Election". MayorWatch. 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  8. "New Assembly Member, Susan Hall, takes her place at City Hall". London City Hall. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  9. "Violent crime rises by 43% in three years on London Underground". the Guardian. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  10. "Susan Hall: The Prime Minister is serious about defeating the drugs gangs. But the Mayor of London is not". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  11. "Coronavirus: Tube could shut amid overcrowding, union warns". CityAM. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  12. "https://twitter.com/councillorsuzie/status/1323517649150758912". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-11-03. External link in |title= (help)
  13. Walker, Peter (January 7, 2021). "Tories urged to suspend politicians who likened US violence to anti-Brexit protests". The Guardian. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  14. "London-wide Assembly Member candidates, 2016". 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  15. "London-wide Assembly Member results 2016.pdf" (PDF). 6 May 2016.
  16. "Results 2016, London Elects". 6 May 2016.
  17. While this is more votes than the last allocated list position, WEP were denied a seat because they failed to reach the 5% threshold https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/The%20voting%20systems_2.pdf


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