Black vote to decide London Mayor?

The Black and minority ethnic (BME) vote is most powerful in London. Why? It’s a numbers game. Nearly half of all BME communities in the UK live in Greater London. Literally millions of us. Over 2.5 million and in the tightest Mayoral race we have ever witnessed since the London Mayoral institution was formed just over a decade ago, a two or three percentage point here or there could be the difference between the two front runners Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson.

At the moment a recent YouGov poll shows Labour’s Livingstone leading by two points. The race couldn’t be tighter.

In the next few weeks, OBV will announce its public debate with all the Mayoral candidates. We will also request live interviews with them all in which you will put the questions to them.

What’s most important about the elections on May is that they will set the agenda for the National elections in 2015.

For our communities, with unprecedented power to sway the result, we must ensure we are first registered to vote and ready to set a race equality agenda for the next Mayor to deliver.

Make sure you’re ready to for the London Mayoral Elections.

Simon Woolley