Susan Hall selected as Tory London mayoral candidate

Susan Hall has been selected by Conservative members to go the party's mayoral campaigner for London aft winning 57% of the vote.

She was moving against lone 1 different hopeful, Mozammel Hossain, aft David Cameron's erstwhile peculiar advisor Daniel Korski dropped retired of the race.

Ms Hall volition spell up against incumbent Sadiq Khan connected 2 May.

Ms Hall, who has been a councillor successful Harrow since 2006 and a London Assembly subordinate since 2017, said: "It is simply a immense honour to beryllium the Conservative campaigner for politician of London and I americium truthful grateful to everyone for their support.

"Over the coming months, I volition enactment tirelessly to decision Sadiq Khan and connection Londoners the alteration we need."

Ms Hall, who describes herself arsenic a "Londoner done and through", ran a hairdressing salon with her hubby successful Harrow earlier entering politics.

She said she was the close campaigner arsenic she had been "holding the politician to relationship for years".

Her 3 main priorities are to halt the enlargement of ULEZ, amended the Met Police and make much affordable housing.

"I privation to marque definite that the £9bn that the politician receives from the authorities is spent properly," Ms Hall said.

The Conservative Party came nether disapproval from mayoral hopeful Samuel Kasumu, who had failed to marque the shortlist of three, aft it refused to re-examine the enactment process erstwhile Mr Korski withdrew, leaving lone 2 candidates.

A spokesperson for London Labour said: "The Conservative campaigner for politician is simply a hard-right person who couldn't beryllium much retired of interaction with our metropolis and its values.

"Londoners merit amended than a campaigner who represents the worst of the Tory nonaccomplishment and incompetence implicit the past 13 years."

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