Alison Moore

British politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Female
Positions Held
Member of the London Assembly
The details

Biography

Alison Moore is a British Labour politician and was Mayor of Barnet Council from May 2022 to May 2023. Moore served as a member of the London Assembly from March 2020 to May 2021.

Political career

Moore has been a councillor on Barnet London Borough Council since 1998 for the East Finchley ward. Moore is a former Leader of the Labour Group on Barnet Council. She also stood as the Labour candidate for Finchley and Golders Green in 2010.

Moore took over the seat of Tom Copley, who resigned from the Assembly following his appointment as Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development by Sadiq Khan. She was co-opted into the Assembly along with Murad Qureshi. She did not stand for re-election in the 2021 London Assembly election.

Councillor Alison Moore has become the 57th Mayor of Barnet after being officially sworn in during the Annual Council Meeting held on Tuesday 24 May at Hendon Town Hall following the council election in which Labour had won control of the council for the first time.

Committee assignments

Moore has the following assignments in the 2020-21 session:

  • Chair of the Transport Committee
  • Member of the Audit Panel
  • Member of the Budget and Performance Committee
  • Member of the Confirmation Hearings Committee
  • Member of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee

Electoral history

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMike Freer21,68846.0+6.2
LabourAlison Moore15,87933.7−5.4
Liberal DemocratsLaura Edge8,03617.0−0.1
UKIPSusan Cummins8171.7+0.6
GreenDonald Lyven7371.6−1.0
Majority5,80912.3N/A
Turnout47,15761.1N/A
Registered electors70,722
Conservative win (new boundaries)
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