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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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Freer | 21,688 | 46.0 | +6.2 | |
| Labour | Alison Moore | 15,879 | 33.7 | −5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Edge | 8,036 | 17.0 | −0.1 | |
| UKIP | Susan Cummins | 817 | 1.7 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Donald Lyven | 737 | 1.6 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 5,809 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,157 | 61.1 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 70,722 | ||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||