Election counts in Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley were among the least-covered by London’s media, research by 853 has discovered, with the area’s traditional local press not covering the counts at all. Bexley and Bromley issued just three passes to the media for the counts on the night of 12 December 2019 – the lowest number […]
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General election 2019: Greenwich borough sticks with Labour as Britain swings right
6.30am update: Both Clive Efford and Matt Pennycook have been re-elected as MPs for Eltham and Greenwich & Woolwich – but neither would be drawn on the future of their party as Labour slumped to a humiliating defeat in the general election. The borough also has a new MP in Abena Oppong-Asare, who succeeds Teresa […]
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VIDEO: Watch Greenwich & Woolwich’s election candidates at Charlton hustings
Five of the general candidates for Greenwich & Woolwich took took questions from voters at a hustings event in Charlton on Saturday morning – the last such event before Thursday’s poll. Here is (slightly wobbly) video of the entire event, which was held at Charlton Assembly Rooms. Part one: Opening remarks (3.16), housing (14.11), tax […]
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Quiz Greenwich & Woolwich election candidates at hustings this week
Voters in Greenwich & Woolwich will get four chances in the next week to quiz the candidates to be their next MP as yet another general election approaches. Seven candidates are vying for success on Thursday 12 December, although it would take a political earthquake to dislodge Matt Pennycook, first elected as the area’s MP […]
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Eltham Tories pick Bexley Council deputy leader for general election
Conservatives in Eltham have rejected Greenwich Council’s opposition leader Matt Hartley as their candidate for the next general election – instead picking Louie French, the deputy leader of Bexley Council, to take on Labour MP Clive Efford. French, a councillor for Falconwood and Welling – just across the borough border – defeated Hartley on a […]
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