One London
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| One London | |
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| Leader | Damian Hockney AM |
| Founded | September 1, 2005 |
| Headquarters | 109-110 Bolsover Street London W1W 5NT |
| Political Ideology | Euroscepticism, Local Democracy |
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| International Affiliation | none |
| European Affiliation | none |
| European Parliament Group | n/a |
| Colours | Black and White with Red |
| Website | http://www.onelondon.org.uk |
| See also | Politics of the UK |
One London is a British political party formed on September 1, 2005 by Damian Hockney and Peter Hulme-Cross. Both of them were originally elected to the London Assembly in June 2004 as United Kingdom Independence Party representatives, but in February 2005 announced the formation of the Veritas group at the Assembly. With the disintegration of Veritas after its poor showing in the 2005 general election, the two formed One London, of which Hockney is the Leader.
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[edit] Ideology
The party is opposed to British membership of the European Union. It also calls for the system of central government grants to local authorities to be changed in favour of London and for the abolition of the London congestion charge.
[edit] Controversy
The naming of the party as 'One London' caused some comment [1] as the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, had just started a public campaign under that name [2] as an attempt to build closer relations between ethnic communities following the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
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| London Assembly (25): |
Conservatives (9) | Labour (7) | Liberal Democrats (5) | Greens (E&W) (2) | One London (2) |
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Conservatives (ED, 27) | Labour (PES, 19) | Liberal Democrats (ELDR, 12) | UKIP (ID, 10) | Greens (E&W) (EGP, 2) | SNP (EFA, 2) | Plaid Cymru (EFA, 1) | Sinn Féin (EUL, 1†) | UUP (ED, 1) | Independent (ADIE, 1) | Independent (ITS, 1) | Independent (NA, 1) |
| Notes | #Although Sinn Féin have five elected members and have offices at Westminster, they are abstentionist and therefore do not take their seats † Sinn Féin has a second MEP from the Republic of Ireland |
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