Amy Gallagher is a British mental health nurse working in the National Health Service and a psychotherapist.[1]
In 2022 she sued the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust for what she called "forcing racist ideology" on students in 2022, in reference to critical race theory.[2][3]
Gallagher was the Social Democratic Party candidate for mayor in the 2024 London mayoral election.[4] She received 1.39% of the vote, finishing seventh of the thirteen candidates.[5] She said she stood in the election to "push back on woke ideology".[6][4] While campaigning, she described the planned black out performance of the upcoming West End Slave Play as "simplistic and racist".[7]
Electoral results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | Of total (%) | ± (pp), party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sadiq Khan | 1,088,225 | 43.8 | +3.8 | ||||
| Conservative | Susan Hall | 812,397 | 32.7 | −2.6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rob Blackie | 145,184 | 5.8 | +1.4 | ||||
| Green | Zoë Garbett | 145,114 | 5.8 | −2.0 | ||||
| Reform UK | Howard Cox | 78,865 | 3.1 | New | ||||
| Independent | Natalie Campbell | 47,815 | 1.9 | New | ||||
| SDP | Amy Gallagher | 34,449 | 1.4 | +1.1 | ||||
| Animal Welfare | Femy Amin | 29,280 | 1.2 | New | ||||
| Independent | Andreas Michli | 26,121 | 1.1 | New | ||||
| Independent | Tarun Ghulati | 24,702 | 1.0 | New | ||||
| Count Binface | Count Binface | 24,260 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Britain First | Nick Scanlon | 20,519 | 0.8 | New | ||||
| London Real | Brian Rose | 7,501 | 0.3 | −0.9 | ||||
| Majority | 276,008 | 11.1 | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 11,127 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 2,495,559 | 40.5 | −1.5 | |||||
| Registered electors | 6,162,428 | |||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Who is the SDP's London mayoral candidate Amy Gallagher?". BBC News. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Somerville, Ewan; Edginton, Steven (1 October 2022). "Nurse sues NHS for 'forcing racist ideology' on students". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Amy Gallagher and critical race theory". The Week. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b Baines, Emma (15 January 2024). "Mental health nurse to run for London mayor". Nursing Times. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Ahmed, Jabed (4 May 2024). "London Mayoral Election 2024: Results in full". The Independent. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Rufo, Yasmin (14 January 2024). "NHS nurse Amy Gallagher is SDP's London mayoral candidate". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Simpson, Craig (28 February 2024). "West End play stages shows to all-black audience 'free from the white gaze'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "London Mayoral Election 2024: Results in full" at The Independent (retrieved 5 May 2024)
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