North East London local, Pearce Branigan, has been selected as the Conservative Party candidate to contest the North East constituency at next year's GLA elections.

"It is the greatest privilege to have been selected to represent Islington, Hackney and Waltham Forest. I pledge to champion those residents whose voices have been ignored for far too long.”

Pearce is determined to get the best deal from City Hall for local residents: a financially responsible and efficient City Hall, TfL running smoothly on a firm financial footing for the future, credible climate action that doesn’t hit the poorest hardest, investment in neighbourhood policing to tackle community crime and building beautiful homes that are a part of existing communities.