The Greek community in London has become more politically active in the last few years with the majority of Councillors standing as Labour party candidates. One area where there has been considerable success is Enfield where there are now 7 Councillors of Greek origin and of course we had a number of Mayors who have been of Greek origin and one Council Leader.
The new project supported by the Greek Representation Forum aims to identify potential candidates so that an MP can also be elected. We do, of course, have Yianna Yinakoudaki who was elected and is now Euro MEP for north London (Conservative) but the search is on for activists who want to get more involved and have the potential to make a difference. This is an exciting new project and I am looking forward to pushing it as much as I can.
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