All People's Party (UK)
The All Peoples Party (UK) was established in February 2014 by Prem Goyal OBE and Adedokun Lasaki, the former South Bermondsey Liberal Democrat councillor who defected to Labour shortly before the 2010 borough elections.
All People's Party (APP) was created for three reasons: to fight for equality at the top to ensure all people are represented at the top; to give avenues and leadership opportunities to all people who want to represent their community now; and to ensure our communities always come first.
Goyal missed out on selection as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate by one vote for Bermondsey & Old Southwark where he was vice-chair. The party later formed a group on Southwark Council by recruiting former Mayor of Southwark Althea Smith from Labour and convicted felon Stephen Govier.
The party was described as consisting of "disaffected black and minority ethnic community members" by James Gill, a former employee of Goyal and prospective Labour councillor. [1] In response Goyal said that the 45% minority population in Southwark, which generates 70% of the Labour votes, got only 10% representation at the top decision-making table and that the party wanted "to provide leadership opportunities to community champions now, not in 2050".[2]
Prem Goyal stood in the 2015 General Election in Camberwell and Peckham. He got 829 votes, losing to Harriet HArman by 31,785 votes.
All People's Party has since given nearly 30 community champions the opportunity to stand as candidates in local Council elections, MP elections and London Assembly elections in the UK.
References
- ↑ Gill, James (22 October 2013). "One more vote and Goyal may not have played the race card". Insider Croydon. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Prem Goyal: "The All People's Party is not about me"". Inside Croydon. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2014.