The All People’s Party candidate for Enfield and Haringey, Godson Azu, sees his party's progress as a positive step despite poor performance in the London Assembly elections.
Mr Azu is currently last among candidates as Joanne McCarthney leads the voting with 68% — holding a comfortable lead over the Conservative’s Linda Kelly.
But he sees the election as a stepping stone and a way to encourage involvement in politics for the party which was formed in 2014 after Councillor Prem Goyal OBE defected from Labour.
Mr Azu said: “I see it as a new beginning.
“The intention is just to encourage participation. Campaigning has been very strenuous work, as a new party we don’t have many volunteers.
“It’s been an interesting one and I am very, very happy. I look forward to the next election.”
Mr Azu ran on a platform of social and community integration and political and economic empowerment for all and has previously ran as an MP in Brentford and Isleworth.
He has been a political commentator on the BEN TV and is a published political author and was also a union leader for the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union.
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