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

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2024 London mayoral election[8]
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

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  1. ^ "Who is the SDP's London mayoral candidate Amy Gallagher?". BBC News. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Amy Gallagher and critical race theory". The Week. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Baines, Emma (15 January 2024). "Mental health nurse to run for London mayor". Nursing Times. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ Ahmed, Jabed (4 May 2024). "London Mayoral Election 2024: Results in full". The Independent. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ^ Rufo, Yasmin (14 January 2024). "NHS nurse Amy Gallagher is SDP's London mayoral candidate". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "London Mayoral Election 2024: Results in full" at The Independent (retrieved 5 May 2024)