Hackney Conservatives select Amy Gray as mayoral candidate

Selected: Amy Gray is to stand for mayor in Hackney. Photograph: Hackney Conservatives

Amy Gray is to stand for mayor in next month’s election, Hackney Conservatives have announced.

Ms Gray was a candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 2015’s General Election.

Commenting on her selection, she said: “I’m delighted to continue to be a voice for the people of Hackney.

“I first moved to Hackney more than a decade ago when I was an English teacher at The Skinners’ Company’s School for Girls.

“I live near Hackney Downs, I go to church near Mare Street and I’m a school governor in Hoxton – Hackney is my home and my community.”

Ms Gray is to run against Hackney’s current Deputy Mayor Philip Glanville, who was nominated as Labour’s candidate in July.

Polling takes place on 15 September.