- Alan Craig
Infobox Politician
name=Alan Craig
order=
candidate = Mayor of London
term_start =1 May 2000
term_end =
| office2 = Councillor for the Councillor for the London Borough of Newham
term_start2 =
predecessor2 =
term_start3 =
term_end3 =
predecessor3 =
successor3 =
office3 = Leader of TheChristian Peoples Alliance |Leader of TheChristian Peoples Alliance
term_start4 =
predecessor3 =Michael Elmer
predecessor4 =Ram Gidoomal
birth_date =
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = British
party =Christian Peoples Alliance |Christian Peoples Alliance
website = [http://www.meetalancraig.co.uk Alan's Blog]
footnotes =Alan Craig is the leader of the
Christian Peoples Alliance party and a councillor in theLondon Borough of Newham forCanning Town South.Craig is on the Council of the Movement for Christian Democracy, the Canning Town Partnership Board and the Council for Racial Equality in Newham. [ [http://www.cpalliance.net/people.asp#1 Christians Peoples Alliance - People] ]
Political career
Craig first unsuccessfully stood for Newham Council in 1998 as a Christian Democrat candidate in what was then Ordnance ward. From then until 2002 he continued to campaign against Newham Council from his position as Director of the charitably funded Mayflower Centre. In 2001 Craig stood in a
by-election for Beckton ward in 2001cite news |title= Labour's fortress threatened by a Christian soldier. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75314440.html|publisher= " first= Hugh |last= Muir |date= 2001-03-28] and was again defeated by the winning Labour Party (UK)|Labour party candidate. Notwithstanding his continuing opposition to the Labour Council he joined the Board of a Council led SRB operating in the Canning Town area. During his time as a Directorof the SRB he was successful in obtaining SRB funding for CCTV cameras on the Mayflower Centre, of which he was still also DirectorHe was elected to Newham council in the 2002 local elections becoming the only oppostion councillor.cite news |title= Hospital protesters win control of council|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/04/nhosp04.xml|publisher= "
The Daily Telegraph "| first= David |last= Graves |date= 2002-03-05] In the 2006 elections he was re-elected with an increased majority as part of a group of three Christian Peoples Alliance Party councillors. He also stood in the election forMayor ofNewham and came third receiving 6,559 votes. [ [http://www.newham.gov.uk/Services/votingandelections/resultslocalelection.htm Election results 4 May 2006] ]He became leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance in 2004 and led the party into the 2005 general election.cite news |title= Rousing the party faithful |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3959307.stm|publisher= "
BBC " | first= Brian |last= Wheeler |date= 2004-11-04] cite news |title= Labour's fortress threatened by a Christian soldier. |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4482833.stm
publisher= "BBC " |last= Staff|date=2005-04-25]Craig has strongly opposed the building of the
London Markaz Mosque calling for an independent inquiry into it. He says that while he supports the right to worship, he has fears over the impact upon the community and on security.cite news |title= The shadow cast by a mega-mosque |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/09/25/do2502.xml&site=15&page=0|publisher= "The Daily Telegraph " | first= Pillip |last= Johnston |date= 2006-09-25] cite news |title= Olympic-Size London Mosque May Eclipse Landmarks |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a96oW0MwLsrE |publisher= "Bloomberg L.P. " | first= Nick |last= Allen |date= 2006-10-30]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
