- Alan Craig
Infobox Politician
name=Alan Craig
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candidate = Mayor of London
term_start =1 May 2000
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| office2 = Councillor for the Councillor for the London Borough of Newham
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office3 = Leader of TheChristian Peoples Alliance |Leader of TheChristian Peoples Alliance
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predecessor3 =Michael Elmer
predecessor4 =Ram Gidoomal
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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]In December 2006 he called for the resignation of the
Bishop of Southwark Thomas Frederick Butler if it was confirmed that he had had a drunken night out.cite news |title= Drink row bishop facing calls to quit |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1968882,00.html
publisher= "The Guardian " / "The Observer " | first= David |last= Smith |date=2006-12-10]He also opposed the opening of one of the regional casinos in Newham, [cite web
last = Saini | first = Angela | title = "Say no to casino!"
work = BBC London | publisher = BBC | date = 2007-02-01 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/01/31/anti_casino_feature.shtml
accessdate =2008-02-09 ] , campaigned to end the DESO funded arms fair [cite web
title = "Profile: Alan Craig" | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/02/15/profile_alan_craig_feature.shtml
accessdate =2008-04-29 ] and played a leading role in the campaign to save the East End's Queens Market. [cite web
title = "Friend's of Queen's Market" | url = http://www.friendsofqueensmarket.org.uk/
accessdate =2008-04-29 ]Christian Peoples Alliance candidate for London Mayor
On
12 February 2008 , Alan Craig, was chosen to representThe Christian Party andChristian Peoples Alliance on a joint "Christian Choice" ticket on May 1 in the London Elections. He obtained 39,249 first choice votes (1.62%) and 80,140 second choice votes (4.00%) [ [http://results.londonelects.org.uk/Results/MayoralResult.aspx LondonElects results] ] , finishing sixth in the first round of voting, and being eliminated for the second. [ [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23437055-details/Mosque+critic+brands+himself+the+'Christian+choice'+for+mayor/article.do Mosque critic brands himself the 'Christian choice' for mayor | News ] ]References
External links
* [http://christian-1.cust.host-it.co.uk/fed/?page=people&id=1088 Alan Craig on the CPA Website]
* [http://www.cpanewham.org/indexpage.html CPA Newham Website]
* [http://www.meetalancraig.com Alan Craig's personal blog]
* [http://www.youtube.com/meetalancraig Alan Craig's personal YouTube]
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