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Southwark Council’s car-free streets champion McAsh defects from Labour to the Greens

Deniz Huseyin
05 March 2026
James McAsh: We want to take away some of the space that is currently allocated to motor vehicles and use it for all sorts of other uses
James McAsh: We want to take away some of the space that is currently allocated to motor vehicles and use it for all sorts of other uses

 

Southwark’s cabinet member responsible for streets, road safety, active travel and air quality has resigned from Labour and joined the Greens, citing the council’s austerity policies.

James McAsh is the fourth Southwark councillor to have defected from Labour to the Greens and the seventh councillor to resign from the party since last July’s local leadership election.

At that time McAsh was voted new leader of Southwark Council, but this was overturned by the central Labour...

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