Coalition plans to push boroughs to Electrify London

Clean Cities leads campaign to put transport decarbonisation on local election ballot

A coalition of organisations is launching a campaign for London boroughs to drive transport decarbonisation.

The Electrifying London campaign, launched by Clean Cities, argues London boroughs to drive transport decarbonisation forward across the city by: planning and enabling an affordable chargepoint network; supporting local businesses to rapidly adopt electric vans and e-cargo bikes; helping residents to access electric cars affordably and conveniently, with a step change in the roll-out of electric car clubs.

The coalition is urging political parties running in the 2026 London local elections to commit to stronger action toward electrifying transport London.

“On 7 May 2026, more than 1,800 London borough councillors will be elected with responsibility for 95% of London’s roads and kerbside. They will hold power and influence to Electrify London – helping every Londoner, business and community to embrace cleaner, greener electric vehicles.

“London’s net zero pathway requires that nearly half of all car kilometres and a third of van kilometres be electric by the end of this decade. Without strong local authority leadership and action in the next electoral term, these targets will not be achieved.”

New polling commissioned by Clean Cities has found that two-thirds of Londoners think that their local council should be doing more to support clean deliveries. Previous polling of Londoners also found that two-thirds of Londoners think small businesses need more support to go electric.

The campaign is supported by:

• LTDA
• EVA England
• Mums for Lungs
• Possible
• CoMoUK
• Centre for London
• Global Action Plan
• Cargo by Thames Clippers
• OurBike.