# Susan Hall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Susan_Hall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Susan_Hall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hall > Source revision: 1349217080 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British politician (born 1955)}} {{about|the British politician|the American artist|Susan Hall (artist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Susan Hall | honorific_prefix = [Cllr](/source/Councillor) | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|AMl}} | image = Susan Hall 2023.png | caption = Hall in 2023 | office = Leader of the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))
in the [London Assembly](/source/London_Assembly) | term_start = 2 May 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = [Neil Garratt](/source/Neil_Garratt) | successor = | term_start1 = 17 December 2019 | term_end1 = 2 May 2023 | predecessor1 = [Gareth Bacon](/source/Gareth_Bacon) | successor1 = [Neil Garratt](/source/Neil_Garratt) | office2 = [Member of the London Assembly](/source/London_Assembly)
for Londonwide | term_start2 = 20 June 2017 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = [Kemi Badenoch](/source/Kemi_Badenoch) | successor2 = | office3 = Leader of [Harrow Council](/source/Harrow_London_Borough_Council) | term_start3 = 16 September 2013 | term_end3 = 22 May 2014 | predecessor3 = Thaya Idaikkadar | successor3 = David Perry | office4 = Leader of the [Conservative group](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))
in [Harrow Council](/source/Harrow_London_Borough_Council) | deputy4 = Barry Macleod-Cullinane | term_start4 = 6 May 2010 | term_end4 = 31 August 2017 | predecessor4 = David Ashton | successor4 = Paul Osborn | office5 = Member of [Harrow Council](/source/Harrow_London_Borough_Council)
for [Hatch End](/source/Hatch_End_(ward)) | term_start5 = 4 May 2006 | term_end5 = | predecessor5 = Mary John | successor5 = | birth_name = Susan Mary Cole | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955|3}} | birth_place = [Willesden](/source/Municipal_Borough_of_Willesden), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), England | death_date = | death_place = | education = [Roxeth Manor Secondary Modern School](/source/Rooks_Heath_School) | other_party = [Restore Britain](/source/Restore_Britain) (2025-2026){{cite news|first1= Jim | last1 = Waterson | first2 = Rachel | last2 = Rees|title=London Tory leader joins mass deportation campaign|url=https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tory-leader-joins-mass-deportation|newspaper=London Centric |date=2 July 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2026-02-14 |title=Ex-Reform MP who fell out with Farage launches new party – with very similar name |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-rupert-lowe-nigel-farage-restore-b2920422.html |access-date=2026-02-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}} | spouse = {{marriage|Gerald Peter Hall|1977|end = divorced}} | children = 2 | party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) | signature = Susan Hall signature.png | module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Susan Hall on why she became AM.webm|title=Susan Hall's voice|type=speech|description=Hall on why she became an Assembly Member
Recorded 21 September 2018}} }} '''Susan Mary Hall''' (''née'' '''Cole'''; born March 1955) is a British politician. A member of the [London Assembly](/source/London_Assembly) since 2017, she has served as Leader of the [London Conservatives](/source/London_Conservatives) in the Assembly since May 2025, having previously held the same position between 2019 and 2023. She was the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) candidate for the [2024 London mayoral election](/source/2024_London_mayoral_election), finishing in second place behind incumbent [mayor](/source/Mayor_of_London) [Sadiq Khan](/source/Sadiq_Khan). == Early life and business career == Susan Mary Cole was born in March 1955 at [Willesden](/source/Municipal_Borough_of_Willesden), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) (since 1965 in [Greater London](/source/Greater_London)). She is the elder daughter of Benjamin Cole (1912–72)[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=cole www.nationalarchives.gov.uk] and Mary ''née'' Palmer (1926–99). In her late [teens](/source/teenager) she gained practical work experience as a [car mechanic](/source/car_mechanic) in a [garage](/source/Automobile_repair_shop) owned by her [father](/source/father), where she learnt how to 'strip down an [engine](/source/Automotive_engine)'.{{Cite news |title=Who is Susan Hall? The hair salon owner and London mayor hopeful who says Sadiq Khan 'fears her most' | first=Josephine | last=Franks | url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-susan-hall-the-hair-salon-owner-and-london-mayor-hopeful-who-says-sadiq-khan-fears-her-most-12900878 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614153610/https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-susan-hall-the-hair-salon-owner-and-london-mayor-hopeful-who-says-sadiq-khan-fears-her-most-12900878| archive-date=14 June 2023 |date= 14 June 2023 |access-date=15 June 2023 |website=[Sky News](/source/Sky_News) |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Vickers |first=Noah |date=2023-07-19 |title=Who is Susan Hall? London mayoral hopeful's policies explained |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/who-susan-hall-conservative-candidate-london-mayor-2024-sadiq-khan-b1093034.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=[Evening Standard](/source/Evening_Standard) |language=en}} == Political career == ===Harrow London Borough Council=== Hall was elected as a [councillor](/source/councillor) for [Hatch End](/source/Hatch_End_(ward)) [ward](/source/Ward_(electoral_subdivision)) on [Harrow London Borough Council](/source/Harrow_London_Borough_Council) in the [2006 election](/source/2006_London_local_elections), after previously standing unsuccessfully for [Headstone South](/source/Headstone_South_(ward)) in [2002](/source/2002_London_local_elections).{{Cite web |date= |title=Councillor Susan Hall |url=https://moderngov.harrow.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=580 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=Harrow London Borough Council |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Election results for Headstone South: Borough Election - Thursday 2 May 2002 |url=https://moderngov.harrow.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=67 |website=Harrow London Borough Council | date=2 May 2002 |access-date=6 October 2023}} She has been re-elected as a councillor at subsequent elections in [2010](/source/2010_London_local_elections), [2014](/source/2014_London_local_elections), [2018](/source/2018_London_local_elections) and [2022](/source/2022_London_local_elections). In 2007, she was appointed to Harrow Council's [cabinet](/source/Cabinet_(government)), responsible for the environment and community safety. Hall became deputy leader of the Conservative group on Harrow Council in 2008. She was then elected in 2010 as [Leader of the group](/source/Caucus_chair), becoming [Leader of the Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition). She was appointed to the [London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority](/source/London_Fire_and_Emergency_Planning_Authority) as a Borough nominee in June 2010.{{cite web |title=Statement of accounts 2017/2018 |url=https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/media/5129/statement-of-accounts-2017-18-post-audit-signed.pdf |publisher=London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority |access-date=20 July 2023}} Hall took over as the leader of Harrow's [hung council](/source/No_overall_control) in September 2013.{{Cite news |date=2013-09-18 |title=Tories get control of Harrow Council after Labour split |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-24141717 |access-date=2023-09-15}}{{Cite news |last=Thain |first=Bruce |date=16 September 2013 |title=Conservative Councillor Susan Hall becomes leader of Harrow Borough Council |url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/10678530.conservative-councillor-susan-hall-becomes-leader-of-harrow-borough-council/ |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=Harrow Times |language=en}} As council leader, Hall commissioned thermal imaging cameras to stop illegal 'beds in sheds' developments and identify five cannabis farms.{{Cite web |last=Shammas |first=John |date=2014-03-20 |title=Gotcha! Council leader on a high after spy plane roots out drug farms as well as beds in sheds |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/gotcha-council-leader-susan-hall-6856007 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=My London |language=en}} Hall returned to Opposition leader after the [May 2014 election](/source/2014_Harrow_London_Borough_Council_election).{{Cite news |last=Shammas |first=John |date=2014-05-27 |title="Justice has been done"! Labour celebrate retaking power at Harrow Council |language=en |website=MyLondon |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/justice-been-done-labour-celebrate-7176168 |access-date=2023-09-15}}{{Cite news |last=Proctor |first=Ian |date=2014-06-10 |title=Unveiled: Harrow Council's new power-wielding cabinet committee |language=en |website=MyLondon |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/unveiled-harrow-councils-new-cabinet-7244552 |access-date=2023-09-15}} Also in 2014, she tweeted that ''[TOWIE](/source/The_Only_Way_Is_Essex)'' star [Gemma Collins](/source/Gemma_Collins), in a short appearance on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))'s ''[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here](/source/I'm_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here!)'', was fat and ghastly and a "stupid fat blonde woman".{{Cite news |last=Croft |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=Tory who called Gemma Collins 'stupid fat blonde' could be new London Mayor |language=en |website=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/tory-councillor-susan-hall-called-gemma-collins-stupid-fat-blonde-new-london-mayor-b1087438.html |access-date=2023-07-19}} Hall subsequently told [ITV News](/source/ITV_News) "I meant it and would say it to her face" and said she was a victim of a campaign by the [Fire Brigades Union](/source/Fire_Brigades_Union).{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Simon |date=19 November 2014 |title=Senior Conservative who called TOWIE star Gemma Collins fat and ghastly says, 'I meant it and would say it to her face'. |url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2014-11-19/senior-conservative-councillor-who-described-towie-star-gemma-collins-as-fat-and-ghastly-says-i-meant-it |website=ITV X | access-date=7 October 2023}} ===London Assembly=== Hall became a [Member of the London Assembly](/source/Member_of_the_London_Assembly) in June 2017, replacing [Kemi Badenoch](/source/Kemi_Badenoch) {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=small|AMl}} who stood down upon being elected as [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Saffron Walden](/source/Saffron_Walden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).{{Cite web |date=2017-06-20|title=New Assembly Member, Susan Hall, takes her place at City Hall|url=https://www.london.gov.uk//press-releases/assembly/new-assembly-member-susan-hall|access-date=27 September 2020|website=Greater London Authority|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=8 May 2017|title=Harrow Tory leader set to join London Assembly following General Election|url=https://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/harrow-tory-leader-set-to-join-london-assembly-following-general-election/|access-date=27 September 2020|website=MayorWatch|first=Martin|last=Hoscik|language=en-GB}} Hall was the fourth [London-wide](/source/Greater_London) candidate on the Conservative Party [list](/source/Party-list_proportional_representation) at the [2016 London Assembly election](/source/2016_London_Assembly_election).{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/who-vote/london-wide-assembly-member-candidates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812091858/https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/who-vote/london-wide-assembly-member-candidates|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2016|title=London-wide Assembly Member candidates 2016| website= London Elects|date=12 August 2016|access-date=23 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2016|title=Results 2016 |website=London Elects|access-date=23 December 2019}} Hall was elected deputy leader of the [London Conservatives](/source/London_Conservatives) in 2018,{{cite web |title=Susan Hall |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-members/susan-hall |website=Greater London Authority |access-date=19 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719113749/https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-members/susan-hall | archive-date=19 July 2023 }} before succeeding [Gareth Bacon](/source/Gareth_Bacon) as [Leader](/source/Caucus_chair) of the Conservatives on the London Assembly,{{Cite news |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18107250.new-mps-quit-london-assembly-next-years-election/|title=New London MPs will step down from City Hall roles in May| first=Jessie |last=Mathewson|website=East London and West Essex Guardian Series|language=en|access-date=23 December 2019}} after he was elected as [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Orpington](/source/Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [December 2019 general election](/source/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election). In March 2020, regarding the [COVID-19 pandemic in London](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_London), Hall wrote to [Mayor](/source/Mayor_of_London) [Sadiq Khan](/source/Sadiq_Khan), asking him to "call in the police" to "enforce the coronavirus lockdown" in order to protect [National Health Service](/source/National_Health_Service) [workers](/source/NHS_Professionals).{{Cite news |last=Boscia |first=Stefan |date=24 March 2020 |title=Coronavirus: Tube could shut amid overcrowding, union warns |url=https://www.cityam.com/coronavirus-tube-could-shut-amid-overcrowding-union-warns/ |access-date=27 March 2020 |website=CityAM |language=en-GB}} Ahead of the [2020 U.S. presidential election](/source/2020_U.S._presidential_election), Hall tweeted "Come on Donald Trump - make sure you win and wipe the smile off this man's face", referring to Sadiq Khan, who is a vocal critic of Trump.{{Cite news |last=Huskisson |first=Sophie |date=2023-07-19 |title=Tories go to war over unflattering photograph of London mayoral candidate |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-go-war-over-unflattering-30506273 |access-date=2023-07-20 |work=The Mirror |language=en}} Following the [storming of the United States Capitol](/source/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol) by Trump's supporters in January 2021, Hall compared the cause of the riot with remaining [opposition to Brexit](/source/opposition_to_Brexit) in the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/07/tories-urged-to-suspend-politicians-who-likened-us-violence-capitol-donald-trump-to-anti-brexit-protests|title=Tories urged to suspend politicians who likened US violence to anti-Brexit protests|date=January 7, 2021|accessdate=January 11, 2021|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|first=Peter|last=Walker}} Re-elected in the [2021 London Assembly election](/source/2021_London_Assembly_election),{{Cite news |date=8 May 2021|title=Election 2021: Full results for London Mayor and London Assembly|url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-05-07/election-2021-timings-and-results-for-london-mayor-and-assembly|access-date=10 May 2021|website=ITV News|language=en}} Hall stood down as leader of the London Conservatives in May 2023, and was replaced by [Neil Garratt](/source/Neil_Garratt).{{cite news |last1=Vickers |first1=Noah |title=Conservatives choose new City Hall leader |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/city-hall-conservatives-neil-garratt-new-group-leader-susan-hall-sadiq-khan-b1078283.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=20 July 2023 |date=2 May 2023}} Hall was re-elected to the London Assembly as a London-wide member at the [2024 election](/source/2024_London_Assembly_election). ===London mayoral candidacy=== Hall was selected, on 19 July 2023, as the Conservative Party candidate for the [2024 London mayoral election](/source/2024_London_mayoral_election).{{cite news | last=Walker | first=Peter | title=Susan Hall chosen as Conservative candidate for London mayor |work=The Guardian | date=19 July 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/19/susan-hall-chosen-as-conservative-candidate-for-london-mayor |access-date=19 July 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Grant |date=12 June 2023 |title=Harrow councillor shortlisted to be Conservative candidate for Mayor of London |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/meet-harrow-councillor-shortlisted-conservative-27104844 |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Lydall |first=Ross |date=19 July 2023 |title=Susan Hall wins Tory race to face-off against Sadiq Khan for London mayoralty |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/susan-hall-tory-conservative-candidate-sadiq-khan-london-mayoralty-b1095333.html |access-date=11 September 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} Her campaign slogan was "Safer with Susan". To [tackle crime](/source/Crime_prevention), Hall said she would invest £200 million in the [Metropolitan Police](/source/Metropolitan_Police), funded by reducing staff costs at [Transport for London](/source/Transport_for_London). She would establish police units specialising in attending to burglaries, robberies and thefts.{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Susan |date=2023-06-10 |title=Sadiq Khan has failed to lead the police – I have a plan to fit it |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/10/my-plan-to-save-the-met-from-sadiq-khans-disastrous-rule/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Susan |title=I will invest £200 million in the Met Police, funded by cutting waste in City Hall and TfL. In Khan's London, the vulnerable fear the police and criminals don't. If I am your candidate, I will get him out of office and fix this injustice. #SaferWithSusan |url=https://twitter.com/Councillorsuzie/status/1669349164642340868 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}} Hall pledged to reverse the [2023 ULEZ outer expansion](/source/Ultra_Low_Emission_Zone) and in its place set up a £50 million fund to "tackle air pollution hotspots."{{Cite news |last=Hazell |first=Will |date=2023-07-01 |title=Susan Hall pledges £50m clean air project if she becomes London mayor |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/01/susan-hall-clean-air-project-becomes-london-mayor/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |issn=0307-1235}} She supported Londoners having the choice to send non-compliant [ULEZ](/source/Ultra_Low_Emission_Zone) cars and particularly [4x4](/source/4x4)s to Ukraine in support of the [war effort](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine).{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=James |title=London's Ulez-scrapped cars cannot go to Ukraine, Sadiq Khan says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67737663 |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=BBC News |date=16 December 2023}} On 19 July 2023, the Conservative Party deputy chairman [Nickie Aiken MP](/source/Nickie_Aiken) wrote to the ''Evening Standard'''s [editor](/source/Editor-in-chief) [Dylan Jones](/source/Dylan_Jones) accusing the paper of "misogyny" with their choice of photo of Hall for their front page, describing it as "a clear mockery". In August 2023, [Dawn Butler](/source/Dawn_Butler) and nine other Labour MPs wrote to [Conservative Party chairman](/source/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party) [Greg Hands](/source/Greg_Hands) criticising Hall's comments that the [Notting Hill Carnival](/source/Notting_Hill_Carnival) was "dangerous" and put local residents through "hell." The letter accused Hall of implying that the Black community "has a propensity towards violence and disorder."{{Cite news |last=Vickers |first=Noah |date=26 August 2023|title=Susan Hall 'convinced of innate criminality of Black people', Labour MPs allege in searing letter |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/susan-hall-notting-hill-carnival-black-people-tory-conservative-london-mayor-candidate-b1103064.html |archive-date=28 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828154414/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/susan-hall-notting-hill-carnival-black-people-tory-conservative-london-mayor-candidate-b1103064.html |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} Hall's team said that the allegations were "desperate smears and a complete mischaracterisation" of her comments.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Zoe |date=28 August 2023 |title=Hate London and all it stands for? You're not alone – but you're in terrible company |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/28/hate-london-and-all-it-stands-for-youre-not-alone-but-youre-in-terrible-company |access-date=23 August 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/22/tory-london-mayor-candidate-criticised-notting-hill-carnival | title=Tory London mayor candidate criticised for 'offensive' Notting Hill carnival views | work=The Guardian | first=Rowena | last=Mason | date=22 August 2023 | access-date=6 October 2023 }} In September 2023, Hall was reported to have liked tweets that praised [Enoch Powell](/source/Enoch_Powell) and described London's Mayor [Sadiq Khan](/source/Sadiq_Khan) as "our nipple height mayor of Londonistan". Hall's spokesman said "Susan engages with many people on Twitter without endorsing their views".{{Cite news |last=Spirit |first=Lara |date=15 September 2023 |title=Susan Hall: Tory mayoral candidate liked tweet praising Enoch Powell |language=en |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/susan-hall-tory-mayoral-candidate-liked-tweet-praising-enoch-powell-zqsr6lvfk |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 September 2023 |issn=0140-0460}} In October 2023, Hall received criticism from political opponents and Jewish groups for saying "I know how frightened some of the [Jewish] community is because of the divisive attitude of Sadiq Khan".{{cite news |last1=Salisbury |first1=Josh |last2=Burford |first2=Rachael |title=Susan Hall: Tory mayoral candidate criticised for suggesting Jewish people 'frightened' by Sadiq Khan |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/susan-hall-sadiq-khan-jewish-labour-conservative-party-conference-b1110925.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=3 October 2023}} [Nusrat Ghani](/source/Nusrat_Ghani), Minister of State for Industry, criticised Hall for using the "language of fear and demeaning our political opponents", to which Hall replied her comments were "misinterpreted".{{cite news |last1=Burford |first1=Rachael |title=Government minister criticises Tory Mayoral candidate Susan Hall over Jewish comments|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/conservative-london-mayor-susan-hall-nusrat-ghani-sadiq-khan-b1111224.html |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=4 October 2023}} Hall’s campaign drew controversy in March 2024 for using images of panicking people in New York.{{Cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Donna |date=2024-03-25 |title=Tories delete Sadiq Khan attack ad showing New York instead of London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/25/tories-sadiq-khan-attack-ad-new-york-london |access-date=2024-04-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Hall advocated for tourist [tax-free shopping](/source/tax-free_shopping) in London working. Writing to [Chancellor of the Exchequer](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer) in September 2023 she pointed to research by the [Centre for Economics and Business Research](/source/Centre_for_Economics_and_Business_Research) which found that were refunds restored then for every £1 refunded in sales tax to foreign tourists [the Exchequer](/source/HM_Treasury) would gain £1.56 in other taxes due to the "dynamic economic effects" of tourist expenditure. She said that this would amount "to an increase in GDP of £10.7bn in 2023" and help support more than 200,000 jobs.{{Cite web |last=Lydall |first=Ross |date=2023-12-14 |title=Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall urges Jeremy Hunt to scrap 'tourist tax' for London|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/susan-hall-tourist-tax-london-jeremy-hunt-b1126891.html |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} Hall finished in second place, behind incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan.{{cite news |last1=Lydall |first1=Ross |last2=Vickers |first2=Noah |title=Sadiq Khan wins third term as London mayor saying he answered 'hate with hope' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sadiq-khan-london-mayoral-election-result-sadiq-khan-votes-city-hall-b1155727.html |access-date=6 May 2024 |work=Evening Standard |date=4 May 2024 |language=en}} After the election, Conservative Party figures blamed{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=London election: Negative Tory campaign lost mayoral race, ex-minister says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p7dj1890o |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} the "negative" campaign run by Hall as being partly behind the loss. Greg Hands, then a Conservative MP, said there was not a "knockout candidate" selected, with one campaigner telling the ''Evening Standard''{{Cite web |last=Lydall |first=Ross |date=2024-05-13 |title=Revealed: How the Tories blew the London mayoral election |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayoral-election-what-went-wrong-susan-hall-conservatives-sadiq-khan-victory-b1156913.html |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=The Standard |language=en}} that Hall "was the worst candidate ever, worse than [Shaun Bailey](/source/Shaun_Bailey%2C_Baron_Bailey_of_Paddington).” Hall later stated in an interview on the YouTube channel M.D.Johnson that she would not look to run again for Mayor, saying she will "leave that to someone that's younger".{{cite web |last1= |first1= |author1-link=Susan Hall |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Susan Hall Reveals Sadiq Khans Failures {{!}} Police, Housing and Young People |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5F4I-Q0TW8&t=644s |website=youtube.com |publisher=M.D.Johnson |language=en |format=video}} ===2025=== With effect from 2 May 2025, Hall was reappointed to her former position as leader of the Conservatives in the London Assembly, replacing Neil Garratt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/susan-hall-reclaims-tory-leadership-city-hall-mayor-sadiq-khan-b1224949.html|last=Lydall|first=Ross|title=Susan Hall reclaims Tory leadership at City Hall and pledges to renew battle with Sadiq Khan|website=The Standard|date=29 April 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityhallconservatives.com/post/susan-hall-am-appointed-city-hall-conservatives-leader|title=Susan Hall AM appointed City Hall Conservatives leader|date=2 May 2025|access-date=19 August 2025|website=City Hall Conservatives}} On 2 July 2025, it was revealed that Hall had been appointed as an adviser to the [Rupert Lowe](/source/Rupert_Lowe)-led [Restore Britain](/source/Restore_Britain) organisation.{{cite news |last1= Casalicchio |first1= Emilio |last2= Keate |first2= Noah |date= 2 July 2025 |title= London Playbook PM: Tears that move markets |url= https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/london-playbook-pm-tears-that-move-markets/ |work= Politico |access-date= 11 July 2025}} She left Restore Britain following its establishment as a political party.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-rupert-lowe-nigel-farage-restore-b2920422.html|title=Ex-Reform MP who fell out with Farage launches new party – with very similar name|date=14 February 2026|website=The Independent}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp813pn43gxo|title=Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe launches Restore Britain party|date=14 February 2026|website=BBC News}} ==Political positions== Harry Phibbs, writing in ''[The Sunday Telegraph](/source/The_Sunday_Telegraph)'' in September 2023, described Hall as an "authentic, unapologetic Conservative".{{cite news |last1=Phibbs |first1=Harry |title=Susan Hall can win - but she can't do it alone |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/10/susan-hall-can-win-but-she-cant-do-it-alone |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=The Sunday Telegraph |date=10 September 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-members/susan-hall|title=Susan Hall | London City Hall|date=6 May 2024|website=www.london.gov.uk}} Hall advocates for [community safety](/source/Community_safety_accreditation_scheme) and campaigns for [crime prevention](/source/crime_prevention), calling for an increase in [police funding](/source/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom) in 2019 to tackle [knife crime](/source/knife_crime).{{Cite news | first=Amy | last=Walker |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/18/london-underground-violent-crime-rmt-tfl|title=Violent crime rises by 43% in three years on London Underground|date=18 January 2019|website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|language=en|access-date=27 March 2020}} As a candidate for London Mayor, Hall pledged to invest £200 million into the [Metropolitan Police](/source/Metropolitan_Police). Claiming in November 2023 her wallet was pickpocketed on the [London Underground](/source/London_Underground), she asserted crime was "completely out of control" in London,{{cite news |last1=Heren |first1=Kit |title=Tory London mayoral candidate Susan Hall rages against Sadiq Khan after 'pickpocketing ordeal on Tube' |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/susan-hall-pickpocketed-on-tube/ |access-date=30 November 2023 |work=LBC |date=28 November 2023}} but the wallet was returned by another passenger who suggested that Hall had dropped it rather than it being stolen.{{cite news |last1=Lydall |first1=Ross |title=Good Samaritan: How I returned Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall's lost wallet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/susan-hall-lost-oyster-card-tube-tory-mayoral-good-samaritan-b1123916.html |access-date=30 November 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=30 November 2023}} Hall opposed the [2023 outer expansion of ULEZ](/source/Ultra_Low_Emission_Zone), a [congestion pricing](/source/congestion_pricing) program in Greater London, vowing to scrap the expansion if elected mayor.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-25 |title=London mayoral election: Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall vows to end ULEZ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68639277 |language=en-GB}} She also calls for the removal of [low traffic neighbourhood](/source/low_traffic_neighbourhood)s (LTNs), which impose restrictions on cars. Hall has been described as a [populist](/source/Right-wing_populism).{{Cite news | first=Sean | last=O'Grady | date=19 July 2023 |title=Could this populist Brexiteer Trump fan really become Mayor of London? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/politics-explained/susan-hall-london-major-candidate-brexit-trump-sadiq-khan-b2378402.html |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en}} In her London mayoral campaign, Hall said she would reduce costs at [Transport for London](/source/Transport_for_London) by reforming bonuses, pension arrangements and the provision of nominee passes, which enable Londoners who live with TfL staff to travel free. [Sadiq Khan](/source/Sadiq_Khan) has defended these, arguing that no net savings would be made by scrapping them.{{cite news | url=https://www.onlondon.co.uk/who-is-london-tory-susan-hall-and-why-is-she-so-cross-with-sadiq-khan/ | first=Joshua | last=Neicho | title=Who is London Tory Susan Hall and why is she so cross with Sadiq Khan? | date=14 April 2021 |work=On London}} Hall said that if elected mayor, she would pivot away from building more apartment blocks in London, arguing that [tower block](/source/tower_block)s are "not where you could raise a family".{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Dave |date=2024-04-01 |title=Tory Susan Hall's London tower block crusade 'could stop 12,000 homes being built' |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-susan-halls-london-tower-32484400 |website=The Mirror |language=en}} In August 2023, Hall tweeted support for [Restore Trust](/source/Restore_Trust), a political advocacy group which seeks to change policies of the [National Trust](/source/National_Trust).{{Cite news |last=Mortimer |first=Josiah |date=2023-08-30 |title=Conservative London Mayoral Candidate Susan Hall Backs Fringe Right Wing 'Restore Trust' that Challenges Criticism of Empire|url=https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/30/conservative-london-mayoral-candidate-susan-hall-backs-fringe-right-wing-restore-trust-that-challenges-criticism-of-empire/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Byline Times |language=en-GB}} == Personal life == In 1977, she married Gerald Peter Hall, a [hairdresser](/source/hairdresser), with whom she has two children; the couple are now divorced. They established a [beauty salon](/source/beauty_salon) in Harrow, which grew to employ over 20 people before closing. Her daughter, Louise Staite,{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title='Let's get Brexit done and focus on what matters' says Oxford East Conservative candidate |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18070412.general-election-2019-oxford-east-conservative-candidate-louise-staite/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[Oxford Mail](/source/Oxford_Mail) |language=en}} stood as the Conservative [parliamentary candidate](/source/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate) for [Oxford East](/source/Oxford_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [2019 general election](/source/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election), but failed to gain the Labour-held seat.{{cite news |last1=Hazell |first1=Will |title=Tory candidate for London Mayor Susan Hall: 'Only I can beat Sadiq Khan' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/19/susan-hall-interview-conservative-london-mayor-candidate/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=19 July 2023}} ==See also== * [List of female members of the London Assembly](/source/List_of_female_members_of_the_London_Assembly) ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-members/susan-hall Susan Hall] at the [London Assembly](/source/London_Assembly) * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/su-sz/susan-hall/ Susan Hall] at ''[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)'' * [https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/susan-hall Susan Hall] at ''[The Evening Standard](/source/Evening_Standard)'' {{Current London Assembly members}} {{London}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Susan}} Category:Living people Category:1955 births Category:People from Harrow, London Category:Politicians from the London Borough of Harrow Category:British Anglicans Category:21st-century British women politicians Category:Conservative Members of the London Assembly Category:Conservative Party (UK) councillors Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Harrow Category:Anti-crime activists Category:UK councillors 2006–2010 Category:UK councillors 2010–2014 Category:UK councillors 2014–2018 Category:UK councillors 2018–2022 Category:UK councillors 2022–2026 Category:Women councillors in England Category:Leaders of local authorities of England Category:London AMs 2016–2021 Category:London AMs 2021–2024 Category:London AMs 2024–2028 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Susan Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hall?action=history)). 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