What the papers say
A range of extracts from the press covering Darren Johnson and Lewisham Deptford. Click on the summaries below to read the full stories.
"In Lewisham Deptford they will field Darren Johnson, local councillor and chair of the London Assembly, against Joan Ruddock, the minister for Energy and Climate Change; they have six Green councillors in Lewisham and in the most recent local elections polled 27 per cent. "
The Independent 11 January 2010
"Lucas is standing as parliamentary candidate in Brighton Pavilion, where the Greens came third in 2005, nearly 6,000 votes behind Labour, which took the seat. Other strong parliamentary hopes include Darren Johnson, who is a London assembly member and a councillor in Lewisham, who will contest Lewisham Deptford, and Adrian Ramsay, the party's deputy leader, who is fighting to defeat former minister Charles Clarke in Norwich South, where the Greens are the official opposition on the unitary council."
"Media savvy and articulate, he has shamed the Mayor on gay rights issues and the traffic generating Thames Gateway Bridge proposals. Holds whip hand on annual budget negotiations."
Evening Standard on Darren Johnson October 2007 in "London's most influential people"
"Darren Johnson, 42
LONDON ASSEMBLY, DEPUTY CHAIR (GREENS)
Former golden boy of the Green movement, having joined at the age of
20, he is now one of the party's best-known figures with the ambition
of being his party's first MP. Chose not to stand for Mayor in May's
election but is the Green Party's parliamentary candidate in the
Lewisham Deptford constituency."
Evening Standard - London's most influential people - October 2008
The Independent
18 April 2005Darren Johnson: 'There are two myths about us: we're a single-issue party and a wasted vote'
The Guardian
02 May 2000Yesterday, the Daily Telegraph linked Darren Johnson to the 'anarchist hooligans' who protest against free trade. In fact the Green candidate widely tipped to be London's first deputy mayor is more concerned with cycling than global capitalism. He talks to Jim White
BBC News Online
21 April 2000Interview with Darren in the run-up to the 2000 London Assembly and Mayoral Elections.
