Jan Jananayagam Explained

Janani Jananayagam
Birth Place:Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Nationality:British
Party:Independent
Residence:London[1]
Alma Mater:University of Manchester
Imperial College London
INSEAD
Occupation:Project Manager
Website:http://vote4jan.org/beta/

Janani (Jan) Jananayagam (Tamil: ஜனனி (ஜான்) ஜனநாயகம்) is a British Tamil banking professional, activist and politician. She was an independent candidate for the London region in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections.[2]

Early life

Jan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka but spent most of her youth in Nigeria and Zambia where her parents were teachers.[3] Later she and her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom.[4] She studied at the University of Manchester and graduated with distinction in computing and information systems. She later received a master's degree in applied mathematics from Imperial College London and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD business school.[5] [6]

Professional career

After a period in computing research and development Jan moved into the banking industry. She currently works in the London and German offices of a leading Italian bank as a project manager. She is involved in the setting up of e-commerce ventures.[7] Jananayagam has written columns in the Tamil Guardian that focused on Sri Lanka's treatment of Tamils.

European Parliament candidate

Jan stood as an independent candidate for the London region in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections. She did not win a seat, but garnered 2.86% of the vote.[8] The main policies on which she campaigned on were:[9]

She campaigned against the British National Party.[10]

She had been endorsed by the Oscar-nominated musician Maya Arulpragasam (MIA).[3] MIA has started an online campaign in support of Jan and offered a free song.[3]

Despite winning many votes for an Independent, she did not win a seat against competitive parties. Jan came 8th out of the 19 parties/independents contesting London after receiving 50,014 votes (2.86%).[11] This was more than the combined vote for all other independent candidates across the whole of the UK.[12] Her £5000 deposit was returned, as she got more than the 2.5% threshold in the vote.[8]

Votes received by Jan for each London borough:

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Barking and Dagenham[13] 386 1.08% 10th Hammersmith & Fulham[14] 140 0.35% 13th Lewisham[15] 1,992 3.76% 8th
Barnet[16] 1,234 1.51% 8th Newham[17] 3,520 7.40% 3rd
Bexley[18] 378 0.62% 11th Harrow[19] 6,856 11.00% 3rd Redbridge[20] 4,910 7.81% 6th
Brent[21] 4,867 8.33% 5th Havering[22] 203 0.33% 13th Richmond upon Thames[23] 147 0.28% 13th
Bromley[24] 619 0.71% 9th Hillingdon[25] 2,433 3.96% 7th Southwark[26] 163 0.30% 13th
Camden[27] 121 0.26% 15th Hounslow[28] 1,054 2.09% 8th Sutton[29] 1,664 3.40% 7th
Croydon[30] 3,128 3.87% 8th Islington[31] 128 0.30% 15th Tower Hamlets[32] 109 0.24% 16th
Ealing[33] 4,716 6.51% 6th Kensington & Chelsea[34] 70 0.26% 15th Waltham Forest[35] 1,493 2.86% 8th
Enfield[36] 1,194 1.83% 8th Kingston upon Thames[37] 2,150 5.16% 6th Wandsworth[38] 928 1.35% 8th
Greenwich[39] 773 1.53% 9th Lambeth[40] 176 0.31% 14th Westminster[41] 100 0.27% 16th
Merton[42] 3,960 7.95% 6th City of London[43] 4 0.19% =14th

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official list and contact details . UK Office of the European Parliament . 4 June 2009 .
  2. Web site: Candidates . UK Office of the European Parliament . 4 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090510125544/http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/european-elections/candidates . 10 May 2009 .
  3. Web site: MIA's endorsement expected to boost Jananayagam's MEP prospects . . 3 June 2009 . 4 June 2009.
  4. Web site: British Tamil contests seat for European Parliament . . 15 May 2009 . 4 June 2009.
  5. Web site: Potent Tamil voice for European Parliament . . 31 May 2009 . 4 June 2009.
  6. Web site: INSEAD hails TAG co-founder Jananayagam | Tamil Guardian.
  7. Web site: Tamil campaigner Euro vote boost . BBC . 9 June 2009 . 14 August 2009.
  8. Web site: Independents in European Elections | Independent Network . 8 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120126010604/http://www.independentnetwork.org.uk/research/independents-european-elections . 26 January 2012 . dead .
  9. Web site: Policies . Vote4Kan . 4 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608142502/http://vote4jan.org/beta/?page_id=3 . 8 June 2009 . dead .
  10. Web site: Election Manifesto . . 31 May 2009 . 4 June 2009.
  11. Web site: European Election 2009: London . BBC News . 8 June 2009 . 8 June 2009.
  12. Web site: European Election 2009: UK Results . BBC News . 8 June 2009 . 8 June 2009.
  13. Web site: European Parliamentary Election Results . London Borough of Barking & Dagenham . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100411082757/http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/9-democracy/elections/results/elect-euro-09.html . 11 April 2010 .
  14. Web site: Hammersmith & Fulham declaration . London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617045542/http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/EuropeanParliamentElectionResultsforHammersmithFulhamLocalCountingArea_tcm21-123339.pdf . 17 June 2009 .
  15. Web site: Lewisham Council – Documents – European Parliamentary Election 4 June 2009 . London Borough of Lewisham . 12 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090523112106/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/DemocracyAndElections/EuropeanElections . 23 May 2009 .
  16. Web site: Barnet declaration . London Borough of Barnet . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617030052/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/european-parliamentary-election-barnet-result.pdf . 17 June 2009 .
  17. Web site: European Parliamentary Election results 2009 . Newham Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090612234422/http://www.newham.gov.uk/Services/votingandelections/EuropeanParliamentaryElectionresults2009.htm . 12 June 2009 .
  18. Web site: Bexley declaration . London Borough of Bexley . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617051039/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/elections/european_election_local_counting_area.pdf . 17 June 2009 .
  19. Web site: European Parliamentary Election – Thursday 4th June 2009 . 4 June 2009. Harrow Council . 9 June 2009.
  20. Web site: European Election results . Redbridge i . 9 June 2009 .
  21. Web site: Election results for Brent . Brent Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090612212819/http://www.brent.gov.uk/home.nsf/news/LBB-863 . 12 June 2009 .
  22. Web site: Euro Election Results . Havering Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608210756/http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=15999 . 8 June 2011 .
  23. Web site: Richmond upon Thames declaration . London Borough of Richmond upon Thames . 9 June 2009.
  24. Web site: European Parliamentary Election 4 June 2009 – result of poll for the local counting area of Bromley . London Borough of Bromley . 9 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100415005529/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/council/elections+and+voting/european_elections_declaration_of_poll+June+2009.htm . 15 April 2010 . dead .
  25. Web site: Hillingdon declaration . London Borough of Hillingdon . 13 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608211328/http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/pdf/k/2/LRODeclaration.pdf . 8 June 2011 .
  26. Web site: Southwark declaration . London Borough of Southwark . 9 June 2009.
  27. Web site: European Parliamentary election results . Camden Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090905070227/http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/news/2009/june/election-results-2009.en . 5 September 2009 .
  28. Web site: Hounslow declaration . London Borough of Hounslow . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716142409/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/euro_election_results_jun09.pdf . 16 July 2011 .
  29. Web site: Election and other news . London Borough of Sutton . 9 June 2009.
  30. Web site: Croydon declaration . Croydon Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617002521/http://www.croydon.gov.uk/contents/departments/democracy/pdf/599154/837248/euroresultscroydon.pdf . 17 June 2009 .
  31. Web site: European Parliamentary Election 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090603043119/http://www.islington.gov.uk/Council/political/VotingAndElections/european_parliamentary_elections/default.asp . dead . 3 June 2009 . Islington Council . 9 June 2009 .
  32. Web site: Results of the European Parliament Election for Tower Hamlets on June 4 2009 . Tower Hamlets Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090611080233/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/951-1000/999_european_parliamentary_ele/results_of__the_european_parli.aspx . 11 June 2009 .
  33. Web site: European Elections 2009 . Ealing Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090610161238/http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/elections/european_elections09.html . 10 June 2009 .
  34. Web site: European Parliamentary Elections on 4 June 2009 . Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090613005138/http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/YourCouncil/general/euro_elections2009results.asp . 13 June 2009 .
  35. Web site: European election results . Waltham Forest Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090530070543/http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/news/euro-elections.htm . 30 May 2009 .
  36. Web site: Enfield declaration . Enfield Council . 9 June 2009.
  37. Web site: European Parliamentary Election 2009 – Results . Royal Kingston . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090612213007/http://www.kingston.gov.uk/information/your_council/elections/results/euro_2009_results.htm . 12 June 2009 .
  38. Web site: Wandsworth declaration . Wandsworth Borough Council . 9 June 2009 .
  39. Web site: Greenwich declaration . Greenwich Council . 9 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617162334/http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2A39ECE-3738-4D55-BAC7-F4668BA80C90/0/european_election_results.pdf . 17 June 2009 . dead .
  40. Web site: Lambeth declaration . Lambeth Council . 9 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617003035/http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C0ECA56C-4159-466F-B1BB-64B8A97C3962/0/EuroResultLambeth09.pdf . 17 June 2009 .
  41. Web site: Westminster declaration . Westminster City Council . 9 June 2009.
  42. Web site: Merton declaration . Merton Council . 9 June 2009 . 27 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141027062529/http://www.merton.gov.uk/council/voting/elections/resultlrodeclaration2009v2.pdf . dead .
  43. Web site: City of London declaration . Westminster City Council . 9 June 2009.

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