General Election: Lord Simon Woolley on putting racial equality back on the agenda

“The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic vote is so crucial during these elections on many issues.”

With election day in the UK fast approaching, Lord Simon Woolley reflects on the importance of the Black and Minoritised Ethnic vote and the opportunity that voters have to continue the conversations on racial equality.

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Lord Simon Woolley is the Principal of Homerton College @homertoncollegeuniversityo9695, University of Cambridge. He founded Operation Black Vote, the internationally renowned campaigning NGO, in 1996 and served as its Director until 2021. His cross-party and cross-sector work with Operation Black Vote has seen the number of MPs from black and minority ethnic backgrounds rise from 4 to 65 over the past two decades.

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