More councils are clearly understanding the impact of outdoor advertising on their local communities and the environment, and are taking a stand against unhealthy advertising in their neighbourhoods. This includes introducing Healthier and Ethical Advertising and Sponsorship Policies.
So far we know that four councils in London have explicitly included a commitment on advertising in their May 2026 election manifestos:
Camden Labour Party:
Hackney Green Party:
Southwark Green Party:
Islington Green Party:
In Islington the full length manifesto also includes a commitment thet “to reduce demand for unhealthy foods, we would ban street advertising of unhealthy ‘high fat, sugar and salt’ products in the borough on sites under council control” as part of a larger healthy food strategy.
Who has signed the Adfree Cities pledge?
Candidates for the local elections are also signing the Adfree Cities pledge to ensure that all our neighbourhoods are healthy places where residents have pride in their local area and public spaces are for community, art and nature, not corporate advertising.
So far over 70 local election candidates have signed the pledge. See if any candidates from your area have signed below (table will be updated regularly):
| Local area | Candidates | Ward | Party |
| Barnet | George Ttoouli | Woodhouse | Green |
| Charli Thompson | Woodhouse | Green | |
| Cameron Camina | Friern Barnet | Green | |
| Stephen Last | Friern Barnet | Green | |
| Matthias Robins | Barnet Vale | Green | |
| Aaron Franks | Garden Suburb | Green | |
| Emma Matthews | East Barnet | Green | |
| Birmingham | Phillippa Treharne Jones | Bartley Green | Green |
| Abbas Bhatti | Soho and Jewellery Quarter | Green | |
| Jo Hindley | Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East | Green | |
| Bradford | Faiz Ilyas | Wibsey and Odsal | Labour |
| Bromley | Angela Hulm | West Wickham | Green |
| Clare Searle | Bromley Common and Holwood | Green | |
| Kyle Allen-Taylor | Penge and Cator | Green | |
| Hali Ibrahim | St Mary Cray | ||
| Jamie Tulacz | Mottingham | Green | |
| James Carter | Clock House | Green | |
| Camden | Helen Doyle | Camden Square | Green |
| Richard Atkins | Gospel Oak | Green | |
| Erin Carlson | Fortune Green | Green | |
| Croydon | Gary Kelly | Selsdon Vale and Forestdale | Green |
| Martyn Post | South Norwood | Green | |
| Hackney | Zoë Garbett – Mayoral Candidate | Dalston | Green |
| Laura-Louise Fairley | Hackney Downs | Green | |
| Alastair Binnie-Lubbock | Hackney Downs | Green | |
| Rolf Dekker | Victoria | Green | |
| Reiner Tegtmeyer | Stoke Newington | Green | |
| Jas Zavar Crowe | Hoxton West | Green | |
| Haringey | Ash Ahmed | Seven Sisters | Green |
| Giovanna Iozzi | Stroud Green | Green | |
| Bethany Anderson | Stroud Green | Green | |
| Joss MacDonald | South Tottenham | Green | |
| Felicity De Motta | Hornsey | Green | |
| Christyn Parkes | Fortis Green | Green | |
| Marc Jenner | Harringay | Green | |
| Jo Kuper | Harringay | Green | |
| Svenja Nierwetberg | Highgate | Green | |
| Anne Gray | West Green | Green | |
| Flo Wright | Muswell Hill | Green | |
| Fin Fitzgerald | Hermitage and Gardens | Green | |
| Ata Berk Aksit | Hermitage and Gardens | Green | |
| Islington | Talia Hussain | Highbury | Green |
| Juancarlos Valero | Mildmay | Green | |
| Alex Nettle | Tollington | Green | |
| Merton | Melinda Balatoni | Merton Park | Green |
| Steve Coles | St Helier | Green | |
| Jonathan Knight | Figges Marsh | Green | |
| Newham | Danny Keeling | Stratford | Green |
| Norwich | Bliss Wylie | Thorpe Hamlet | Green |
| Tammy Searle | University | Green | |
| Ben Price | Wensum | Green | |
| Georgia Brumby | Mile Cross | Green | |
| Amber Smith | Bowthorpe | Green | |
| George Heaney | Catton Grove | Labour and Cooperative | |
| Sophia Della Corte | Sewell | Green | |
| Ashlee Jones | Lakenham | Green | |
| Reading | Hannah Conibear | Emmer Green | Green |
| Sheffield | Marieanne Elliot | Gleadless Valley | Green |
| Southwark | Rachael Penny | St Giles | Green |
| Claire Sheppard | Nunhead and Queens Road | Green | |
| Ryan Cox | Peckham | Green | |
| James McAsh | Goose Green | Green | |
| David Battersby | Faraday | Green | |
| Cato Sandford | Champion Hill | Green | |
| Pascale Mitchell | Chaucer | Green | |
| Suzanne Wise | Chaucer | Green | |
| Colin Boyle | Rotherhithe | Green | |
| Vanessa Threadgold | North Walworth | Green | |
| Susi Arnott | North Bermondsey | Green | |
| Ralph Smyth | Dulwich Wood | Green | |
| South Cambridgeshire | Ellie Crane | Milton and Waterbeach | Green |
| Stockport | Ashley Walker | Davenport and Cale Green | Your Party |
| Suffolk | Paul Daley | Priory Heath | Green |
| Sutton | Helen John | Sutton Central | Green |
| Trafford | Dan Jerrome | Altrincham | Green |
| Westminster | Maggie Carman | Bayswater | Labour |
If these candidates are elected Adfree Cities will support them to implement these measures to protect residents from the harms of unhealthy advertising.
There is still time before the elections on May 7th to ask your local candidates to sign the Adfree Cities pledge for happier, healthier neighbourhoods free from corporate ads.
Find out more about how to get involved here: https://adfreecities.org.uk/2026-local-elections/
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