Jan Jananayagam

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Janani Jananayagam
Personal details
Born Jaffna, Sri Lanka[1]
Nationality British
Political party Independent
Residence London[2]
Alma mater University of Manchester
Imperial College London
INSEAD
Occupation Project Manager
Website http://vote4jan.org/beta/

Janani (Jan) Jananayagam is a British Tamil banking professional, activist and politician. She was an independent candidate for the London region in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections.[3]

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[edit] Early life

Jan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka but spent most of her youth in Nigeria and Zambia where her parents were teachers.[1] 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 Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics from Imperial College London and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD business school.[4]

[edit] 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.[5] Jananayagam has written columns in the Tamil Guardian that focused on Sri Lanka's treatment of Tamils.

[edit] Activist

In 1995 Jan co-founded HURT, a human rights organisation. She is a leading member of Tamils Against Genocide and a director of a law foundation. Politically, Jan advocates achieving peace by means of a two state solution for Palestine, Tibet and Tamil Eelam.

[edit] 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. The main policies on which she campaigned on were:[6]

  • Civil rights and individual freedom
  • Financial transparency and effective regulation
  • Equality and diversity
  • Small businesses and entrepreneurship
  • Ethical foreign policy
  • Animal welfare

She campaigned against the British National Party.[7]

She had been endorsed by the Oscar-nominated musician Maya Arulpragasam (MIA).[1] MIA has started an online campaign in support of Jan and offered a free song.[1]

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%).[8] This was more than the combined vote for all other independent candidates across the whole of the UK.[9]

Votes received by Jan for each London borough:

Borough Votes % Pos Borough Votes % Pos Borough Votes % Pos
Barking and Dagenham[10] 386 1.08% 10th Hammersmith & Fulham[11] 140 0.35% 13th Lewisham[12] 1,992 3.76% 8th
Barnet[13] 1,234 1.51% 8th Haringey Newham[14] 3,520 7.40% 3rd
Bexley[15] 378 0.62% 11th Harrow[16] 6,856 11.00% 3rd Redbridge[17] 4,910 7.81% 6th
Brent[18] 4,867 8.33% 5th Havering[19] 203 0.33% 13th Richmond upon Thames[20] 147 0.28% 13th
Bromley[21] 619 0.71% 9th Hillingdon[22] 2,433 3.96% 7th Southwark[23] 163 0.30% 13th
Camden[24] 121 0.26% 15th Hounslow[25] 1,054 2.09% 8th Sutton[26] 1,664 3.40% 7th
Croydon[27] 3,128 3.87% 8th Islington[28] 128 0.30% 15th Tower Hamlets[29] 109 0.24% 16th
Ealing[30] 4,716 6.51% 6th Kensington & Chelsea[31] 70 0.26% 15th Waltham Forest[32] 1,493 2.86% 8th
Enfield[33] 1,194 1.83% 8th Kingston upon Thames[34] 2,150 5.16% 6th Wandsworth[35] 928 1.35% 8th
Greenwich[36] 773 1.53% 9th Lambeth[37] 176 0.31% 14th Westminster[38] 100 0.27% 16th
Hackney Merton[39] 3,960 7.95% 6th City of London[40] 4 0.19% =14th

[edit] References

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