Jan Jananayagam
Janani Jananayagam | |
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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]
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]
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.
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.
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:[5]
- 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.[6]
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%).[7] This was more than the combined vote for all other independent candidates across the whole of the UK.[8]
Votes received by Jan for each London borough:
Borough | Votes | % | Pos | Borough | Votes | % | Pos | Borough | Votes | % | Pos |
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Barking and Dagenham[9] | 386 | 1.08% | 10th | Hammersmith & Fulham[10] | 140 | 0.35% | 13th | Lewisham[11] | 1,992 | 3.76% | 8th |
Barnet[12] | 1,234 | 1.51% | 8th | Haringey | Newham[13] | 3,520 | 7.40% | 3rd | |||
Bexley[14] | 378 | 0.62% | 11th | Harrow[15] | 6,856 | 11.00% | 3rd | Redbridge[16] | 4,910 | 7.81% | 6th |
Brent[17] | 4,867 | 8.33% | 5th | Havering[18] | 203 | 0.33% | 13th | Richmond upon Thames[19] | 147 | 0.28% | 13th |
Bromley[20] | 619 | 0.71% | 9th | Hillingdon[21] | 2,433 | 3.96% | 7th | Southwark[22] | 163 | 0.30% | 13th |
Camden[23] | 121 | 0.26% | 15th | Hounslow[24] | 1,054 | 2.09% | 8th | Sutton[25] | 1,664 | 3.40% | 7th |
Croydon[26] | 3,128 | 3.87% | 8th | Islington[27] | 128 | 0.30% | 15th | Tower Hamlets[28] | 109 | 0.24% | 16th |
Ealing[29] | 4,716 | 6.51% | 6th | Kensington & Chelsea[30] | 70 | 0.26% | 15th | Waltham Forest[31] | 1,493 | 2.86% | 8th |
Enfield[32] | 1,194 | 1.83% | 8th | Kingston upon Thames[33] | 2,150 | 5.16% | 6th | Wandsworth[34] | 928 | 1.35% | 8th |
Greenwich[35] | 773 | 1.53% | 9th | Lambeth[36] | 176 | 0.31% | 14th | Westminster[37] | 100 | 0.27% | 16th |
Hackney | Merton[38] | 3,960 | 7.95% | 6th | City of London[39] | 4 | 0.19% | =14th |
TamilNet
For this article, sources have been used from TamilNet. Reuters, Associated Press, BBC News, Agence France Presse and Xinhua all refer to TamilNet as "the pro-LTTE website".[40][41][42][43]
References
- ^ a b c d "MIA's endorsement expected to boost Jananayagam's MEP prospects". TamilNet. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Official list and contact details" (PDF). UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ a b "British Tamil contests seat for European Parliament". TamilNet. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009. Cite error: The named reference "tamilnet1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Policies". Vote4Kan. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Election Manifesto" (PDF). TamilNet. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "European Election 2009: London". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "European Election 2009: UK Results". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Election Results". London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Hammersmith & Fulham declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Lewisham Council - Documents - European Parliamentary Election 4 June 2009". London Borough of Lewisham. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ "Barnet declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Barnet. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Election results 2009". Newham Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Bexley declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Bexley. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Election - Thursday 4th June 2009". Harrow Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Election results". Redbridge i. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Election results for Brent". Brent Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Euro Election Results". Havering Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Richmond upon Thames declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Election 4 June 2009 - result of poll for the local counting area of Bromley". London Borough of Bromley. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Hillingdon declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ "Southwark declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Southwark. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary election results". Camden Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Hounslow declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Hounslow. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Election and other news". London Borough of Sutton. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Croydon declaration" (PDF). Croydon Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Election 2009". Islington Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Results of the European Parliament Election for Tower Hamlets on June 4 2009". Tower Hamlets Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Elections 2009". Ealing Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Elections on 4 June 2009". Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European election results". Waltham Forest Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Enfield declaration" (PDF). Enfield Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Election 2009 - Results". Royal Kingston. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Wandsworth declaration" (PDF). Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Greenwich declaration" (PDF). Greenwich Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Lambeth declaration" (PDF). Lambeth Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Westminster declaration". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Merton declaration" (PDF). Merton Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "City of London declaration". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ Gardner, Simon (2006-08-31). "Tamil Tigers warn Sri Lanka offensive could end truce". Reuters. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
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(help) - ^ "Peace hopes rise as Tigers 'agree' to talk". AFP. 2006-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-07.
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(help) - ^ "Sri Lanka Air Force bombs rebel positions in north". Xinhua. 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2006-10-07.
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