New coalition pushing boroughs to Electrify London
January 14, 2026
Two-thirds of Londoners think that their local council should be doing more to support clean deliveries.
- Road transport is responsible for 28% of London’s carbon dioxide emissions and 42% of London’s NOx emissions. [1]
- Brand new polling finds that two-thirds of Londoners think their local council should do more to support clean deliveries. [2]
- The new coalition campaign is urging parties running in the 2026 London Local Elections to commit to stronger action toward Electrifying London.
On 7 May 2026, more than 1800 London borough councillors will be elected with responsibility for around 95 per cent of London’s roads and kerbside. They will hold power and influence to Electrify London – helping every Londoner, business and community to embrace cleaner, greener electric vehicles.
London’s net zero pathway requires nearly half of all car kilometres and a third of van kilometres to be electric by the end of this decade. Without strong local authority leadership and action in the next electoral term, these targets will not be achieved.
Brand new polling commissioned by Clean Cities has found that two-thirds of Londoners think that their local council should be doing more to support clean deliveries [2]. Previous polling of Londoners also found that two-thirds of Londoners think small businesses need more support to go electric [3].
To unlock this action, Clean Cities is launching a campaign alongside a coalition of organisations for London boroughs to drive transport decarbonisation forward across the city by:
- Planning and enabling an affordable charge point network that is reliable, works for all, and gives us the power we need, now and in the future
- Supporting local businesses to rapidly adopt electric vans and e-cargo bikes
- Helping residents to access electric cars affordably and conveniently, with a step change in the rollout of electric car clubs
The full manifesto outlining the action London boroughs need to take can be found here.
The campaign is supported by:
- LTDA
- EVA England
- Mums for Lungs
- Possible
- CoMoUK
- Centre for London
- Global Action Plan
- Cargo by Thames Clippers
- OurBike
Notes to editors
[1] London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (2022)
[2] Representative polling of 8,418 adults across 9 European cities including London by OpinionWay on behalf of Clean Cities, undertaken between 13 and 27 November 2025
[3] Clean Cities’ polling fieldwork undertaken between 31 May and 4 June 2024 of 4,000 UK adults by Yonder
