Susan Hall is running for London mayor on a platform of safety and "fears". 

Her tagline is "Safer with Susan" and she calls herself "the candidate Sadiq Khan fears the most".

As a member of the London Assembly for five years, she is no stranger to City Hall and has regularly faced off against the current London mayor at Mayor's Question Time.

She has pitched herself as "the only candidate with the strength and the experience to take Sadiq Khan on and beat him".

Sky News looks at her political career and campaigning priorities as she makes a bid to return to City Hall.

Party: Conservative
Campaigning priorities: Reverse the ULEZ expansion, crack down on crime
Notable achievements: Leader of the London Conservatives on the London Assembly from 2019 until May 2023

Hair salon owner who wanted to be a mechanic

Ms Hall is from Harrow in northwest London, where she owns a hair salon and raised her family.

She has said she originally wanted to be a mechanic and worked in her father's garage after finishing school, but struggled to get into technical college as a woman.

She was elected to Harrow Council in 2006 and went on to lead the council from 2013 to 2014.

London Assembly

Ms Hall has been a member of the London Assembly since 2017, replacing now cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch after her election to parliament.

The London Assembly is part of the Greater London Authority and is made up of 25 elected individuals who scrutinise the actions of the mayor and investigate issues of importance to Londoners.

She became deputy leader for the London Assembly Conservatives in 2018 and served as leader from 2019 to 2023.

Campaigning priorities

Tackling crime, the housing crisis and ULEZ are all high on Ms Hall's list of priorities, detailed on her campaign website.

She said she will "hunt down and lock up" muggers and burglars by creating a special team within the Met tasked with tackling them.

She promised to stop the ULEZ expansion on day one, "no ifs, no buts".

Ms Hall also said she will address the housing crisis by "building a lot more homes in the right places".

Her words on being shortlisted

Ms Hall said she was "honoured" to have progressed to the shortlist of potential Tory mayoral candidates for London.

"I am the candidate Sadiq Khan fears the most, because I will expose him, defeat him and clean up the mess he has left behind," she said.

The Tory mayoral candidate for London is expected to be announced on 19 July, with the London mayoral election taking place on 2 May 2024.