Benali Reda Hamdache is a British politician who has served as a member of the London Assembly for the Green Party since May 2026. He has served as a councillor for Highbury ward on Islington London Borough Council since May 2022. As of 2025, he was leader of the Islington Green group.
Early life Hamdache was born to an Algerian father and an English mother who met at university and grew up in Nottingham. Hamdache graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Aston University in 2010 and began a PhD at the University of Sussex.
Career Hamdache stood in Islington South and Finsbury in the 2017 United Kingdom general election, coming fourth.
In September 2024, he helped found the Greens Organise pressure group.
Hamdache has been a Green Party list candidate in every London Assembly election since 2016. He was fifth on the Green London-wide list in the 2024 London Assembly election, in which three Green MLAs were elected — Siân Berry, Caroline Russell, and Zack Polanski. Berry resigned from the Assembly three days after being elected, being replaced by fourth-placed candidate Zoë Garbett.
On 11 May 2026, Hamdache became a Member of the London Assembly, after Garbett's resignation following her election as Mayor of Hackney.
Personal life Hamdache is openly gay.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/05/pupils-lgbt-lessons-parents-gay-muslim-parkfield-school
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