The London Cycling Campaign AGM is held at the end of each year. It is LCC’s highest decision-making body, where trustees are elected.
The 2025 AGM will be held on Tuesday 25 November. Register your attendance today.
Please note that while anyone is welcome to attend the AGM, only LCC members can vote and speak.
All members have been formally notified of the AGM and a Special Resolution by e-mail or by post. The special resolution text is below.
Formal notification of AGM on 25 November 2025 and a Special Resolution to approve and adopt new Articles of Association
It is hereby resolved by way of special resolution that the draft Articles of Association which were circulated with the LCC Annual General Meeting notice on Thursday 23 October 2025 and which for the purposes of identification are signed by Chair of the Charity, are hereby approved and adopted as the new Articles of Association of the Charity in substitution for and to the exclusion of all existing Articles of Association of the Charity, provided that if any of the proposed amendments legally require the prior written consent of the Charity Commission and such consent has not been granted prior to the Annual General Meeting, none of the amendments purported to be made by this resolution shall take effect until the date on which all necessary consents have been obtained from the Charity Commission.
You can view the new draft Articles, as well as our current Articles, here.
New Proposed Articles of Association
Existing Articles of Association
At the AGM on 25 November 2025, we will be asking members to vote on a Special Resolution (enclosed separately) to update our Articles of Association, which is our key governance document.
Our current Articles were adopted in 2012 and have been amended slightly since, in 2015 and 2018. Trustees have since identified further improvements – for example, to how trustees are elected and appointed – to strengthen the board, improve diversity, and future-proof LCC. Other updates, such as introducing gender-neutral pronouns, removing references to fax machines, and providing for online meetings, are long overdue.
We engaged Bates Wells, a law firm recognised nationally for its charity law expertise. After discussing our plans with them, we concluded that, rather than making further piecemeal amendments to the Articles, it would be clearer and more effective to adopt a new version aligned with current Charity Commission guidance.
Bates Wells have helped us prepare these new Articles, which you will be voting on. As quite a lot has changed since 2012, the new version may look quite different from the current one. However, the vast majority of the substance remains unchanged – especially everything that relates to you as members. To help you understand the key points, here is a summary.
What is not changing
We are not changing the vast majority of provisions, including:
Key proposed changes
*The items marked with an asterisk are known as “Regulated Alterations” meaning that any proposed change requires specific Charity Commission approval. We requested this in August and will only adopt the proposed articles if the Charity Commission accepts our proposed wording.
We appreciate the Articles are written in technical language and can take time to fully understand. If you have any questions, please email us at agm@lcc.org.uk and we will be happy to provide extra information.
We want to reassure members that, as a Board, we have approached this carefully, only making the changes we felt were necessary. We adopted the Charity Commission’s model clauses wherever possible and collaborated closely with the expert lawyers at Bates Wells.
Whatever the outcome, LCC will continue to be fully governed by charity law and its public-benefit obligations.
The deadline for submitting motions is now closed. In line with LCC’s Standing Orders all motions will be subject to a process of scrutiny and possible amendment after submission and prior to the AGM. Proposed motions will be published on this page ahead of the AGM and for debate and voting at the AGM.
AGM motions are an important part of developing LCC’s campaigning, policy and other work and are an excellent way for members to highlight areas they feel LCC has neglected or to ensure the membership is heard on a particular policy area.
The ‘active travel’ landscape in London is increasingly mature and LCC’s policy has grown over time to cover the areas where we feel we can most effectively make a difference given the depth of our resources.
Motions may not necessarily result in immediate and dramatic change to current campaigns or trigger new ones. Any one motion should not now dramatically change the nature of the organisation’s focus – that’s for the Board, CEO and then staff as well as local groups and coordinators to work on and agree.
For queries please email agm@lcc.org.uk and for full details, please refer to the Standing Orders.
Motion one: LCC Board motion to amend existing AGM Standing Orders – Submitted by LCC’s Board of Trustees 21 Oct. 25
Our motion calls for the amendment of the AGM Standing Orders to align with the new, proposed, Articles of Association, to be discussed at this year’s AGM. This motion will:
The motion proposes the amendment of Articles 13 and 17 of our current AGM Standing orders. The proposed amendments are as follows:
1. In Article 17, replacing “voting on elections” with “voting in elections” and deleting “Each member has as many votes as there are vacancies or as there are candidates, whichever is less” As single transferable votes allow ranking all candidates.
2. Moving the following wording from Article 17 into Article 13:
“Voting in elections shall be by ballot by single transferrable vote in accordance with the Electoral Reform Society Rules as amended from time to time. Members do not need to use all their votes. Each candidate may be voted for only once.” and “The Chair has a casting vote, in addition to their ordinary member’s vote.”
3. In Article 13, adding – at the end of the first sentence “Election of Board members shall take place by postal vote, and/or electronic vote and at the AGM” – the words “as detailed in the Articles of Association.”
4. In Article 13, removing “Their nomination must be proposed and seconded by two other LCC members. Candidates must write a short summary explaining why they wish to stand. All candidates should speak briefly at the meeting, explaining why they wish to stand. Nominees should also be prepared to take reasonable questions from the floor.”
5. In Article 13, adding “One of the candidates shall be ‘Reopen Nominations’ (RON), allowing members to choose not to fill one or more of the spaces available for election. Votes cast for RON shall be treated in the same manner as votes for any other candidate, except that any preferences listed after RON shall be discounted and votes for RON shall not be transferred to any other candidate. Should any Trustee vacancies be unfilled following the election process, they will remain unfilled until the next annual general meeting.”
There are two more motions to be published here shortly.
There is currently an election underway for five places on the LCC board – see the trustees page for full details. The results of the trustee election will be announced at the AGM.
Previous Annual Accounts
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2023-2024
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2022-2023
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2021-2022
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2020-2021
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2019-2020
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2018-2019
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2017-2018
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2016-2017
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2015-2016
Audited Accounts and Trustees’ Report 2014-2015
Previous Motions
LCC motions from the last five years can be found below. All motions, including those longer ago than the last five years, can be found in the corresponding year’s AGM minutes. The most recent special resolutions that amended LCC Articles of Association and Standing Orders were in 2019.
2024
TfL Buses & Active Travel
LCC is a firm believer in the importance of buses and public transport in London in enabling a wide range of people to get around. We want more buses, more regular buses, and bus priority put above private motor traffic. This approach is part of the way London should be enhancing its transport networks. Some types of schemes to enable bus priority, such as bus gates, also are good for cycling and bus provision in general is good for active travel.
However, we are hearing consistently across London that TfL Buses are currently routinely opposing active travel schemes, even in some cases when those schemes are good for buses and bus journey times, and LCC has already seen an AGM motion in 2023 that raised the issue of bus safety and buses as they are currently run at TfL and operators, with buses currently disproportionately dangerous to those cycling in London, and little done about this ongoing issue.
On that basis, LCC calls on the Mayor, City Hall, TfL and Boroughs to work together and with transport charities including LCC to find common ground ways to unlock more rapid changes to achieve Vision Zero, Net Zero and to boost both public transport use and cycling, as well as to establish best practice on junction designs, bus gates, motor traffic reduction and other areas for both public transport efficiency and road user safety – including by ensuring coherence and clarity across modes.
TfL Buses and bus companies should not spend their time fighting against active travel, but rather find ways to work with and alongside active travel modes.
2023
Accessible cycle routes
Many potential routes for cycling in London are made inaccessible by barriers. These barriers include narrow gates, steep access ranks, rough paths and closely placed railings. These barriers impact particularly badly on people cycling local trips, on people less able to carry or push their bike, on wheelchair users and on parents or carers pushing buggies or cycling with children.
A particular issue of concern are crossings of railways, by bridge or underpass, which are often inaccessible, and where there may be opportunity to work with Network Rail and local councils to seek improvements.
We propose that LCC works alongside allies to support accessible cycling across London and communicates with borough groups to identify significant railway-related problems such as bridges and underpasses.
Bus Driver Training
I propose that LCC campaign on TfL bus driving standards by demanding from the Mayor, TfL and bus companies that all serious and fatal collisions involving buses are subject to full investigation and any outcomes for bus driver or bus company as a result are made public. TfL bus driving has deteriorated since Covid with many reporting close passes, left hooks etc.
According to TfL’s Vision Zero Action Plan, TfL Buses are over-represented in serious and fatal collisions with those cycling. When poor driving by bus drivers is challenged by individuals, bus companies respond by saying the driver has been dealt with but refusing to reveal details. TfL needs to take responsibility for all employees who drive for any companies within TfL’s remit.
Traffic Lights
I propose LCC challenge TfL to make all traffic light systems reactive for cycling – as in when there is no motor traffic in another direction cycling gets priority lights. Such light systems do exist. This is of paramount importance for safe cycling, especially for women and/or at night with little traffic, when keeping moving is safer. In addition, this would deter much red light jumping.
2022
No motions
2021
No motions
2020
No motions
2019
Schools
LCC resolves to call for school streets and safe routes to school for every school in London and improve communication with schools and parents with children on the benefits of cycling to school.
Key Performance Indicators
This AGM proposes that a set of Key Performance Indicators shall be set for the London Cycling Campaign. They would likely include indicators for membership, finance, campaigns, local group activity, public awareness etc. The outcomes of these performance indicators shall be published in the annual report and on the London Cycling Campaign website. The results shall cover a three-year cycle.
River Crossings
This AGM notes that much of the major development and growth in motor traffic is happening on the east side of London, while the Thames there remains a major barrier to shifting more travel to cycling; Calls on the Mayor of London to introduce charging for motor vehicles using Tower Bridge, Blackwall Tunnels, Woolwich Ferry and Rotherhithe Tunnel as soon as possible ahead of any future road crossing opening in East London.
Policy on e-Scooters
1. LCC supports the creation of UK regulations that will allow e-scooters to legally operate on the roads or cycleways under certain conditions.
2. E-scooter riders should be subject to the same rules and guidance as cycles on footways/pavements and apply considerate riding rules.
3. LCC supports the introduction of design and safety standards for e-scooters.
4. LCC supports electric assist of e-scooters limited to 12.4mph.
5. E-scooters must have a human rider. Further consideration of e-scooters and other micromobility will include: to consider widening membership of LCC that meets our micromobility definition if/where legally allowed; to develop a parking policy for micromobility, and to identify general design characteristics of micromobility that should be allowed on cycle infrastructure.
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