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The London mayoral election for the office of mayor of London takes place every four years. The first election was held in May 2000, and five subsequent elections have taken place. The latest mayoral election took place in 2021; it was initially going to be held in 2020, but was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Electoral system

The electoral system used for London mayor elections is first-past-the-post, where voters cast their vote for a candidate of their choice and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.

Prior to the Elections Act 2022, elections were held using the supplementary vote system, where voters express a first and second choice of candidate. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of first choice votes, all but the two leading candidates are eliminated, and the votes of those eliminated redistributed according to their second choice votes to determine the winner.

As with most elected posts in the United Kingdom, a candidate must pay a deposit to run in the election. The current deposit a candidate must pay is £10,000, which is returned if the candidate wins at least 5% of the first preference votes cast. The winner is elected for a fixed term of four years; there are no restrictions on the number of terms a Mayor may serve. Elections take place in May.

Results

Elections in the 2020s

2024

Mayor of London election 2 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shyam Batra New
Independent Count Binface
Liberal Democrats Rob Blackie
Independent Natalie Campbell New
Independent Piers Corbyn
Reform UK Howard Cox New
Independent Serge Crowbolder New
SDP Amy Gallagher
Workers Party George Galloway New
Green Zoë Garbett
Independent Tarun Ghulati New
Conservative Susan Hall
Independent Rayhan Haque New
Labour Sadiq Khan
Independent Andreas Michli New

2021

Incumbent Labour mayor Sadiq Khan won re-election against Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey.

Mayor of London election 6 May 2021
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Sadiq Khan 1,013,721 40.0% 192,313 1,206,034 55.2%
Conservative Shaun Bailey 893,051 35.3% 84,550 977,601 44.8%
Green Siân Berry 197,976 7.8%
Liberal Democrats Luisa Porritt 111,716 4.4%
Independent Niko Omilana 49,628 2.0%
Reclaim Laurence Fox 47,634 1.9%
London Real Brian Rose 31,111 1.2%
Rejoin EU Richard Hewison 28,012 1.1%
Count Binface Count Binface 24,775 1.0%
Women's Equality Mandu Reid 21,182 0.8%
Let London Live Piers Corbyn 20,604 0.8%
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 16,826 0.7%
UKIP Peter Gammons 14,393 0.6%
Independent Farah London 11,869 0.5%
Heritage David Kurten 11,025 0.4%
Independent Nims Obunge 9,682 0.4%
SDP Steve Kelleher 8,764 0.3%
Renew Kam Balayev 7,774 0.3%
Independent Max Fosh 6,309 0.2%
Burning Pink Valerie Brown 5,305 0.2%
Labour hold

Elections in the 2010s

2016

The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016.[2] The results were announced on 7 May at 00:30, despite British television news channel Sky News announcing Sadiq Khan as the winner hours earlier.

The incumbent mayor, Boris Johnson, did not run for re election for a third term in office, as he was elected the member of parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 General Election.

Mayor of London election 5 May 2016 [3]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2% 161,427 1,310,143 56.8%
Conservative Zac Goldsmith 909,755 35.0% 84,859 994,614 43.2%
Green Siân Berry 150,673 5.8%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 120,005 4.6%
UKIP Peter Whittle 94,373 3.6%
Women's Equality Sophie Walker 53,055 2.0%
Respect George Galloway 37,007 1.4%
Britain First Paul Golding 31,372 1.2%
CISTA Lee Harris 20,537 0.8%
BNP David Furness 13,325 0.5%
Independent Prince Zylinski 13,202 0.5%
One Love Ankit Love 4,941 0.2%
Labour gain from Conservative

2012

The Conservative mayor Boris Johnson was elected to a second term in office, defeating former Labour mayor Ken Livingstone. Livingstone announced his retirement from politics in his concession speech.

Mayor of London election 3 May 2012 [4]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Boris Johnson 971,931 44.0% 82,880 1,054,811 51.5%
Labour Ken Livingstone 889,918 40.3% 102,355 992,273 48.5%
Green Jenny Jones 98,913 4.5%
Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick 91,774 4.2%
Independent Siobhan Benita 83,914 3.8%
UKIP Lawrence Webb 43,274 2.0%
BNP Carlos Cortiglia 28,751 1.3%
Conservative hold

Elections in the 2000s

2008

The incumbent Labour mayor, Ken Livingstone was defeated by Conservative candidate Boris Johnson, who became London's second mayor.

Mayor of London election 1 May 2008 [5]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Boris Johnson 1,043,761 43.2% 124,977 1,168,738 53.2%
Labour Ken Livingstone 893,887 37.0% 134,089 1,027,976 46.8%
Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick 235,585 9.8%
Green Siân Berry 77,347 3.2%
BNP Richard Barnbrook 69,710 3.2%
CPA Alan Craig 39,249 1.6%
UKIP Gerard Batten 22,422 1.2%
Respect Lindsey German 16,796 0.7%
English Democrat Matt O'Connor 10,695 0.4%
Independent Winston McKenzie 5,389 0.2%
Conservative gain from Labour

2004

In June 2004, the second election was held. After being re-admitted to the Labour Party, Ken Livingstone was their official candidate. He won re-election after second preference votes were counted, with Steven Norris again coming second.

Mayor of London election 10 June 2004 [6]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Ken Livingstone 685,548 36.8% 142,842 828,390 55.4%
Conservative Steven Norris 542,423 29.1% 124,757 667,180 44.6%
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 284,647 15.3%
UKIP Kellie Maloney 115,666 6.2%
Respect Lindsey German 61,731 3.3%
BNP Julian Leppert 58,407 3.1%
Green Darren Johnson 57,332 3.1%
CPA Ram Gidoomal 31,698 2.2%
Ind. Working Class Lorna Reid 9,452 0.5%
Independent Tammy Nagalingam 6,692 0.4%
Labour gain from Independent

2000

The 2000 campaign was incident filled. The eventual winner, Ken Livingstone, reneged on an earlier pledge not to run as an independent, after losing the Labour nomination to Frank Dobson. The Conservative Party candidate, Jeffrey Archer, was replaced by Steven Norris after Archer was charged with perjury.

Mayor of London election 4 May 2000 [7]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Independent Ken Livingstone 667,877 39.0% 108,540 776,417 57.9%
Conservative Steven Norris 464,434 27.1% 99,703 564,137 42.1%
Labour Frank Dobson 223,884 13.1%
Liberal Democrats Susan Kramer 203,452 11.9%
CPA Ram Gidoomal 43,060 2.4%
Green Darren Johnson 38,121 2.2%
BNP Michael Newland 33,569 2.0%
UKIP Damian Hockney 16,324 1.0%
Pro-Motorist Small Shop Geoffrey Ben-Nathan 9,956 0.6%
Independent Ashwin Tanna 9,015 0.5%
Natural Law Geoffrey Clements 5,470 0.3%
Independent win

See also

References

  1. ^ The Telegraph. "London mayoral election results 2021: the charts and maps that show how the capital voted". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ "About London Elects". londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Official election result declaration, London Elects" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ^ "London Elects - Declared Results". Greater London Authority. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ^ "2008 election results for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly". London Elects. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  6. ^ "2004 election results for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly". London Elects. 10 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  7. ^ "2000 election results for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly". London Elects. 5 May 2000. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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