Election

Election 2008 special

Friday, 02 May 2008 05:00

London election 2008 results

Saturday, 03 May 2008 00:05

London Elections 2008

Boris Johnson has managed to unseat Ken Livingstone to win the London mayoralty.

MAYORAL RESULTS

NAME	PARTY	1st PREF	%	2nd PREF	%	FINAL
Barnbrook	BNP	69,710	2.89%
Batten	UKIP	22,422	0.93%
Berry	GRN	77,374	3.20%
Craig	CPA	39,249	1.62%
German	LL	16,796	0.70%
Johnson	CON	1,043,761	43.20%	124,977	53.18%	1,168,738
Livingstone	LAB	893,877	37.00%	135,089	46.82%	1,028,966
McKenzie	IND	5,389	0.22%
O'Connor	ED	10,695	0.44%
Paddick	LD	236,685	9.80%

LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS

Barnet and Camden

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Brian Coleman	CONS	41.15	Y
Nicky Gavron	LAB	30.34	Y
Nick Russell	LD	12.58	N
Clement Adebayo	Christian Party	2	N
Graham Dare	Veritas	0.29	N
Miranda Dunn	Green	9.5	N
Dave Hoefling	Left List	1.17	N
Magnus Nielsen	UKIP	2.08	N
David Stevens	ED	1.22	N

Bexley and Bromley

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
James Cleverly	CONS	52.59	Y
Alex Heslop	LAB	14.97	N
Tom Papworth	LD	10.62	N
David Davis	Left List	0.53	N
Ann Garrett	Green	4.63	N
Mick Greenhough	UKIP	4.01	N
John Hemming-Clark	IND	3.34	N
Miranda Suit	Christian Party	2.2	N
Steven Uncles	ED	1.45	N
Paul Winnett	National Front	5.65	N

Brent and Harrow

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Bob Blackman	CONS	36.21	N
Navin Shah	LAB	37.27	Y
James Allie	LD	12.46	N
Shahrar Ali	Green	6.54	N
Pat McManus	Left List	1.48	N
Zena Sherman	Christian Party	2.7	N
Arvind Tailor	ED	1.39	N
Sunita Webb	UKIP	1.95	N

City and East (containing boroughs: Barking & Dagenham, New Ham, Tower Hamlets, City of London

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Philip Briscoe	CONS	17.49	N
John Biggs	LAB	34.69	Y
Rajonuddin Jalal	LD	7.48	N
Heather Finlay	Green	6.26	N
Julie Crawford	IND	0.38	N
Hanif Abdulmuhit	Respect	14.59	N
Thomas Conquest	Christian Party	3.98	N
Michael Gavan	Left List	1.24	N
John Griffiths	ED	1.12	N
Graham Kemp	National Front	1.28	N
Michael McGough	UKIP	1.68	N
Robert Bailey	BNP	9.82	N

Croydon and Sutton

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Stephen O'Connell	CONS	44.08	Y
Shafi Khan	LAB	19.49	N
Abigail Lock	LD	18.64	N
Shasha Khan	Green	5.17	N
David Campanale	Christian Party	3.98	N
Richard Castle	ED	2.41	N
Zana Hussain	Left List	0.78	N
David Pickles	UKIP	5.44	N

Ealing and Hillingdon

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Richard Barnes	CONS	43.15	Y
Ranjit Dheer	LAB	26.61	N
Nigel Bakhai	LD	10.40	N
Sarah Edwards	Green	7.28	N
Mary Boyle	Christian Party	2.95	N
Sati Chaggar	ED	1.07	N
Salvinder Dhillon	Left List	1.38	N
Ian Edward	National Front	4.59	N
Lynnda Robson	UKIP	2.58	N

Enfield and Haringey

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Matthew Laban	CONS	32.38	N
Joanne McCartney	LAB	33.26	Y
Monica Whyte	LD	14.87	N
Pete McAskie	Green	7.68	N
Sait Akgul	Left List	3.56	N
Segum Johnson	Christian Party	3.65	N
Teresa Cannon	ED	1.44	N
Brian Hall	UKIP	2.96	N

Greenwich and Lewisham

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Andy Jennings	CONS	25.22	N
Len Duvall	LAB	36.21	Y
Brian Robson	LD	12.38	N
Susan Luxton	Green	10.63	N
Stephen Hammond	Christian Party	3.46	N
Chris Flood	Socialist Alt	1.08	N
Jennifer Jones	Left List	1.39	N
Johanna Munilla	ED	1.17	N
Arnold Tarling	UKIP	2.66	N
Tess Culnane	National Front	5.79	N

Havering and Redbridge

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Roger Evans	CONS	47.58	Y
Balvinder Saund	LAB	21.5	N
Farrukh Islam	LD	7.54	N
Ashley Gunstock	Green	5.53	N
Dr Peter Thorogood	IND	2.05	N
Carole Vincent	Left List	0.89	N
Paula Warren	Christian Party	3.35	N
Leo Brookes	ED	4.11	N
Lawrence Webb	UKIP	7.40	N

Lambeth and Southwark

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Shirley Houghton	CONS	20.13	N
Valerie Shawcross	LAB	37.16	Y
Caroline Pidgeon	LD	22.66	N
Shane Collins	Green	11.04	N
Geoffrey Macharia	Christian Peoples All	2.72	N
Jess Winton	UKIP	1.85	N
Daniel Lambert	Socialist	0.97	N
Janus Polenceus	ED	1.14	N
Katt Young	Left List	1.2	N
Jasmijn De Boo	Animals Count	1.12	N

Merton and Wandsworth

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Richard Tracey	CONS	44.85	Y
Leonie Cooper	LAB	29.15	N
Shas Sheehan	LD	10.26	N
Roy Vickery	Green	8.44	N
Kris Stewart	Left List	1.02	N
Ellen Greco	Christian Party	2.42	N
Strachan McDonald	UKIP	2.56	N
Steve Scott	ED	1.29	N

North East (containing boroughs: Waltham Forest, Hackney, Islington)

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Alexander Ellis	CONS	23.28	N
Jennette Arnold	LAB	37.95	Y
Meral Ece	LD	14.95	N
Aled Fisher	Green	13.34	N
Maxine Hargreaves	Christian Party	2.75	N
John Dodds	ED	1.88	N
Nicholas Jones	UKIP	2.76	N

South West (containing boroughs: Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames)

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Tony Arbour	CONS	40.82	Y
Ansuya Sodha	LAB	16.02	N
Stephen Knight	LD	26.53	N
John Hunt	Green	6.78	N
Tansy Hoskins	Left List	0.81	N
Sue May	Christian Party	1.97	N
Andrew Cripps	National Front	2.52	N
Peter Dul	UKIP	2.01	N
Roger Cooper	ED	0.99	N
Andrew Constantine	Free England	1.54	N

West Central (containing boroughs: Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham)

Candidate	Party	% of vote	Seat on the Assembly?
Kit Malthouse	CONS	53.41	Y
Murad Qureshi	LAB	21.74	Y
Merlene Emerson	LD	9.82	N
Julia Stephenson	Green	10.40	N
Explo Nani-Kofi	Left List	1.89	N
Abby Dharamsey	IND	0.58	N
Paul Wiffen	UKIP	1.89	N
Alex Vaughn	ED	1.15	N

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