Boris Johnson (Conservative) 1,043,761 (43.2%) => 1,168,738 (53.2%)
Ken Livingstone (Labour) 893877 (37.0%) => 1,028,966 (46.8%)
Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat) 236,685 (9.8%)
Sian Berry (Green) 77,374 (3.2%)
Richard Barnbrook (BNP) 69,710 (2.9%)
Alan Craig (Christian Choice) 39,249 (1.6%)
Gerard Batten (UKIP) 22,422 (0.9%)
Lindsey German (Left List) 16,796 (0.7%)
Matt O’Connor (English Democrat) 10,695 (0.4%)
Winston McKenzie (Ind) 5,389 (0.2%)
Ken Livingstone (Labour) born 1945, Lambeth. Educated at Tulse Hill Comprehensive and then trained as a teacher. Former Lambeth and Camden councillor. GLC member for Norwood from 1973-1977. GLC member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1977-1981. GLC member for Paddington 1981-1986. Contested Parliamentary seat in Hampstead 1979. Contested leadership of the Labour group on the GLC in 1980, losing to Andrew McIntosh. The day after Labour’s victory in the GLC elections of 1981 he successfully challenged McIntosh to become the leader of the GLC. Livingstone led a left-wing populist regime in County Hall with a tendency toward symbolic acts of defiance towards the Conservative government it faced across the Thames. Livingstone’s policy of subsidised public transport fayres was struck down as unlawful, he declared London a nuclear free zone and extended an official inviation to Gerry Adams at a time when he was banned from the mainland. Livingstone resigned as leader and from the GLC in 1984 to fight a by-election on the issue of opposing the abolition of the GLC. Livingstone won the by-election, but the GLC was abolished at the end of 1986.
Elected as MP for Brent East 1987. He served for two years on the Labour party NEC, but wa largely a marginal figure as an MP, appearing on TV game shows and writing newspaper columns. Following the establishment of an elected London mayor Livingstone was keen to run and sought the Labour nomination, but was opposed by Tony Blair and lost Labour’s electoral college vote to the former cabinet minister Frank Dobson. Livingstone subsequently ran as an Independent candidate and was expelled from the Labour party.
Following his election as an independent mayor he was re-admitted to the Labour party in 2004 and re-elected as mayor in 2004.As mayor Livingstone has twice been investigated by the Standards Board of England, the first over allegations of a fight at a party, the second after he compared a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard. Livingstone was cleared of the first accusation, the second resulted in a four week suspension from the office, which was later overturned by the the High Court.
Boris Johnson (Conservative) see above.
Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat) born 1958, Balham. Educated at Bec Grammar School , Sutton Manor High School and Oxford University. A former police officer, he served as Police Commander for the borough of Lambeth from 2000-2002 and Deputy Assistant Commissioner from 2003-2007. During his time in charge of policing in Lambeth he persued a softly-softly approach to drug use, not arresting or charging people for cannabis possession, and became known as one of the most senior openly gay police officers.
Gerard Batten (UKIP) born 1954, London. Former British Telecom salesman. Contested Barking by-election 1994, Harlow 1997, West Ham 2001, Dagenham 2005. MEP for the London Region since 2004.
Lindsey German (Left List) born 1951, London. Former editor of Socialist Review. Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition. Contested London Mayoral election 2004 as the Respect candidate. Contested West Ham 2005 for Respect. The Respect party split in late 2007, the party’s nominating officer is loyal to the George Galloway faction, leaving members of the SWP faction like German unable to stand under the Respect banner. Respect candidates from the SWP faction will contest the GLA elections under the name The Left List.
Richard Barnbrook (BNP) born 1961, Catford. Educated at the Royal Academy of Art. Art lecturer and sculptor. Barking and Dagenham councillor and BNP group leader since 2006.
Sian Berry (Green) born 1974, Cheltenham. Educated at Pate’s Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford. Former medical copywriter, now a website manager. Principle Speaker of the Green party since 2007. Contested Hampstead and Highgate 2005. Also running for the London assembly.
Alan Craig (Christian People’s Alliance) Educated at Newcastle University. Former businessman and warden in a young offender institution. Newham councillor. Leader of the Christian People’s Alliance. Also standing for the London assembly.
Matt O’Connor (English Democrats) born 1967. Former marketing executive. Founder of Fathers 4 Justice. Announced he would stop campaigning and withdraw from the race on the 25th April having fallen out with the party leadership.
Winston Mckenzie (Independent) born 1953, Jamacia. Former amateur boxer and hairdresser. Formerly ran a bar and gym in Thornton Heath, now establishing himself as a oil negotiator. Serial party member, having been a member of the Labour party, the Liberal Democrats, Veritas and the Conservatives. Contested Brent East by-election 2003 as an Independent, Croydon North for Veritas in 2005. Resigned from Veritas before rejoining to unsucessfully contest the party leadership. Unsucessfully auditioned for the X Factor in 2005. Unsuccessfully sought Conservative mayoral nomination in 2007 before leaving to stand as an independent.
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I’m not sure myself. I know there are 25 largely ceremonial wards in the City of London but since the population is only about 8,000 I suppose it’s not practical to use those in elections of this kind so they’ve divided the City into these 3 divisions. The overwhelming number of voters seem to be in the BL division, which I would therefore guess contains the Barbican area.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:11 pmHere are the complete figures for the results according to the 624 London wards:
CONSTITUENCY: C - 314, Lab - 273, LD - 28, BNP - 7, Respect 2, Green - 0.
LIST: C - 320, Lab - 292, BNP - 8, LD - 3, Green - 1.
MAYOR: C - 332, Lab - 292, LD/Green/BNP - 0.
The one ward the Greens managed to “win” was the Highgate ward (Camden), which they carried by 7 votes over Labour - 1,086 votes to 1,079.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 pmRuislip Northwood
Did the LDs carry 28 wards in the constituency section? I’m surprised about that as they did poorly in Kingston, richmond and Sutton and only won a handful there
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:31 amWards carried by the LDs in the constituency section:
1. Bermondsey & Old Southwark: 7 - (Cathedrals, Grange, Newington, Riverside, Rotherhithe, South Bermondsey, Surrey Docks).
2. Hornsey & Wood Green: 6 - (Alexandra, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill).
3. Twickenham: 6 - (Heathfield, West Twickenham, St Margarets&North Twickenham, Twickenham Riverside, Fulwell&Hampton Hill, Teddington).
4. Carshalton & Wallington: 3 - (St Helier, Wandle Valley, The Wrythe).
5. Kingston & Surbiton: 3 - (Grove, Norbiton, St Marks).
6. Streatham: 2 - (Streatham Wells, St Leonard’s).
7. Sutton & Cheam: 1 - (Sutton Central).
The 3 wards carried by the LDs in the list section were: Cathedrals (Bermondey & Old Southwark), Alexandra and Muswell Hill (both Hornsey & Wood Green).
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 amTwickenham (& Richmond Park,Windsor)
Ray Lewis has apparently resigned this evening.
July 4th, 2008 at 6:32 pmI know very little about this - he may have done the right thing.
However, part of my reaction - bearing in mind other work he has done - is this is rather sad.
Bradford South
The new Conservative administration in London has announced it will review the congestion charges and has already cancelled a proposed expansion which was due to come into effect this October. I am sure this will be of greater significance to the voters than the Ray Lewis story.
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