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Johnson ousts Livingstone in London mayoral election
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Candidates
Boris Johnson
Ken Livingstone
Sian Berry
Winston McKenzie
Matt O'Connor
Brian Paddick
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Boris Johnson has been declared the winner of London's mayoral election. The Daily Telegraph called the victory overwhelming, given how close recent opinion polls had been. Results were delayed by record turnout.
Johnson thanked his family and party activists for helping him win what he termed a "marathon election." The mayor-elect also paid tribute to Livingstone by saying the incumbent had the "thanks and admiration of millions of Londoners" for his years of service as mayor.
The people of the United Kingdom's capital city of London voted yesterday in mayoral elections.
In the London elections voters chose both their first and second preference for Mayor of London. The incumbent mayor is Ken Livingstone.
Many polls were carried out before the election. One of the earliest, carried out by YouGov and the London Policy Institute showed a clear lead for Livingstone. A poll carried out near the end of 2007, however, showed that Livingstone was only one percentage point clear of Boris Johnson.
More recent polls, including one carried out by YouGov for Evening Standard showed a narrow lead for Johnson. Other polls, however, like the one taken for UNISON continued to show a clear lead for Livingstone.
Below are the latest results:
London Mayoral Election 2008 - ResultsNameParty1st preferenceSecond preferenceRichard Barnbrook
British National Party
69,710
Gerard Batten
United Kingdom Independence Party
22,422
Siân Berry
Green Party of England and Wales
77,374
Alan Craig
Christian Peoples Alliance
39,249
Lindsey German
Left List
16,796
Boris Johnson
Conservative Party
1,043,761
124,977
Ken Livingstone
Labour Party
893,877
135,089
Winston McKenzie
Independent
5,389
Matt O'Connor
English Democrats Party
10,695
Brian Paddick
Liberal Democrats
236,685
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Wikipedia has an article about London mayoral election, 2008.
External links
London Elects - the official site of London Elects, the independent body in charge of organizing the election of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly
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