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Mayoral Election Results 2008
The tables below show the votes received by the candidates for Mayor of London in the 2008 election and the total number of votes cast. For more detailed results please visit the London Elects website.
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Final Mayoral result
Candidate name |
Party |
1st choice votes |
2nd choice votes * |
Total Votes |
Boris Johnson |
Conservative Party |
1,043,761 |
124,977 |
1,168,738 |
Ken Livingstone |
The Labour Party |
893,877 |
135,089 |
1,028,966 |
* On papers where the 1st and 2nd choice votes are for the top two candidates, the 2nd choice votes are not counted
Results by candidate for 2008
Candidate name |
Party |
1st choice votes |
1st choice % |
2nd choice votes |
2nd choice % |
Boris Johnson |
Conservative Party |
1,044,068 |
43.20 |
257,907 |
12.86 |
Ken Livingstone |
The Labour Party |
894,316 |
37.00
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303,343 |
15.13 |
Brian Paddick |
Liberal Democrats |
236,752 |
9.80
|
641,623 |
32.00 |
Siân Berry |
Green Party |
77,396 |
3.20 |
331,806 |
16.55 |
Richard Barnbrook |
British National Party |
69,753 |
2.89 |
128,672 |
6.42 |
Alan Craig |
Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party |
39,266 |
1.62 |
80,175 |
4.00 |
Gerard Batten |
UK Independence Party |
22,435 |
0.93 |
113,688 |
5.67
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Lindsey German |
Left List |
16,804 |
0.70 |
35,074 |
1.75 |
Matt O'Connor |
English Democrats |
10,700 |
0.44 |
73,570 |
3.67 |
Winston McKenzie |
Independent |
5,396 |
0.22 |
38,976 |
1.94 |
Turnout and Technical Information
Electorate |
5,419,913 |
Papers counted / turnout |
2,456,990 |
Turnout |
45.33% |
Change in turnout from 2004 |
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Good votes |
1st choice |
2,415,958 |
2nd choice |
2,004,078 |
Rejected votes * |
1st choice |
41,032 |
2nd choice |
412,054 |
Blank ** (no votes cast) |
13,034 |
No 2nd preference *** |
407,840 |
* "Rejected votes" refers to ballot papers where the vote has not been counted because the ballot paper has not been filled out correctly. This may be because the voter has marked more than one preference in one column, because the voter identified themselves on the ballot paper, if the voter’s intention is unclear or if the voter has spoiled his or her paper in any way.
** "Blank votes" refers to ballot papers where no 1st choice and no 2nd choice have been marked, and no vote has been counted. (This data is only available for 2008.)
*** "No 2nd preference" refers to ballot papers where voters have only made 1st choice vote and no 2nd choice vote. The first choice vote has been counted. (This data is only available for 2008.)
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