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Elections 2008

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Assembly results

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 37.00 303,343 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
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  
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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