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London Elects
London Elects is the Greater London Authority (GLA) team responsible for organising the election of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Elects team reports to the Greater London Returning Officer. Operations The team's responsibilities include: *working closely with electoral staff in the 32 London boroughs and the City of London to provide training and support for polling station staff and to make sure everyone is well prepared for the election and the count *managing candidate nominations for the Mayoral election and the London-wide list *organising arrangements for the count *managing the three count centres and the contract with the company providing electronic counting *working with the Government on budget and legal issues *an advertising campaign *the London Elects website *the statutory mayoral address booklet, comprising ‘mini-manifestos’ from mayoral candidates, delivered to all of London's voters. History Following the 1999 GLA Act, the first L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current mayor is Sadiq Khan, who took office on 9 May 2016. The position was held by Ken Livingstone from the creation of the role on 4 May 2000 until he was defeated in May 2008 by Boris Johnson, who then also served two terms before being succeeded by Khan. The mayor is scrutinised by the London Assembly and, supported by their Mayoral Cabinet, directs the entirety of London, including the City of London (for which there is also the Lord Mayor of the City of London). Each of the 32 London Boroughs also has a ceremonial mayor or, in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets, an elected mayor. Background The Greater London Council, the elected government for Greater London, was abolished in 1986 by the Local Government Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies. The London Assembly was established in 2000. It is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners (most notably Transport for London, transport or Natural environment, environmental matters), publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor. Assembly members The Assembly comprises 25 members elected using the additional-member system of mixed-member proportional representation, with 13 seats needed for a majority. Elections take place every four years, at the same time as those for the mayor of London. There are 14 geographical constituencies, each electing one member, with a further 11 members elected from a party list to make the total number of Assembly me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 London Mayoral Election
The 2000 London mayoral election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect the Mayor of London. It was the first election to the office established that year; the idea of a mayor of a Greater London Authority (GLA) had been included in Labour's 1997 election manifesto, and after their election a referendum in London was scheduled for May 1998, in which there was a 72% yes vote with a 34% turnout. Electoral system The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and a second preference for candidates. * If a candidate receives more than 50% of the first preference vote, that candidate wins * If no candidate receives more than 50% of first preference votes, the top two candidates proceed to a second round and all other candidates are eliminated * The first preference votes for the remaining two candidates stand in the final count * Voters' ballots whose first and second preference candidates have both been eliminated are discarded * Voters whose first prefer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 London Mayoral Election
The 2004 election to the post of Mayor of London took place on 10 June 2004. It was being held on the same day as 2004 United Kingdom local elections, other local elections and 2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, the UK part of the 2004 European Parliament elections, so Londoners had a total of five votes on three ballot papers. Polling opened at 07:00 local time, and closed at 22:00. See: 2004 UK elections. The Supplementary Vote system was used. Ken Livingstone gained the Labour party's nomination on 2 January 2004, three weeks after being re-admitted to the Labour Party, after deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, the previous candidate-elect, stepped down in favour of Livingstone. Candidate selection Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats On 5 March 2003, Simon Hughes, North Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency), MP for North Southwark and Bermondsey and Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, Frontbench Spokesman for Home Affairs was selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 London Mayoral Election
The 2008 London mayoral election for the office of Mayor of London, England, was held on 1 May 2008. Conservative Party (UK), Conservative candidate Boris Johnson defeated incumbent Labour Party (UK), Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone. It was the third London mayoral election, the previous elections being the 2000 London mayoral election, first election in May 2000 and the 2004 London mayoral election, second election in June 2004. Johnson became the second Mayor of London and the first Conservative to hold the office since its creation in 2000. This became the first London Mayoral election in which the incumbent mayor was defeated by a challenger. The popular vote achieved by Johnson remained the largest polled by winning mayoral candidate until Labour candidate Sadiq Khan received 1,148,716 first-preference votes in 2016 London mayoral election, 2016. The result was the first time that the Conservatives had won control of London-wide government since 1977 Greater London Council el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 London Mayoral Election
The 2012 London mayoral election was an election held on Thursday 3 May 2012, to elect the Mayor of London. It was held on the same day as the London Assembly election, and used a supplementary vote system. Incumbent Tory mayor and future Prime Minister Boris Johnson won re-election to a second term as Mayor. Ken Livingstone, who had been Mayor between 2000 and 2008, was seeking a third, non-consecutive term as the Labour candidate. No other candidates received 5% of the vote (the threshold for retaining their deposit). As of the 2024 London mayoral election, this was the last time that London voted for a Conservative Party Mayor, and remains the last time to date that the Conservatives have won any London-wide election. Background At the 2008 mayoral election, Boris Johnson defeated incumbent mayor Ken Livingstone. Livingstone's defeat had been attributed to a loss of support amongst swing voters and voters in London's outer suburbs. The contest was also one of the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 London Mayoral Election
The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the Mayor of London, on the same day as the 2016 London Assembly election, London Assembly election. It was the fifth election to the position of mayor, which was created in 2000 following 1998 Greater London Authority referendum, a referendum in Greater London. The election used a Contingent vote, supplementary vote system. The election was won by the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting (UK Parliament constituency), Tooting, Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, who polled 56.8% of the votes in the head-to-head second round of voting over the MP for Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency), Richmond Park, Zac Goldsmith, a member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Goldsmith was more than 25% ahead of the next candidate in the first round of voting, as part of a record field of twelve candidates. Of the twelve candidates only Khan, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 London Mayoral Election
The 2021 London mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of London. It was held simultaneously with 2021 London Assembly election, elections for the London Assembly, 2021 United Kingdom local elections, other local elections across England and Wales, and Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved elections in 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Scotland and 2021 Senedd election, Wales. The mayoral and Assembly elections were to be held on the 7th of May 2020, but in March 2020 the Government of the United Kingdom, government announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in London, COVID-19 pandemic. Sadiq Khan was re-selected as the Labour candidate in 2018, the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party selected Shaun Bailey, Baron Bailey of Paddington, Shaun Bailey and the Green Party of England and Wales, Green Party chose Siân Berry. Rory Stewart, a former Conservative MP and minister, ran as an independent before with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 London Mayoral Election
The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly, some local council by-elections in London and regular local elections elsewhere in England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022, voting in this election took place under the first-past-the-post system for the first time, replacing the supplementary vote system. The result of the election was announced on 4 May 2024. Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, who has served as the mayor of London since 2016, was re-elected as mayor and became the first person to be elected to the role for three terms. The Conservative Party stood former London Assembly Conservative leader Susan Hall as its candidate, the Green Party nominated Hackney borough councillor Zoë Garbett, the Liberal Democrats nominated Rob Blackie, and Reform UK nominated Howard Cox. There were eight other candidates. Background The mayor of London has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, the Electoral Commission is the national election commission, created in 2001 as a result of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. It is an independent agency that regulates party and election finance and sets standards for how elections should be run. Creation The Electoral Commission was created in 2001 following a recommendation by the fifth report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Its mandate was set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), and ranges from the regulation of political donations and expenditure by political and third parties through to promoting greater participation in the electoral process. The Electoral Administration Act 2006 required local authorities to review all polling stations, and to provide a report on the reviews to the Electoral Commission. The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 granted the Electoral Commission a variety of new supervisory an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the Metonymy, metonym City Hall, is the Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved Regions of England, regional governance body of Greater London, England. It consists of two political branches: an executive Mayor of London, Mayor (currently Sadiq Khan) and the 25-member London Assembly, which serves as a means of separation of powers, checks and balances on the Mayor. The authority was established in 2000, following a 1998 Greater London Authority referendum, local referendum, and derives most of its powers from the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and the Greater London Authority Act 2007. It is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. Three functional bodies —Transport for London, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and the London Fire Commissioner— are responsible for delivery of services in these areas. The planning poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
