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London Elections

London has voted for a new mayor, as well as members for the London Assembly.

Boris Johnson has been voted the new mayor of London in a tightly fought head to head with Ken Livingstone - gaining 1,168,738 votes against Ken Livingstone's 1,028,966 after the second choice vote.

We interviewed the main candidates Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick and Sian Berry for a series of Minute Manifestos on a variety of topics such as:

  • Congestion Charge
  • Crime
  • Crossrail
  • Cycling
  • Favourite Music
  • Housing
  • Olympics
  • Perfect Day
  • Perfect View
  • The Buses
  • The Tube
  • Why to Vote for them
Listen to these by clicking the links on the right of the page.


The full list of candidates:

Richard Barnbrook – British National Party
Gerard Batten – UK Independence Party
Sian Berry – Green Party
Alan Craig – Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party
Lindsey German – Left List
Boris Johnson – Conservative Party
Ken Livingstone – Labour Party
Winston McKenzie - Independent
Matt O’Connor – English Democrats
Brian Paddick – Liberal Democrats

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