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Parents > United Kingdom > England > London > Mayor
OfficeMayor
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 01, 2008 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close May 01, 2008 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start May 04, 2008 - 12:00pm
Term End July 03, 2012 - 12:00pm
ContributorPatrick
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia April 03, 2015 11:33am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Due to a split in the RESPECT Unity Coalition, Lindsey German will not run under the RESPECT party and rather head a separate Left List. This list is made up of the RESPECT faction supported by the SWP while the opposing George Galloway-backed Respect Renewal faction is not fielding a mayoral candidate and supports Ken Livingstone.

After 2nd preferences:
Boris Johnson - 1,168,738
Ken Livingstone - 1,028,966
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLabour Won06/10/2004
NameKen Livingstone Votes685,541 (36.75%)
Term07/03/2004 - 05/04/2008 Margin143,118 (+7.67%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won05/03/2012
NameBoris Johnson Votes1,054,811 (44.07%)
Term07/03/2012 - 05/08/2016 Margin62,538 (+2.61%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 12, 2007 London Mayor - GRN Selection
Siân Berry
GPEW 100
Sep 27, 2007 London Mayor - CON Selection
Boris Johnson
CON 20,019
Nov 13, 2007 London Mayor - LD Selection
Brian Paddick
LD 3,313
MAP
UK - England Regions MAP
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
07/21/2007 05/01/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Boris Johnson 10 ------
Ken Livingstone 6 ------
Leaning Call: Boris Johnson (62.50%)
Weighted Call: Boris Johnson (88.20%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

11/07/2007 04/23/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name MP Boris Johnson (I) Mayor Ken Livingstone Brian Paddick Siân Berry Borough Councillor Richard Barnbrook Borough Councillor Alan Craig MEP Gerard Batten
PartyConservative Labour Liberal Democrats Green British National Christian People's Alliance UK Independence
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes1,043,761 (42.97%) 893,877 (36.80%) 236,685 (9.74%) 77,374 (3.19%) 69,710 (2.87%) 39,249 (1.62%) 22,422 (0.92%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -149,884 (-6.17%) -807,076 (-33.23%) -966,387 (-39.79%) -974,051 (-40.10%) -1,004,512 (-41.36%) -1,021,339 (-42.05%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 07/16/2007 05/03/2007 11/12/2007 03/12/2007 05/09/2007 00/00/2008 00/00/2007
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MATCHUP POLLS (13 from 4 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg43.28%-- 38.18%-- 10.89%-- 2.27%-- 2.53%-- 1.61%-- 0.91%--
MORI 
04/22/08-04/23/08		 38.00% 2.0 41.00% -- 12.00% 2.0 3.00% 2.0 2.00% 2.0 1.00% 1.0 1.00% --
YouGov 
04/16/08-04/18/08		 44.00% 1.0 37.00% 2.0 12.00% -- 3.00% 1.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Mruk Cello 
04/14/08-04/14/08		 44.00% -- 45.00% -- 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
04/09/08-04/11/08		 45.00% 4.0 39.00% 3.0 12.00% 2.0 2.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% 1.0 1.00% --
MORI 
04/01/08-04/07/08		 40.00% -- 41.00% -- 14.00% -- 5.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
04/02/08-04/04/08		 49.00% 2.0 36.00% 1.0 10.00% -- 2.00% -- 1.00% -- 1.00% -- 1.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I M@
  London Evening Standard
REFS Servo
  Daily Mail
  Daily Telegraph
  The Times (U.K.)
  The Sun (U.K.)
D NYvoter
I M@
D NYDem Junior
R SC-Conservative
  Unite - the Union
MFL The Oncoming Storm
  Guardian
PS Bertrand Delanoë [L]
LAB Tony Benn [L]
S Zeus the Moose
I Greg Dyke [L]
WPGB George Galloway [L]
D Bob
D AJ
LAB New Jerusalem
D EastTexasDem
SDPA Dr. Cynic
D mtrz
D George Galloway
Laf-W Craverguy
MFL The Oncoming Storm
D Jason
G BR_Green
  The Independent
S Zeus the Moose
R Impy
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Lindsey German Blank - Void Matt O'Connor Winston McKenzie  
PartySocialist Workers No Party Affiliation English Democrats Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes16,796 (0.69%) 13,034 (0.54%) 10,695 (0.44%) 5,389 (0.22%)  
Margin-1,026,965 (-42.28%) -1,030,727 (-42.43%) -1,033,066 (-42.53%) -1,038,372 (-42.75%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website  
Entry Date 00/00/2007 -- 07/00/2007 00/00/2007  
MATCHUP POLLS (13 from 4 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.69%-- 0.00%-- 0.77%-- 0.22%--  
MORI 
04/22/08-04/23/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
04/16/08-04/18/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% 1.0 0.00% --
Mruk Cello 
04/14/08-04/14/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
04/09/08-04/11/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
MORI 
04/01/08-04/07/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
04/02/08-04/04/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 1.0 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
S Zeus the Moose
 

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Dennis Delderfield (NBP)
 00, 2008 - Mar 28, 0000 		John Flunder (SCP)
 00, 2008 - Mar 28, 0000 		Chris Prior (SCC)
 00, 2007 - Mar 28, 0000 		Damian Hockney (OLP)
 00, 2008 - Mar 27, 0000

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 02, 2008 02:30pm News Boris Johnson wins London Mayoral election  Article Servo 
May 02, 2008 09:00am News Johnson 'ahead' in mayoral race  Article Ralphie 
Apr 30, 2008 08:00pm Online Tool New Statesman "Fantasy Mayor" online quiz  Article Ralphie 
Mar 27, 2008 06:35pm News Hockney quits London mayoral race  Article New Jerusalem 
Mar 19, 2008 10:00am Blog Entry How to Stop Boris  Article New Jerusalem 
Jan 03, 2008 02:00am Poll Johnson now just 1% behind Livingstone  Article Ralphie 

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