London Assembly election, 2008

London Assembly election, 2008

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25 London Assembly Seats 13 seats needed for majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Cameron Gordon Brown Nick Clegg Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Seats won 11 8 3 Seat change 2 1 2 List vote 835,535 665,443 252,556 Percentage 34.1% 27.1% 11.2% Swing 6.2% 2.7% 5.3% FPTP Seats 8 6 0 List Seats 3 2 3   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Caroline Lucas Nick Griffin Party Green BNP Seats won 2 1 Seat change 0 1 List vote 203,465 130,714 Percentage 8.3% 5.3% Swing 0.1% 0.6% FPTP Seats 0 0 List Seats 2 1
Results by constituency in 2008. (Red indicates Labour and blue indicates the Conservatives)

An election to the Assembly of London took place on 1 May 2008, along with the London mayoral election, 2008. The Conservatives gained 2 seats, Labour gained one seat, the Liberal Democrats lost two seats, and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) or One London as they became were wiped out. Notably, a candidate for the British National Party (BNP) was elected for the first time.

The Assembly is elected by the Additional Member System. Fourteen directly elected constituencies exist, all of which have, to date, only ever been won by the Conservative Party or the Labour Party. An additional eleven members are allocated by a London wide top-up vote with the proviso that parties must win at least five percent of the vote to qualify for the list seats. Prior to these elections, these seats were held by five Liberal Democrats, two Labour Party members, two Green Party members and two One Londoners.

The two One London members were elected as candidates for the UK Independence Party, but then joined or supported the breakaway Veritas party and subsequently left Veritas to form One London. Compared to the previous election, two separate factions of RESPECT Unity Coalition stood in 2008: Respect (George Galloway), who supported Ken Livingstone in the mayoral election, and Left List, who supported Lindsey German (RESPECT's mayoral candidate in 2004).

† Joint-ticket Christian Party/Christian Peoples Alliance candidates standing as "Christian Choice"