London Labour Party mayoral selection, 2000
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The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2000 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2000 mayoral election. Frank Dobson, MP for Holborn and St. Pancras, was selected to stand, defeating former Leader of the Greater London Council Ken Livingstone and Glenda Jackson, MP for Hampstead and Highgate .
Livingstone went on to run as an independent candidate in the Mayoral election, defeating Dobson, who came third behind Conservative candidate Steven Norris.
The Labour candidate was selected via an Electoral College of Labour Party elected officials, members and affiliated unions. The elected members section consisted of 75 London Labour MPs, MEPs and GLA candidates, whilst individual London Labour members voted via a postal ballot. Affiliated unions were not obliged to ballot members and some cast block votes.
Livingstone won decisively amongst party members (60% to Dobson's 40%) and amongst affiliated unions (72% to Dobson's 28%) but Dobson's landslide victory amongst elected officials and GLA candidates saw him win narrowly overall by 52% to 48%.
Livingstone described the result as "tainted" because the election system gave greater weight to the votes of London Labour MPs, MEPs, & GLA candidates, rather than rank-and-file party members, and decided to contest the election as an Independent candidate. On handing in nomination papers he was automatically expelled from the Labour Party. He went on to win the election, with Dobson coming third with 13% of the popular vote.
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