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London mayoral election, 2008

London mayoral election, 2008
United Kingdom
2004 ←
 1 May 2008 → 2012
Turnout 45.3%
  Boris Johnson (cropped).jpg Ken Livingstone.jpg Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick.jpg
Candidate Boris Johnson Ken Livingstone Brian Paddick
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat
1st Round vote 1,043,761 893,887 235,585
Percentage 43.2% 37.0% 9.8%
2nd Round vote 1,168,738 1,028,966 Eliminated
Percentage 53.18% 46.82% Eliminated
City of London London Borough of Hillingdon London Borough of Hounslow London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames London Borough of Sutton London Borough of Croydon London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bexley London Borough of Havering London Borough of Redbridge London Borough of Waltham Forest London Borough of Enfield London Borough of Barnet London Borough of Harrow London Borough of Brent London Borough of Ealing London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea City of Westminster London Borough of Wandsworth London Borough of Merton London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Lewisham Royal Borough of Greenwich London Borough of Tower Hamlets London Borough of Newham London Borough of Barking and Dagenham London Borough of Camden London Borough of Islington London Borough of Hackney London Borough of HaringeyA coloured map of the boroughs of London
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First preference votes by London borough. Blue boroughs are those with most first preference votes for Boris Johnson and red those for Ken Livingstone
Mayor before election

Ken Livingstone
Labour

 Elected Mayor

Boris Johnson
Conservative

Ken Livingstone
Labour

Boris Johnson
Conservative

The London mayoral election, 2008 for the office of Mayor of London was held on 1 May 2008 and was won by Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson. It was the third London mayoral election, the previous elections being the first election in May 2000 and the second election in June 2004.

Boris 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 Boris Johnson remained the largest polled by winning mayoral candidate until Labour candidate, Sadiq Khan, received 1,148,716 first-preference votes in 2016.

On 27 September 2007, Boris Johnson was announced as the Conservative candidate, having received 75% of the vote in an election open to the entire London electorate.

The primary election was originally to be held in October 2006. Candidates who applied by the 4 August deadline included Richard Barnes, London Assembly member for Ealing and Hillingdon, who withdrew in July 2007 and announced his support for Boris Johnson;Andrew Boff, former Hillingdon and Hackney London Borough Councillor; Nicholas Boles, Policy Exchange think-tank director, who withdrew in July 2007 for health reasons; Dr Robert Frew, a cultural policy and management specialist; Victoria Borwick, Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Councillor; Warwick Lightfoot, also a Kensington and Chelsea councillor; and Lee Rotherham. Steven Norris, Conservative mayoral candidate in 2000 and 2004, ruled himself out. Broadcaster Nick Ferrari also ruled himself out, having considered seeking the nomination.


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