The 2004 election to the post of Mayor of London

Mayor of London

The Mayor of London is an elected politician who, along with the London Assembly of 25 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London. Conservative Boris Johnson has held the position since 4 May 2008...

 took place on 10 June 2004. It was being held on the same day as other local elections and the UK part

European Parliament election, 2004 (UK)

The European Parliament election, 2004 was the UK part of the European Parliament election, 2004. It was held on 10 June. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas. It coincided with local and London elections.The Conservative Party...

 of the 2004 European Parliament elections, so Londoners had a total of five votes on three ballot papers. Polling opened at 07:00 local time, and closed at 22:00. See: UK elections, 2004. The Supplementary Vote system was used.

Ken Livingstone gained his party's nomination on 2 January 2004, just three weeks after rejoining it, after his friend and deputy Nicky Gavron

Nicky Gavron

Felicia Nicolette C. "Nicky" Gavron, née Coates is a British politician, former Deputy Mayor of London, a member of the London Assembly and the former Labour candidate for the 2004 Mayor of London elections.- Biography :...

, the previous candidate-elect, stepped down in favour of him, winning it by a comfortable margin.

Results

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London Mayoral Election Results 2004
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final	%²
Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	685,541	35.7	250,517	13.0	828,380	55.4
Steven Norris Steven Norris Steven John Norris is a British Conservative politician. He was the official Conservative candidate for Mayor of London in 2000 and 2004, losing in both races to Ken Livingstone....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	542,423	28.2	222,559	11.6	667,178	44.6
Simon Hughes Simon Hughes Simon Henry Ward Hughes is a British politician and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats. He is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark. Until 2008 he was President of the Liberal Democrats...	Lib Dem Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	284,645	14.8	465,704	24.3	N/A
Frank Maloney Frank Maloney Frank Maloney is a boxing manager and promoter and United Kingdom Independence Party politician. He is most famous for managing Lennox Lewis to the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World.-Early life:...	UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP...	115,665	6.0	193,157	10.0	N/A
Lindsey German Lindsey German Lindsey German is the convenor of the British anti-war organisation Stop the War Coalition and a former member of the central committee of the Socialist Workers Party. She was editor of Socialist Review for twenty years until 2004...	RESPECT	61,731	3.2	63,294	3.3	N/A
Julian Leppert	BNP British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...	58,405	3.0	70,736	3.7	N/A
Darren Johnson Darren Johnson Darren Paul Johnson is an English politician and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales...	Green Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	57,331	2.9	208,686	10.9	N/A
Ram Gidoomal	CPA Christian Peoples Alliance The Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democratic political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form in 1999; it grew out of a cross-party advocacy group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The party is active throughout England and has fledgling groups specific...	41,696	2.2	56,721	2.9	N/A
Lorna Reid	IWCA Independent Working Class Association The Independent Working Class Association is a minor working-class political party in the United Kingdom that aims to promote the political and economic interests of the working class, regardless of the consequences to existing political and economic structures...	9,542	0.5	39,678	2.1	N/A
Tammy Nagalingam	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6,692	0.4	20,391	1.1	N/A

¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first, hence why the "total" vote for Livingstone and Norris is not the sum of first and second preferences.

²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.

• Turnout: 1,920,533 (36.95%)
• As the ballot papers are counted electronically, totals for all second preferences are available, even though most did not contribute to the final result.

Summary of policies

From the Manifesto booklet

Ken Livingstone - Standing up for London

• continue recovery from two decades of neglect under the Conservatives
• continue the programme of increased neighbourhood policing
• cut crime and make streets, parks and public transport safer
• continue reducing traffic congestion by extending the Congestion Charge Zone
• extend improvements in bus services and delivering similar improvements to the rest of the transport system
• improve transport in outer London with better buses and new tram lines
• run the Tube later every Friday and Saturday night with a free service on New Year's Eve
• work with government and voluntary sector with a long-term aim that all parents have access to high quality, affordable childcare.
• build 30,000 new homes a year and continue providing affordable housing
• tackle air pollution, making London a Low Emission Zone with rigorous pollution standards for lorries, buses, coaches and taxis.
• provide free bus travel to under-18s in full-time education
• bring the Olympic Games to London in 2012

Steve Norris - For a Safer London

• cut crime, particularly street crime
  Street crime
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  , vandalism and graffiti
• put more police officers on patrol rather than in cars or offices
• encourage “zero tolerance” for minor crimes like graffiti, vandalism and public drunkenness
• increase share of police officers assigned to outer London
• double funding of youth projects
• launch a New York-style ‘CompStat
  CompStat
  CompStat—or COMPSTAT— is the name given to the New York City Police Department's accountability process and has since been replicated in many other departments...
  
  ’ system to target and manage crime more effectively
• introduce free school buses for children at primary schools to cut congestion
• abolish the congestion charge
• run London Underground
  London Underground
  The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
  
   until 3am at weekends, install air conditioning and provide security guards at night

Simon Hughes - A New Mayor for a Greater London

• make London safer, easier and more liveable
• make London cleaner and greener
• continue and improve community policing
• improve public transport
• run the tube late for three nights per week
• make stations safer
• challenge the Labour government on Council Tax, the war in Iraq and student fees
• provide a strong voice for London, putting Londoners’ security and safety first

Frank Maloney - Stop the career politicians

• increase the number of police officers, decrease the amount of political correctness
  Political correctness
  Political correctness is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts,...
  
   in policing and support victims of crime
• abolish the congestion charge, oppose speed cameras and speed humps
• create a 24-hour transport system and extend the London Underground
  London Underground
  The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
  
   to South East London
• put more conductors on buses and provide free bus travel for under- 18s on the way to school
• stop selling school playing fields, increasing funding for youth clubs and fund competitive sports for young people, including a London youth games
• fund mayoral scholarships for disadvantaged children to go to university
• allow business to open for 24 hours, and give assistance to businesses in deprived areas
• preserve and encourage all London’s street markets
• celebrate St George’s Day with an annual parade
• support the 2012 Olympic bid and other international events, marketing London internationally
• reduce the Mayor’s take of Council tax
• abolish the GLA
• campaign for a higher state pension and tighter immigration controls
• provide more affordable homes for young British people and regenerate council estates

Lindsey German - Londoners deserve Respect

• fight racism and discrimination
• oppose privatization
• ensure a minimum wage in London of £7.40 per hours and London Weighting
  London Weighting
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   of £4,000 per annum
• scrap council tax
  Council tax
  Council Tax is the system of local taxation used in England, Scotland and Wales to part fund the services provided by local government in each country. It was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as a successor to the unpopular Community Charge...
  
  
• reduce cost of public transport, limit tube fare to £1.00
• campaign for social justice and pension linked to earnings
• campaign against the war in Iraq and student fees

Julian Leppert

• scrap the bid for the 2012 Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
  The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
  
  , due to expense, pressure on transport and policing, and London’s track record of failing on prestige projects
• oppose further immigration, and the presence of asylum seekers in capital, as they are actually economic migrants
• reduce cost of housing and pressure for new homes by ending immigration
• increase wages in London by ending immigration
• provide two new orbital rail lines, or possibly a tram line
• abolish the congestion charge
• undertake a prestige project to build a new airport on an artificial island
  Artificial island
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   in the Thames Estuary with a high-speed rail link to central London, rather than extending Heathrow
• promote St George’s Day

Darren Johnson - Quality Life, Quality London

• reduce traffic by expanding the congestion charge
• provide an integrated transport system that is reliable, safe and publicly owned
• reduce speed limits
• provide better cycling facilities and safe pedestrian routes for every school,
• oppose privatisation and cutbacks
• protect parks, playing fields and open spaces and create 1,000 new allotment plots.
• work for Londoners, not big business
• work for an affordable London with action to end poverty, and end homelessness and poor housing with a new Housing for London Authority
• create jobs in green and creative industries, and in manufacturing
• work to breathe life into local economies and local shopping parades and high streets, and ensure provision of local services within walking distance
• put an end all forms of racism, sexism and homophobia
• make London safer by tackling fear, crime and its causes
• make solar panels compulsory for all new developments, expanding recycling and end incineration
• protect animal rights, wildlife and habitats
• press for an Air Traffic Congestion Charge, and an end to airport expansion and night flights

Ram Gidoomal

• deliver competence and accountability
• make London safer
• restore public confidence in the police and legal system
• ensure that new schools have a Christian or other faith-based foundation
• establish a £500 million London Regeneration Fund to bring new life and jobs to the capital.
• tackle the divide between rich and poor
• ensure London has a coherent, integrated transport system:
• bring Christian values of justice, integrity, compassion and reconciliation to London
• celebrate diversity as a source of strength
• be independent and not waste money

Lorna Reid - We live here too!

• give a political voice to the working class in London
• make the police answerable to local communities
• actively support local communities in tackling anti-social behaviour
• increase investment in youth projects facilities for young people
• increase investment in council housing, increase number of quality affordable homes
• abolish council tax
  Council tax
  Council Tax is the system of local taxation used in England, Scotland and Wales to part fund the services provided by local government in each country. It was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as a successor to the unpopular Community Charge...
  
   in favour of a local income tax
• ensure a minimum wage of £7.32 for workers in London
• provide a publicly financed and accountable transport system and other public services
• oppose privatisation
• secure extra provision from central government to fund increased demand on local resources from immigration
• ensure regeneration schemes provide decent homes, jobs, and opportunities for everyone.
• tackle the lack of affordable child care and the failing education system

Dr. Tammy Nagalingam

• review and make changes to all aspects of public transport and provide best value for money to all
• limit Congestion charging to between 7 am and 9.30 am, and raise revenue by other means
• ban big lorries from central London between 6 am and 6 pm
• persuade councils not to have too many one way systems and too many road ramps in smaller roads, and sort out problems with bus lane and double yellow lines
• see that the environment does not cause health hazards
• help Borough councils on public health matters, saving the NHS money and cleaning-up the city
• donate 50% of the Mayor’s salary to improve public and environmental health
• provide sufficient funds for recruiting and training police officers
• provide better street lighting in alley-ways and corners of trouble spots, and get councils to provide CCTV in problem council estates and other problem areas
• celebrate St George’s Day in Hyde Park
• support the 2012 Olympics bid
• liaise with other organisations

Potential candidates

London-born comedian Lee Hurst seriously considered standing as a candidate in the election. His comedy club had been under threat of redevelopment, and this had re-ignited a spark of political ambition. His manifesto would probably have included policies such as scrapping bus lanes and the congestion charge, improving public transport (including the re-introduction of bus conductors and Routemaster

Routemaster

The AEC Routemaster is a model of double-decker bus that was built by Associated Equipment Company in 1954 and produced until 1968. Primarily front-engined, rear open-platform buses, a small number of variants were produced with doors and/or front entrances...

buses), and tackling crime and abandoned cars.

External links

• London Elects (official elections site): full results, all manifestos, detailed explanations of voting processes
• Guardian (newspaper): collection of manifestos
• MayorWatch London Elections Guide