2024 London Assembly election
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The 2024 election to the London Assembly was held on 2 May concurrently with the London mayoral election and local elections across England and Wales.
Background
[edit]In the 2021 London Assembly elections, Labour won eleven seats, the Conservatives nine, the Green Party three, and the Liberal Democrats two.[1]
The 2024 election was one of several local elections (and one parliamentary by-election) that took place on the same day, across England and Wales.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]Members of the London Assembly are elected through a combination of both first past the post and closed list proportional representation. This system is commonly referred to as the additional member system. Fourteen members are elected in single member constituencies with the candidate receiving the largest number of votes becoming the Assembly Member for that constituency. An additional 11 members are also elected from the whole of London, with parties submitting lists of up to 25 candidates. For a party to be included, it needs to attain at least 5% of the vote across London. This process divides the remaining seats proportionally to the vote share of the parties with the use of the modified D'Hondt method allocating the seats. This system ensures overall proportionality with the 11 additional members being allocated in a corrective manner.[3][4]
Constituency candidates need to submit a deposit of £1,000, which is returned if they get at least 5% of the vote. A London-wide list requires a deposit of £5,000, which is returned if the list gets 2.5% of the vote.[5]
London-wide list candidates
[edit]| 2024 London Assembly election (London-wide)[6][7] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Elly Baker (86,460), Sakina Sheikh (79,255), John Howard, James Beckles, Bora Kwon, Jasbir Anand, Martin Whelton, Omid Miri, Devina Paul, Sian Eiles, Patrick Lilley | 951,056 | 38.4% |  0.3
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| Conservative | Susan Hall[a] (162,067), Shaun Bailey (129,654), Emma Best (108,045), Andrew Boff (92,610), Alessandro Georgiou (81,034), Nicholas Martin McLean (72,030), Nicholas Donald Anthony Vandyke, Laila Cunningham, Richard James Mills, Katherine Louis Lymer, Will Jackson | 648,269 | 26.2% | 4.5
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| Green | Siân Berry[b] (286,746), Caroline Russell (143,373), Zack Polanski (95,582), Zoë Garbett[a][c] (71,687), Benali Hamdache, Scott Ainslie, Ria Patel, Nate Higgins, Claire Sheppard, Shahrar Ali, Pete Elliott | 286,746 | 11.6% | 0.2
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| Liberal Democrats | Hina Bokhari (107,891), Rob Blackie[a] (71,894), Irina von Wiese, Gareth Roberts, Chris Maines, John Sweeney, William Houngbo, Michael Bukola, Chris Annous, Sue Wixley, Sarah Hoyle | 215,682 | 8.7% | 1.4
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| Reform UK | Alex Wilson (145,409), Howard Cox[a] (72,705), Mark George Simpson, Ian Price, Steve Chilcott, Roger Gravett, Tony Glover, Alan Cook, Raj Forhad, Nicola Pateman, Anthony Michael Goodwin, Tania Marszalek, David Kenton Sandground, Marian Lynn Newton, Tony Sharp | 145,409 | 5.9% | 4.9
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| Rejoin EU | Richard Hewison, Alex Kerr, Charlotte Blake, Brendan Donnelly, Alessandro Gallo, Briony Kapoor, Marianne Mandujano, Drew Miles, Ben Rend, Laurence Williams, Jaki Airey, Simon Bezer, Jas Alduk | 62,528 | 2.5% | 0.6
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| Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson, Saffron Arezo Gloyne, Alex Bourke, Femy Amin[a], Bel Jacobs, Mark Scott, Julian Weisman | 41,303 | 1.7% | 
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| Britain First | Nick Scanlon[a] | 32,085 | 1.3% | New | |
| CPA | Maureen Martin, Simeon Ademolake, Helen Spiby-Vann, Amelia Allao, Ashley Dickenson, Eunice Odesanmi, Des Coke, Katherine Hortense, Zion Amodu, Lucy Baiye-Gaman | 26,798 | 1.1% |
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| SDP | Amy Gallagher[a], Huge de Burgh, Stephen Balogh, Jon Mabbutt, Manny Lawal, Jane Gibson, Steve Kelleher, Alastair Mellon, Laurenzo Mefsut, Daniel Woodruffe, Jake Painter, David Hargreaves, Les Beaumont | 23,021 | 0.9 | 0.6
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| No description[d] | Laurence Fox | 13,795 | 0.6% | New | |
| Independent | Farah London | 13,048 | 0.5% | New | |
| Communist | Ross Crawford, William James Dry, Nigel Andrew Bernard Green, Anita Halpin, Arnes Ramic, Ross Leonard, Laura Billie Miller, Michael John Squires, Robin Talbot, Paul Whitehouse, Ruth Styles Wilson, Benjamin Eric Woodward | 10,915 | 0.4% | 0.1
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| Heritage | Maria Elena Candilo, David Peter Poulden, Michael Gerad Watson, Dafydd Huw Morriss, Henryk Mackiewicz | 4,431 | 0.2% | 0.3
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| Independent | Gabe Romualdo | 1,601 | 0.1% | New | |
Constituency candidates
[edit]| Constituency | Labour | Conservative | Green | Lib Dems | Reform UK | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet & Camden | Anne Clarke[e] (70,749, 1st) |
Julie Redmond (51,606, 2nd) |
Kate Tokley (18,405, 3rd) |
Scott Emery (12,335, 4th) |
Raj Forhad[f] (7,703, 5th) |
Bill Martin (SPGB) (1,639, 6th) |
| Bexley & Bromley | Kevin McKenna (50,174, 2nd) |
Thomas Frederick Turrell[g] (90,103, 1st) |
Marley Cornelia King (15,813, 5th) |
Gita Bapat (18,730, 4th) |
Alan Cook[f] (27,603, 3rd) |
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| Brent & Harrow | Krupesh Hirani[e] (63,867, 1st) |
Stefan Bucovineanul-Voloseniuc (55,039, 2nd) |
Nida Al-Fulaij (15,167, 3rd) |
Jonny Singh (12,068, 4th) |
Ian Price[f] (11,243, 5th) |
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| City & East | Unmesh Desai[e] (99,570, 1st) |
Freddie Downing (29,083, 2nd) |
Joe Hudson-Small (29,073, 3rd) |
Patrick Thomas Stillman (11,416, 5th) |
David Kenton Sandground[f] (14,535, 4th) |
Lois Austin (TUSC) (4,710, 7th) Ak Goodman (Ind) (5,310, 6th) |
| Croydon & Sutton | Maddie Henson (54,380, 2nd) |
Neil Garratt[e] (64,674, 1st) |
Peter Underwood (19,434, 4th) |
Trish Fivey (29,160, 3rd) |
Marian Lynn Newton[f] (14,375, 5th) |
April Jacqueline Ashley (TUSC) (2,766, 6th) |
| Ealing & Hillingdon | Bassam Mahfouz[g] (72,356, 1st) |
Henry Higgins (67,495, 2nd) |
Jess Lee (22,984, 3rd) |
Kuldev Singh Sehra (15,293, 4th) |
Anthony Michael Goodwin[f] (15,247, 5th) |
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| Enfield & Haringey | Joanne McCartney[e] (78,880, 1st) |
Calum McGillivray (32,778, 2nd) |
Katie Knight (26,956, 3rd) |
Guy Russo (14,284, 4th) |
Roger Gravett[f] (10,973, 5th) |
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| Greenwich & Lewisham | Len Duvall[e] (80,101, 1st) |
Kieran Terry (25,960, 3rd) |
Karin Tearle (28,294, 2nd) |
Josh Matthews (11,975, 5th) |
Mark George Simpson[f] (13,405, 4th) |
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| Havering & Redbridge | Guy Owen Williams (49,561, 2nd) |
Keith Prince[e] (65,037, 1st) |
Kim Arrowsmith (15,010, 4th) |
Fraser Kingsley Coppin (8,240, 6th) |
Alex Wilson[f] (19,696, 3rd) |
Mohammed Asif (Ind) (11,768, 5th) Andy Walker (TUSC) (2,145, 7th) |
| Lambeth & Southwark | Marina Ahmad[e] (84,768, 1st) |
Christine Ann Wallace (21,121, 4th) |
Claire Frances Sheppard[f] (35,144, 2nd) |
Chris French (22,030 3rd) |
Tony Sharp[f] (8,942, 5th) |
Adam John Lewis Buick (SPGB) (2,082, 6th) |
| Merton & Wandsworth | Leonie Cooper[e] (77,235, 1st) |
Ellie Cox (49,812, 2nd) |
Pippa Maslin (19,124, 4th) |
Sue Wixley[f] (21,418, 3rd) |
Tania Marszalek[f] (8,063, 5th) |
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| North East | Sem Moema[e] (104,088, 1st) |
Pearce Branigan (27,769, 3rd) |
Antoinette Fernandez (44,342, 2nd) |
Rebecca Jones (12,920, 4th) |
Tony Glover[f] (9,086, 5th) |
Tan Bui (Ind) (1,804, 7th) Nancy Taaffe (TUSC) (5,595, 6th) |
| South West | Marcela Benedetti (50,656, 2nd) |
Ron Mushiso[g] (49,981, 3rd) |
Chas Warlow (17,696, 4th) |
Gareth Roberts[f] (66,675, 1st) |
Steve Chilcott[f] (14,450, 5th) |
Abigail Dawn Hardy (Ind) (5,205, 6th) |
| West Central | James Tacuma Small-Edwards (46,831, 1st) |
Tony Devenish[e] (42,578, 2nd) |
Rajiv Rahul Sinha (12,427, 4th) |
Christophe Noblet (14,505, 3rd) |
Nicola Pateman[f] (8,040, 5th) |
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| Source: London Elects | ||||||
- ^ a b c d e f g Stood as a mayoral candidate
- ^ Berry resigned from the Assembly three days after the election so that Garbett would be co-opted to replace her[8]
- ^ Garbett was co-opted into the Assembly after Berry resigned three days after the election
- ^ Fox is leader of the Reclaim Party, but is not declared as such.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Incumbent seeking re-election
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Also a candidate for the London-wide list
- ^ a b c New candidate for incumbent party
Assembly members not standing for re-election
[edit]- Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London-wide list member since 2008.[9]
- Onkar Sahota, Labour member for Ealing and Hillingdon since 2012.[10]
- Nick Rogers, Conservative member for South West since 2021.[11]
- Peter Fortune, Conservative member for Bexley and Bromley since 2021.[12]
Opinion polls
[edit]Constituency
[edit]| Date(s) conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Lab | Con | Green | Lib Dem | Reform | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-30 Apr 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,192 | 46% | 21% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 2% | 25% |
| 6 May 2021 | 2021 Assembly election | — | 41.2% | 32.0% | 13.0% | 10.3% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 9.2% | |
Party list
[edit]| Date(s) conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Lab | Con | Green | Lib Dem | Reform | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-30 Apr 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,192 | 43% | 21% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 22% |
| 6 May 2021 | 2021 Assembly election | — | 38.1% | 30.7% | 11.8% | 7.3% | 1.0% | 11.1% | 7.4% | |
Results
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| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | +/– | |||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Labour | 983,216 | 39.75 | 10 | 951,056 | 38.40 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 673,036 | 27.21 | 3 | 648,269 | 26.17 | 5 | 8 | −1 | |
| Green | 319,869 | 12.93 | 0 | 286,746 | 11.58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 271,049 | 10.96 | 1 | 215,682 | 8.71 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Reform UK | 183,361 | 7.41 | 0 | 145,409 | 5.87 | 1 | 1 | +1 | |
| Rejoin EU | 62,528 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Animal Welfare | 41,303 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Britain First | 32,085 | 1.30 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 26,798 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Social Democratic | 23,021 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Laurence Fox | 13,795 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Farah London | 13,048 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Communist Party of Britain | 10,915 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Heritage | 4,431 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gabe Romualdo | 1,601 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| TUSC | 15,216 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Socialist | 3,721 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Independent | 24,087 | 0.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2,473,555 | 100.00 | 14 | 2,476,687 | 100.00 | 11 | 25 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,473,555 | 99.20 | 2,476,687 | 99.31 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,878 | 0.80 | 17,226 | 0.69 | |||||
| Total votes | 2,493,433 | 100.00 | 2,493,913 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,162,428 | 40.46 | 6,162,428 | 40.47 | |||||
| Source: [1] | |||||||||
Aftermath
[edit]Three days after the election, Siân Berry resigned from the Assembly so that Zoe Garbett could take her place instead.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021
- ^ "Tory rebels back off Sunak coup despite election losses". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "London Mayor and Assembly". Your Vote Matters. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "The Voting Systems". London Elects. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Nominations". London Elects.
- ^ Harpley, Mary. "Election of London Members of the London Assembly – STATEMENT OF PARTIES AND INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES NOMINATED | London Elects" (PDF). www.londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "London-wide Member of the London Assembly results via London Elects". www.londonelects.org.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sian-berry-zoe-garbett-green-party-london-assembly-member-brighton-b1156055.html
- ^ "London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon to stand down at next election". South London News. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Vickers, Noah (21 November 2023). "Sadiq Khan's ally told he cannot fight next year's City Hall election". Evening Standard. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Vickers, Noah (8 June 2023). "Tory politician and former mayoral hopeful to leave City Hall at next election". Evening Standard. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Vickers, Noah (15 March 2024). "Evening Standard".
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-party-london-assembly-sian-berry-b2540945.html
