Mayor of London Totally Explained

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The Mayor of London is an elected politician who governs the city of London. Since May 2008, Conservative Boris Johnson has held the position.
The role, created in 2000 after London devolution referendum, was the first directly-elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The Mayor of London is also referred to as the London Mayor, a form which helps to avoid confusion with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the ancient and now mainly ceremonial role in the City of London. The Mayor of London is mayor of Greater London, which has a population of over 7.5 million (the City of London is only a small part of the modern city centre and has a population of less than 10,000).

Elections

The Mayor of London is elected by Supplementary Vote for a fixed term of four years, with elections taking place in May. As with most elected posts in the UK, there's a deposit, in this case of £10,000, returnable on the candidate's winning at least 5% of the first-choice votes cast.

2000

The 2000 campaign was incident-filled. The eventual winner, Ken Livingstone, went back on an earlier pledge not to run as an independent after losing the Labour nomination to Frank Dobson.


Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final	%²
Independent	667,877	39.0	178,809	12.6	776,427	57.9
Conservative	464,434	27.1	188,041	13.2	564,137	42.1
Labour	223,884	13.1	228,095	16.0
Liberal Democrat	203,452	11.9	404,815	28.5
CPA	42,060	2.4	56,489	4.0
Green	38,121	2.2	192,764	13.6
BNP	33,569	2.0	45,337	3.2
UKIP	16,324	1.0	43,672	3.1
Pro-Motorist Small Shop	9,956	0.6	23,021	1.6
Independent	9,015	0.5	41,766	2.9
Natural Law	5,470	0.3	18,185	1.3

The Conservative Party had to replace Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare as their candidate when he was charged with perjury; Steve Norris was elected as his replacement.

2004

In 2004, the second election was held. After being re-admitted to the Labour Party, Ken Livingstone was their official candidate. He won re-election after second preference votes were counted, with Steve Norris again coming second.


Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final	%²
Labour	685,541	35.7	250,517	13.0	828,380	55.4
Conservative	542,423	28.2	222,559	11.6	667,178	44.6
Liberal Democrat	284,645	14.8	465,704	24.3
UKIP	115,665	6.0	193,157	10.0
RESPECT	61,731	3.2	63,294	3.3
BNP	58,405	3.0	70,736	3.7
Green	57,331	2.9	208,686	10.9
CPA	41,696	2.2	56,721	2.9
IWCA	9,542	0.5	39,678	2.1
Independent	6,692	0.4	20,391	1.1

2008

English Democrats

London Mayoral Election Results 2008
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final²	%³
	Conservative	1,043,761	42.48 (+14.3%)	257,792	10.49	1,168,738	53.2
	Labour	893,877	36.38 (+0.7%)	303,198	12.34	1,028,966	46.8
	Liberal Democrat	236,685	9.63 (–5.2%)	641,412	26.11
	Green	77,374	3.15 (+0.3%)	331,727	13.50
	British National Party	69,710	2.84 (+0.2%)	128,609	5.23
	Christian Peoples Alliance	39,249	1.6 (–0.6%)	80,140	3.26
	UKIP	22,422	0.91 (–5.1%)	113,651	4.63
	Left List	16,796	0.68	35,057	1.43
10,695	0.44	73,538	2.99
	Independent	5,389	0.22	38,954	1.59

¹Second preference votes are only used to elect the mayor if no single candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. Only the top two candidates receive the second preference votes. ²On papers where the 1st and 2nd choice votes are for the top two candidates, the 2nd choice votes are not counted. ³Percentage figures are not officially published on the final votes, they're produced here for illustration and are calculated by dividing the candidate's final vote by the total of final votes. ⁴Matt O'Connor withdrew from the election in the week prior to polling day but his name remained on the ballot paper.

List of Mayors

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Ken Livingstone		4 May 2000	4 May 2008	Independent 2000–2004Labour 2004–2008
	Boris Johnson		4 May 2008	Incumbent	Conservative

Initiatives

Initiatives taken by Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London included the London congestion charge on private vehicles using city centre London on weekdays, the creation of the London Climate Change Agency, the London Energy Partnership

and the founding of the international Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, now known as C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. The Congestion charge led to many new buses being introduced across London.
They have also included the London Partnerships Register

which was a voluntary scheme without legal force for same-sex couples to register their partnership, and paved the way for the introduction by the United Kingdom Parliament of civil partnerships. Unlike civil partnerships, the London Partnerships Register was open to heterosexual couples who favour a public commitment other than marriage.
As Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone was also a key player and supporter of the London Olympics in 2012, and is known to always encourage sport in London; especially when sport can be combined with helping UK charities-like The London Marathon and British 10K charity races. In the summer of 2007 he brought the World famous Tour de France cycle race to London.

Salary

The Mayor of London's salary is one that ranks alongside that of a government Cabinet minister's. The current salary is £137,579 per year.

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