Just days before Londoners elect a new Mayor a new poll gives Boris Johnson a 4 point lead over rival Ken Livingstone. The YouGov poll for the Evening Standard double’s the lead Johnson enjoyed last week despite the Conservatives polling badly nationally and news of a return to recession. In the latest poll Johnson leads […]
2012 London Elections
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
The Guardian animates London’s Mayoral election
Big applause to The Guardian’s Paul Owen for the video below which nicely sums up this year’s underwhelming and policy-lite Mayor of London elections. Every London commentator will be wishing they’d thought of this first:
Jones: Greens could hold balance of power on London Assembly
With less than a week before Londoners vote for a new Mayor and Assembly, the Green party’s Jenny Jones says her party could hold the balance of power during the next City Hall term. Recent polls suggest the Conservatives could lose some of their current 11 seats on the Assembly with Labour emerging as the […]
With “a sigh”, Livingstone’s Jewish community critics endorse his campaign
Some of the signatories to a letter criticising Ken Livingstone’s attitudes to jewish voters now say they back his election to City Hall. Last month a number of Jewish Labour supporters wrote to Labour leader Ed Miliband following a meeting between Livingstone and Jewish community groups. According to the original letter, which was published by […]
Could Brian Paddick lose his deposit?
Today’s Comres poll makes for poor reading for the Liberal Democrats and their Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick. When weighted for turnout (Table 8), the poll suggests just 5% of Londoners plan to give him their first preference votes next Thursday – less than will back the Green Party’s Jenny Jones. As if polling lower than […]
