On Thursday 5 May there will be elections for the Mayor of London and the 25 members of the London Assembly. The Mayor of London makes decisions that affects the every day lives of Londoners. The Mayor has particular responsibilities for: policing, transport, housing, fire and emergency planning, the environment, culture, economic development, regeneration, planning and development, and tackling health inequalities.
The 12 Mayor of London candidates are:
- Sian Rebecca Berry: Green Party
- David Furness: British National Party (BNP)
- George Galloway: Respect (George Galloway)
- Paul Golding: Britain's First- Putting British people first
- Zac Goldsmith: Conservative Party
- Lee Eli Harris: Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol
- Sadiq Aman Khan: Labour Party
- Ankit Love: One Love Party
- Caroline Valerie Pidgeon: London Liberal Democrats
- Sophie Walker: Women's Equality Party
- Peter Robin Whittle: UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Prince Zylinski: Independent
How is London Mayor elected?
If a candidate gets more than half of all the first choice votes, they are declared the winner and elected Mayor of London for the next 4 years.
If no candidate gets more than half of the first choice votes, the 2 candidates with the most first choices go into a second round. All other candidates are eliminated. The eliminated candidates' ballot papers are reviewed and any second choice votes for the top 2 candidates are added to their totals.
The candidate with the highest number of combined first and second choice votes is elected Mayor.
How to vote?
Vote for the Mayor using your pink ballot paper
- You have 2 choices for Mayor.
- Vote once [X] in Column A for your First choice
- Vote once [X] in Column B for your Second choice
- For your second choice to be valid it must be different from your first choice.
- If you only mark a second choice, your vote will note be counted.
- Marking a second choice doesn't reduce the chancers of your first choice candidate being successful.
