Smiddy
02-05-2008, 11:04 PM
It has been confirmed now that conservative candidate Boris Johnson will now be mayor for the city of London.
A mere 140,000 votes separated himself and Labour candidate Ken Livingstone.
1,168,738 - Johnson (1,043,761 + 124,977 in 1st/2nd prefs respectively)
1,028,966 - Livingstone (893,877 + 135,089)
This final result sums up the day in general for Labour (-9 councils), losing out heavily to Conservative (+12) in a majority of areas.
The liberal democrats came nowhere near, although did gain 1 more council.
Conservatives councilors across the country won 256 seats, whereas labour lost 331. Lib dems gaining 34 and the welsh party gaining 33 and 5 more going to other parties.
This is the worst local elections result for labour for 40 years.
In Livingstone's acceptance speech, he paid tribute to Livingstone by stating his admiration for shaping the office as he has and dealing with the London 7/7 by speaking for London.
A new London, let's see how this pans out.
A mere 140,000 votes separated himself and Labour candidate Ken Livingstone.
1,168,738 - Johnson (1,043,761 + 124,977 in 1st/2nd prefs respectively)
1,028,966 - Livingstone (893,877 + 135,089)
This final result sums up the day in general for Labour (-9 councils), losing out heavily to Conservative (+12) in a majority of areas.
The liberal democrats came nowhere near, although did gain 1 more council.
Conservatives councilors across the country won 256 seats, whereas labour lost 331. Lib dems gaining 34 and the welsh party gaining 33 and 5 more going to other parties.
This is the worst local elections result for labour for 40 years.
In Livingstone's acceptance speech, he paid tribute to Livingstone by stating his admiration for shaping the office as he has and dealing with the London 7/7 by speaking for London.
A new London, let's see how this pans out.