Results: Mayor

Final Mayoral result

Candidate name Party 1st choice votes 2nd choice votes * Total Votes
1 Boris Johnson Conservative Party 1,043,761 124,977 1,168,738
2 Ken Livingstone The Labour Party 893,877 135,089 1,028,966
  • * On papers where the 1st and 2nd choice votes are for the top two candidates, the 2nd choice votes are not counted

Results by candidate for 2008

Candidate name Party 1st choice votes 1st choice % 2nd choice votes 2nd choice %
Boris Johnson Conservative Party 1,043,761 43.20% 257,792 12.86%
Ken Livingstone The Labour Party 893,877 37.00% 303,198 15.13%
Brian Paddick Liberal Democrats 236,685 9.80% 641,412 32.01%
Siân Berry Green Party 77,374 3.20% 331,727 16.55%
Richard Barnbrook British National Party 69,710 2.89% 128,609 6.42%
Alan Craig Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party 39,249 1.62% 80,140 4.00%
Gerard Batten UK Independence Party 22,422 0.93% 113,651 5.67%
Lindsey German Left List 16,796 0.70% 35,057 1.75%
Matt O'Connor English Democrats 10,695 0.44% 73,538 3.67%
Winston McKenzie Independent 5,389 0.22% 38,954 1.94%

Turnout and Technical Information

Areas counted Votes
Electorate 5,419,913
Papers counted / turnout 2,456,990
Turnout 45.33%
Change in turnout from 2004
Good votes
1st choice
2nd choice		 2,415,958
2,004,078
Rejected votes *
1st choice
2nd choice		 41,032
412,054
Rejected votes totals include:
Blank **(no votes cast)
No 2nd preference *** 		13,034
407,840
  • * "Rejected votes" refers to ballot papers where the vote has not been counted because the ballot paper has not been filled out correctly. This may be because the voter has marked more than one preference in one column, because the voter identified themselves on the ballot paper, if the voter’s intention is unclear or if the voter has spoiled his or her paper in any way.
  • ** "Blank votes" refers to ballot papers where no 1st choice and no 2nd choice have been marked, and no vote has been counted. (This data is only available for 2008.)
  • *** "No 2nd preference" refers to ballot papers where voters have only made 1st choice vote and no 2nd choice vote. The first choice vote has been counted. (This data is only available for 2008.)