London Assembly election, 2016

London Assembly election, 2016

5 May 2016

25 London Assembly Seats 13 seats needed for majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeremy Corbyn David Cameron Natalie Bennett Party Labour Conservative Green Last election 12 9 2 Seats won 12 8 2 Seat change 1 List vote 1,054,801 764,230 207,959 Percentage 40.3% 29.2% 8.0% Swing 0.8% 2.8% 0.6% FPTP Seats 9 5 0 List Seats 3 3 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nigel Farage Tim Farron Party UKIP Liberal Democrat Last election 0 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 List vote 171,069 165,580 Percentage 6.5% 6.3% Swing 2.0% 0.5% FPTP Seats 0 0 List Seats 2 1

The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.

The 2016 London Assembly election was an election held on 5 May 2016^[1] to elect the members of the London Assembly. It took place on the same day as the London mayoral election^[2] and the United Kingdom local elections.

Overview

The election system to be used is called the Additional Member System. There are 14 constituencies that elect one member each to the Assembly. These seats have been won only by the Labour Party or the Conservative Party. The remaining 11 seats are distributed by a second vote, by a modified D'Hondt method of closed-list voting, with a 5% minimum threshold. These seats have been won by other parties too, namely the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP, and in the past the British National Party. The overall result is an attempted compromise between constituency representation and London-wide proportional representation.

Those who are eligible^[3] must be registered to vote before 19 April 2016 in order to take part in this election.^[4]

Labour received the largest ever number of votes for a party in a London Assembly election, becoming the first party to poll over 1 million votes. The Conservative Party won just 8 Assembly seats, its worst ever performance in a London Assembly election.

Candidates

Constituency candidates

Source:^[5][6]

Constituency	Conservative Party[7]	Labour Party[8]	Green Party	UKIP	Liberal Democrats[9]	Others
Barnet & Camden	Dan Thomas	Andrew Dismore (inc.)[10]	Stephen Taylor	Joseph Langton[11]	Zack Polanski[12]
Bexley & Bromley	Gareth Bacon (inc.)	Sam Russell	Roisin Robertson	Frank Gould	Julie Ireland	Veronica Obadara (APP)
Brent & Harrow	Joel Davidson	Navin Shah (inc.)	Jafar Hassan	Rathy Alagaratnam	Anton Georgiou	Akib Mahmood (Respect)
City & East	Chris Chapman	Unmesh Desai	Rachel Collinson	Peter Harris	Elaine Bagshaw	Mikail Rayne (Respect) Aaron D'Souza (APP) Amina Gichinga (Take Back the City)
Croydon & Sutton	Steve O'Connell (inc.)	Marina Ahmad	Tracey Hague	Peter Staveley	Amna Ahmad	Richard Edmonds (NF) Madonna Lewis (APP)
Ealing & Hillingdon	Dominic Gilham	Onkar Sahota (inc.)	Meena Hans[13]	Alex Nieora	Francesco Fruzza
Enfield & Haringey	Linda Kelly	Joanne McCartney (inc.)	Ronald Stewart	Neville Watson[14]	Nicholas da Costa	Godson Azu (APP)
Greenwich & Lewisham	Adam Thomas	Len Duvall (inc.)	Imogen Solly	Paul Oakley	Julia Fletcher[15]	Josephine Bangura (APP)
Havering & Redbridge	Keith Prince	Ivana Bartoletti[16]	Lee Burkwood	Lawrence Webb	Ian Sanderson[9]
Lambeth & Southwark	Robert Flint[17]	Florence Eshalomi	Rashid Nix	Idham Ramadi	Michael Bukola	Kevin Parkin (SPGB)[18] Amadu Kanumansa (APP)
Merton & Wandsworth	David Dean	Leonie Cooper	Esther Obiri-Darko	Elizabeth Jones	Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett[19]	Thamilini Kulendran (Independent)
North East	Sam Malik	Jennette Arnold (inc.)	Samir Jeraj	Freddy Vachha	Terry Stacy	Bill Martin (SPGB),[18] Tim Allen (Respect) Jonathan Silberman (Communist League)
South West	Tony Arbour (inc.)	Martin Whelton	Andree Frieze	Alan Craig	Rosina Robson[20]	Adam Buick (SPGB)[18]
West Central	Tony Devenish	Mandy Richards	Jennifer Nadel	Clive Egan	Annabel Mullin

List candidates

London Assembly election, 2016[21][22][23]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fiona Twycross (105,480), Tom Copley (95,891), Nicky Gavron (87,900), Murad Qureshi (81,139), Alison Moore, Preston Tabois, Feryal Demirci, Mike Katz, Emily Brothers, Bevan Powell, Sara Hyde	1,054,801	40.3%	–0.8%
	Conservative	Kemi Badenoch (127,372), Andrew Boff (109,176), Shaun Bailey (95,529), Susan Hall (84,914), Amandeep Bhogal, Joanne Laban, Antonia Cox, Joy Morrissey, Timothy Barnes, Gregory Stafford, Kishan Devani, Jonathan Cope	764,230	29.2%	–2.8%
	Green	Siân Berry (207,959), Caroline Russell (103,980), Shahrar Ali (69,320), Jonathan Bartley, Noel Lynch, Rashid Nix, Dee Searle, Benali Hamdache, Andrea Carey Fuller, Anne RoseMary Warrington, Peter Underwood	207,959	8.0%	–0.6%
	UKIP	Peter Whittle (171,069), David Kurten (85,535), Lawrence Webb (57,023), Peter Harris, Neville Watson, Piers Wauchope, Afzal Akram, Elizabeth Jones, Tariq Saeed, Freddy Vachha, Peter Staveley	171,069	6.5%	+2.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Pidgeon (165,580), Emily Davey (82,790), Merlene Emerson, Robert Blackie, Zack Polanski, Dawn Barnes, Annabel Mullin, Marisha Ray, Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, Pauline Pearce, Benjamin Mathis	165,580	6.3%	–0.5%
	Women's Equality	Sophie Walker, Harini Iyengar, Jacquelyn Guderley, Alison Marshall, Rebecca Manson Jones, Anila Dhami, Isabelle Parasram, Chris Paouros, Joanna Shaw, Kate Massey-Chase, Melanie Howard	91,772[24]	3.5%	N/A
	Respect	George Galloway, Akib Mahmood, Mikail Rayne, Clare McCaughey, Rehiana Ali, Terry Hoy, Simon Virgo, Saurav Dutt, Tehmeena Mahmood, Karina Lockhart	41,324	1.6%	N/A
	Britain First	Jayda Fransen, Paul Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone, Nancy Smith, Hollie Rouse, Peggy Saunders, Donna King, Kevan M^cMullen, Steven Connor	39,071	1.5%	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Malcolm Martin, Maureen Martin, Yemi Awolola, Helen Spiby-Vann, Ray Towey, Damilola Adewuyi, Kathy Mils, Kayode Shedono, Des Coke, Ashley Dickenson, Stephen Hammond, Kevin Nichols	27,172	1.0%	–0.8%
	Animal Welfare	Vanessa Hudson, Jonathan Homan, Alexander Bourke, Linda Seddon, Zsanett Csontos	25,810	1.0%	N/A
	BNP	David Furness, Paul Sturdy, John Clarke, Michael Jones, Peter Finch, Nicola Finch, Denise Underwood, Stephen Dillon, Philip Dalton, Gareth Jones, Beb Smith	15,833	0.6%	–1.5%
	The House Party	Terry McGrenera	11,055	0.4%	+0.1%

Rejected Ballots 29,733 (1.1%)^[25]

Total Votes 2,645,409

Note that party descriptions can be used as alternatives to the registered party name.^[26] Descriptions used in this election are:^[27]

• Britain First – Putting British people first
• Caroline Pidgeon's London Liberal Democrats
• Green Party – "vote Green on orange"
• Respect (George Galloway)
• UK Independence Party (UKIP)
• The House Party – Homes for Londoners

Opinion Polls

Constituency

Date	Firm	Sample	Labour	Conservative	Green	Liberal Democrat	UKIP	Others
2–4 May 2016	YouGov	1,017	44%	30%	7%	7%	11%	1%
15–19 April 2016	YouGov	1,017	46%	30%	6%	9%	9%	1%

Regional List

Date	Firm	Sample	Labour	Conservative	Green	Liberal Democrat	UKIP	Women's Equality	Others
2–4 May 2016	YouGov	1,017	39%	29%	9%	8%	11%	2%	3%
15–19 April 2016	YouGov	1,017	45%	29%	7%	8%	9%	1%	0%

Results

Constituency (FPTP) results

Party		Votes[28]	Share[28]	Change[28]	Seats	Loss/Gain
	Labour	1,138,576	43.5%	+3.3%	9	+1
	Conservative	812,415	31.1%	–1.6%	5	-1
	Green	236,809	9.1%	+0.5%	0	—
	UKIP	199,448	7.6%	+3.3%	0	—
	Liberal Democrat	195,820	7.5%	–1.3%	0	—
	Others	31,844	1.2%	–2.1%	0	—

• Total: 2,614,912
• Overall turnout: ~45.6%^[29]
• Change: +8.1%

Top-up results

Party		Votes[28]	Share[28]	Change[28]	Seats	Loss/Gain
	Labour	1,054,801	40.3%	-0.8%	3	—
	Conservative	764,230	29.2%	–2.8%	3	-1
	Green	207,959	8.0%	-0.6%	2	—
	UKIP	171,069	6.5%	+2.0%	2	+2
	Liberal Democrat	165,580	6.3%	–0.5%	1	-1
	Women's Equality	91,772	3.5%	n/a	0	—
	Respect	41,324	1.6%	n/a	0	—
	Britain First	39,071	1.5%	n/a	0	—
	Christian Peoples	27,172	1.0%	–0.8%	0	—
	Animal Welfare	25,810	1.0%	n/a	0	—
	BNP	15,833	0.6%	–1.5%	0	—
	The House Party	11,055	0.4%	n/a	0	—

• Total: 2,615,676
• Overall turnout: 45.6%^[30]
• Change: +8.1%

Footnotes

See also

• London mayoral election, 2016
• London Assembly
• List of London Assembly constituencies

References

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3. British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens
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12. "Lib Dems pick candidate to contest Barnet and Camden seat in City Hall". Times Series.
13. "Ealing Green Party - Meena Hans at the Climate March".
14. Site Editor. "November 2015 News Summary - UKIP Enfield & Haringey Branch".
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16. Laura Burnip. "Labour Party selects Ivana Bartoletti to stand in Havering and Redbridge - Election - Romford Recorder". romfordrecorder.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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18. "SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: We're off and running again.".
19. "Lib Dem GLA constituency candidates: see the list". Mark Pack.
20. "Rosina Robson". Rosina Robson.
21. "London-wide Assembly Member candidates, 2016". 1 April 2016.
22. "London-wide Assembly Member results 2016.pdf" (PDF). 6 May 2016.
23. "Results 2016, London Elects". 6 May 2016.
24. While this is more votes than the last allocated list position, WEP were denied a seat because they failed to reach the 5% threshold https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/The%20voting%20systems_2.pdf
25. https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/London-wide%20Assembly%20Member%20results%202016.pdf
26. "Introduction to registering a political party" (PDF). 15 April 2016.
27. "Mayoral candidates announced".
28. "London Elections 2016", House of Commons Library (PDF)
29. "London Elections 2016", House of Commons Library (PDF)
30. "London Elections 2016", House of Commons Library (PDF)

External links

• London Elects homepage