2012 London Assembly election

2012 London Assembly election
25 London Assembly Seats; 13 seats needed for majority
Turnout	37.4% 6.9%

The London Assembly election of 2012 was an election of members to the London Assembly which took place on Thursday, 3 May 2012, the same day as the 2012 London mayoral election, and the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Although Conservative candidate Boris Johnson won the Mayoral election, the Assembly election produced the Labour Party's best result since the inception of the London Assembly; this was subsequently surpassed by the party's performance in the 2016 election.

Overview

The Assembly is elected by the Additional Member System. There are fourteen directly elected constituencies, all of which have, to date, only ever been won by the Conservative Party or the Labour Party. An additional eleven members are allocated by a London wide top-up vote with the proviso that parties must win at least five percent of the vote to qualify for the list seats.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 3 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the Assembly election. Those who were temporarily away from London (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the Assembly election.^[2] The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Wednesday 18 April 2012,^[3] though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 26 April 2012 to register.^[4]

Candidates

Constituency candidates

Constituency	Conservative	Labour	Green	Lib Dems	UKIP^[a]	BNP	Others
Constituency							Others
Barnet & Camden	Brian Coleman (I) (53,378, 2nd)	Andrew Dismore (74,677, 1st)	A.M. Poppy (17,904, 3rd)	Chris Richards (13,800, 4th)	Michael Corby (7,331, 5th)
Bexley & Bromley	James Cleverly (I) (88,482, 1st)	Josie Channer (40,714, 2nd)	Jonathan Rooks (9,209, 5th)	Sam Webber (11,396, 3rd)	David Coburn (10,771, 4th)	Donna Treanor (7,563, 6th)
Brent & Harrow	Sachin Rajput (40,604, 2nd)	Navin Shah (I) (70,400, 1st)	Shahrar Ali (10,546, 4th)	Charlotte Henry (15,690, 3rd)	Mick McGough (7,830, 5th)
City & East	John Moss (24,923, 2nd)	John Biggs (I) (107,667, 1st)	Chris Smith (10,891, 3rd)	Richard Macmillan (7,351, 4th)	Steven Woolfe (5,243, 7th)	Paul Borg (7,031, 5th)	Kamran Malik (CUP) (6,774, 6th) Paul Davies (Comm. League) (1,108, 8th)
Croydon & Sutton	Steve O'Connell (I) (60,152, 1st)	Louisa Woodley (50,734, 2nd)	Gordon Ross (10,287, 5th)	Abigail Lock (21,889, 3rd)	Winston McKenzie (10,757, 4th)
Ealing & Hillingdon	Richard Barnes (I) (62,474, 2nd)	Onkar Sahota (65,584, 1st)	Mike Harling (10,877, 4th)	Mike Cox (11,805, 3rd)	Helen Knight (6,750, 5th)	David Furness (4,284, 6th)	Ian Edward (NF) (2,035, 7th)
Enfield & Haringey	Andy Hemsted (37,293, 2nd)	Joanne McCartney (I) (74,034, 1st)	Peter Krakowiak (12,278, 4th)	Dawn Barnes (13,601, 3rd)	Peter Staveley (4,298, 5th)	Marie Nicholas (3,081, 6th)
Greenwich & Lewisham	Alex Wilson (27,329, 2nd)	Len Duvall (I) (65,366, 1st)	Roger Sedgley (12,427, 3rd)	John Russell (9,393, 4th)	Paul Oakley (4,997, 6th)	Roberta Woods (3,551, 7th)	Barbara Raymond (PBP) (6,873, 5th) Tess Culnane (NF) (1,816, 8th)
Havering & Redbridge	Roger Evans (I) (53,285, 1st)	Mandy Richards (49,386, 2nd)	Haroon Said (5,207, 7th)	Farrukh Islam (6,435, 5th)	Lawrence Webb (9,471, 3rd)	Robert Taylor (5,234, 6th)	Malvin Brown (Res. Assoc. London) (8,239, 4th) Mark Twiddy (Eng. Dem.) (2,573, 8th) Richard Edmonds (NF) (1,936, 9th)
Lambeth & Southwark	Michael Mitchell (30,537, 2nd)	Val Shawcross (I) (83,239, 1st)	Jonathan Bartley (18,144, 4th)	Rob Blackie (18,359, 3rd)	James Fluss (4,395, 5th)		Danny Lambert (SPGB) (2,938, 6th)
Merton & Wandsworth	Richard Tracey (I) (65,197, 1st)	Leonie Cooper (55,216, 2nd)	Roy Vickery (11,307, 4th)	Lisa Smart (11,904, 3rd)	Mazhar Manzoor (3,717, 5th)		Thamilini Kulendran (Ind) (2,424, 6th) Bill Martin (SPGB) (1,343, 7th)
North East	Naomi Newstead (35,714, 2nd)	Jennette Arnold (I) (101,902, 1st)	Caroline Allen (29,677, 3rd)	Farooq Qureshi (13,237, 4th)	Paul Wiffen (6,623, 5th)		Ijaz Hayat (Ind) (4,842, 6th)
South West	Tony Arbour (I) (69,151, 1st)	Lisa Homan (49,889, 2nd)	Daniel Goldsmith (17,070, 4th)	Munira Wilson (28,947, 3rd)	Jeff Bolter (8,505, 5th)
West Central	Kit Malthouse (I) (73,761, 1st)	Todd Foreman (44,630, 2nd)	Susanna Rustin (12,799, 3rd)	Layla Moran (10,035, 4th)	Elizabeth Jones (5,161, 5th)
Source: London Elects

London-wide List Candidates


Name	Candidates Elected to Assembly (and d'Hondt votes)	Candidates (in list order)
British National Party		Steve Squire, Dave Furness, Paul Sturdy, Carlos Cortiglia, John Clark, Robert Taylor, Giuseppe de Santis, Donna Treanor, Roberta Woods, Marie Nicholas, John Brooks
Christian Peoples Alliance - Supporting Traditional Marriage		Malcolm Martin, Sue May, Sid Cordle, Flora Amar, William Capstick, Ethel Odiete, Matthew Connolly, Denise Stafford, Mary Boyle, Vivek Trivedi, Ellen Greco, Francis Olawale, Robert Hampson, Rita Isingoma, Stan Gain, Ruth Price, Stephen Hammond, Charles Mrewa, Benny Stafford, Doreen Scrimshaw, Jonathan Rudd, Tony May, Katherine Mills, Roger Glencross, Faith Miuq
Conservative Party	Andrew Boff (101,218), Gareth Bacon (88,566), Victoria Borwick (78,215)	Andrew Boff, Gareth Bacon, Victoria Borwick, Suella Fernandes, Kemi Badenoch, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Nadia Sharif, Anthony Hughes, Andrew Stranack, Karim Sacoor, Amandeep Bhogal, Chris Hampsheir
English Democrats - "Putting England First!"		Roger Cooper, Steven Uncles, Benjamin Weald, Leo Brookes, Janus Polenceus, Mark Twiddy, Michael Barnbrook, Brian Cakebread
Green Party	Jenny Jones (189,215), Darren Johnson (94,608)	Jenny Jones, Darren Johnson, Noel Lynch, Natalie Bennett, Shahrar Ali, Farid Bakht, Caroline Allen, Romayne Phoenix, Caroline Russell, Anna Hughes, Marek Powley
Labour Party	Nicky Gavron (101,245), Murad Qureshi (91,120), Fiona Twycross (82,837), Tom Copley (75,934)	Nicky Gavron, Murad Qureshi, Fiona Twycross, Tom Copley, Florence Nosegbe, Unmesh Desai, Kirsten Hearn, Liquat Ali, Mabel McKeown, Kevin McGrath, Christine Quigley^[7]^[8]
London Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon (150,447), Stephen Knight (75,224)	Caroline Pidgeon, Stephen Knight, Bridget Fox, Shas Sheehan, Merlene Emerson, Emily Gasson, Steve Bradley, Marisha Ray, Nick Russell, Ajmal Masroor, Chris Richards^[9]
National Front - "Putting Londoners First!"		Tess Culnane, Ian Edward, Andrew Cripps
The House Party - Homes for Londoners		Terence McGrenera
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition		Alex Gordon, Nick Wrack, April Ashley, Sian Griffiths, Steve Hedley, Ian Leahair, Gary McFarlane, Martin Powell-Davies, Merlin Reader, Joe Simpson, Jenny Sutton, Nancy Taaffe, Jackie Turner, Lee Vernon, Lesley Woodburn, Michael Dooley, Mark Benjamin
UK Independence Party^[a]		Steven Woolfe, David Coburn, Lawrence Webb, Helen Dixon, Elizabeth Jones, Paul Oakley, Jeff Bolter, Mick McGough, Winston McKenzie, Peter Staveley, Mazhar Manzoor
Independent		Rathy Alagratnam
Independent		Ijaz Hayat

Opinion Polls

Constituency

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Others
Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample				Others
3 May 2012	Election results	2,207,677	32.7%	42.3%	8.8%	16.2%
30 Apr - 2 May 2012	YouGov	2,119	33%	44%	9%	14%
27 - 29 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,231	32%	45%	8%	15%
18 – 24 Apr 2012	Survation	1,443	30%	33%	13%	23%
20 - 22 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,138	34%	46%	9%	11%
13 - 15 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,060	35%	44%	11%	10%
1 May 2008	Election results	2,406,289	37.4%	28.0%	13.7%	20.9%

Regional

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Green	Others
Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample					Others
3 May 2012	Election results	2,215,008	32.0%	41.1%	6.8%	8.5%	11.6%
30 Apr - 2 May 2012	YouGov	2,119	32%	42%	9%	7%	11%
27 - 29 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,231	30%	44%	8%	5%	13%
18 – 24 Apr 2012	Survation	1,443	28%	33%	10%	8%	21%
20 - 22 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,138	33%	44%	9%	6%	6%
13 - 15 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,060	35%	46%	9%	3%	7%
1 May 2008	Election results	2,412,607	34.1%	27.1%	11.2%	8.3%	17.6%

Results

London Assembly election, 2012
	Additional member system										Total seats
	Constituency					Region					Total seats
	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Total	+/−	%
Labour	933,438	42.3	14.3	8	2	911,204	41.1	13.5	4	2	12	4	48.0
Conservative	722,280	32.7	1.6	6	2	708,528	32.0	2.6	3		9	2	36.0
Green	188,623	8.5	0.5	0		189,215	8.5	0.1	2		2		8.0
Liberal Democrats	193,842	8.8	4.9	0		150,447	6.8	4.6	2	1	2	1	8.0
UK Independence Party^[a]	95,849	4.3	1.4	0		100,040	4.5	2.6	0		0		-
BNP	30,744	1.4	0.6	0		47,024	2.1	3.3	0		0	1	-
CPA	-	-	-	-	-	38,758	1.8	1.1	0		0		-
English Democrat	2,573	0.1	1.4	0		22,025	1.0	0.1	0		0		-
TUSC	-	-	-	-	-	17,686	0.8	New	0		0		-
Ijaz Hayat	4,842	0.2	New	0		9,114	0.4	New	0		0		-
The House Party	-	-	-	-	-	8,126	0.4	New	0		0		-
National Front	5,787	0.3	1.1	0		8,006	0.4	New	0		0		-
Rathy Alagaratnam	-	-	-	-	-	4,835	0.2	0.1	0		0		-
Residents' Association of London	8,239	0.4	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
People Before Profit	6,873	0.3	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Communities United	6,774	0.3	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Socialist (GB)	4,281	0.2	0.1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Thamilini Kulendran	2,424	0.1	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Communist League	1,108	0.1	N/A	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Total	2,207,677			14		2,215,008			11		25

Constituency Vote

Labour			42.3%
Conservative			32.7%
Liberal Democrats			8.8%
Green			8.5%
Others			7.7%

Regional Vote

Labour			41.1%
Conservative			32.0%
Green			8.5%
Liberal Democrats			6.8%
Others			11.6%

Assembly seats

Labour			48.0%
Conservative			36.0%
Green			8.0%
Liberal Democrats			8.0%

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c UKIP candidates appeared on the ballot paper under their alternative registered description "Fresh Choice for London" rather than as "UKIP".^[5]^[6]

References

^ "London Assembly Member James Cleverly". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Who can register to vote?". Harrow Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications is the eleventh working day before election day.^{[citation needed]}
^ The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).^{[citation needed]}
^ "Who to vote for". London Elects. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "Oops! Why UKIP Wasn't On The Ballot Paper In London". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 4 May 2012.
^ Watt, Chris (13 July 2011). "Labour announces London Assembly candidates". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ Watt, Chris (1 February 2012). "Christine Quigley announced as latest london assembly Labour candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "2012 GLA list". Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

London Elects homepage

[UKIP-7] UKIP candidates appeared on the ballot paper under their alternative registered description "Fresh Choice for London" rather than as "UKIP".^[5]^[6]

[1] "London Assembly Member James Cleverly". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Who can register to vote?". Harrow Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[3] The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications is the eleventh working day before election day.^{[citation needed]}

[4] The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).^{[citation needed]}

[5] "Who to vote for". London Elects. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[6] "Oops! Why UKIP Wasn't On The Ballot Paper In London". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 4 May 2012.

[8] Watt, Chris (13 July 2011). "Labour announces London Assembly candidates". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[9] Watt, Chris (1 February 2012). "Christine Quigley announced as latest london assembly Labour candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[10] "2012 GLA list". Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

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