2004 London Assembly election
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An election to the Assembly of London took place on 10 June 2004, along with the 2004 London mayoral election.
The Assembly is elected by the Additional Member System. There are fourteen directly elected constituencies, nine of which were won by the Conservatives and five by the Labour Party. An additional eleven members were allocated by a London wide top-up vote, with the proviso that parties must win at least 5% of the vote to qualify for list seats. This latter rule prevented both the British National Party and the Respect Party from winning a seat each as both fell just short of the 5% threshold.
This election saw losses for Labour and the Greens and gains for both the Liberal Democrats and UKIP, who achieved their first representation in the Assembly since its creation in 2000.
Results
| Parties | Additional member system | Total seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Region | |||||||||||||
| Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Total | +/− | % | ||
| Conservative | 562,047 | 31.2 | 2.0 | 9 | 1 | 533,696 | 28.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 36.0 | ||
| Labour | 444,808 | 24.7 | 6.9 | 5 | 1 | 468,247 | 25.0 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 28.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 332,237 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 316,218 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | ||
| Green | 138,242 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 0 | 160,445 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | ||
| UKIP | 180,516 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 0 | 156,780 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | ||
| BNP | - | - | - | - | - | 90,365 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Respect | 82,301 | 4.6 | New | 0 | 87,533 | 4.7 | New | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| CPA | 43,322 | 2.4 | N/A | 0 | 54,914 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| Alliance for Diversity in Community, Uppal | - | - | - | - | - | 4,968 | 0.3 | New | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Communist | 1,378 | 0.1 | N/A | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| Rathy Alagaratnam | 1,240 | 0.1 | New | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| Others | 16,446 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| Total | 1,802,537 | 14 | 1,873,166 | 11 | 25 |
| Conservative | 31.2% | |
| Labour | 24.7% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 18.4% | |
| UKIP | 10.0% | |
| Green | 7.7% | |
| Respect | 4.6% | |
| CPA | 2.4% | |
| Others | 1.1% |
| Conservative | 28.5% | |
| Labour | 25.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 16.9% | |
| Green | 8.6% | |
| UKIP | 8.4% | |
| BNP | 4.8% | |
| Respect | 4.7% | |
| CPA | 2.9% | |
| Others | 0.3% |
| Conservative | 36.0% | |
| Labour | 28.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 20.0% | |
| Green | 8.0% | |
| UKIP | 8.0% |
The Conservative Party gained Brent and Harrow from Labour (who lost 7.6% of their vote), however they lost it again in the 2008 election. There were also large swings away from Labour in Barnet and Camden, City and East, Ealing and Hillingdon, Greenwich and Lewisham, Havering and Redbridge and West Central. The Liberal Democrats lost votes in most constituencies, but made gains in Enfield and Haringey, Lambeth and Southwark and Merton and Wandsworth. UKIP gained large percentages of the vote in Bexley and Bromley, Croydon and Sutton, Greenwich and Lewisham and Havering and Redbridge.
- Overall turnout: 36.97%
London Assembly representation
| Party | Seats | Loss/Gain | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 9 | ±0 | |
| Labour | 7 | –2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | +1 | |
| Green | 2 | –1 | |
| UKIP | 2 | +2 | |
| Total | 25 |
New members
- Bob Blackman (Conservative Party, Brent and Harrow)
- Dee Doocey (Liberal Democrats, London list)
- Damian Hockney (UK Independence Party, London list)
- Peter Hulme-Cross (UK Independence Party, London list)
- Joanne McCartney (Labour Party, Enfield and Haringey)
- Murad Qureshi (Labour Party, London list)
Defeated members
- Toby Harris (Labour Party, Brent and Harrow)
- Samantha Heath (Labour Party, London list)
- Noel Lynch (Green Party of England and Wales, London list)
- Eric Ollerenshaw (Conservative Party, London list)
Retiring members
Constituency Candidates
| Constituency | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | Green | UKIP | Respect | CPA | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet & Camden | Brian Coleman (47,640, 1st) | Lucy Anderson (36,121, 2nd) | Jonathan Simpson (23,603, 3rd) | Miranda Dunn (11,921, 4th) | Magnus Nielsen (8,685, 5th) | Elisabeth Wheatley (5,150, 6th) | ||
| Bexley & Bromley | Bob Neill (64,246, 1st) | Charlie Mansell (24,848, 4th) | Duncan Borrowman (29,992, 2nd) | Ann Garrett (8,069, 5th) | Heather Bennett (26,703, 3rd) | Alun Morinan (1,673, 7th) | Miranda Suit (3,397, 6th) | |
| Brent & Harrow | Bob Blackman (39,900, 1st) | Toby Harris (35,214, 2nd) | Havard Hughes (20,782, 3rd) | Mohammad Ali (6,975, 5th) | Daniel Moss (7,199, 4th) | Albert Harriott (4,586, 6th) | Gladstone Macaulay (2,734, 7th) | |
| City & East | Shafi Choudhury (23,749, 2nd) | John Biggs (38,085, 1st) | Guy Burton (18,255, 4th) | Terry McGrenera (8,687, 6th) | Christopher Pratt (17,997, 5th) | Oliur Rahman (19,675, 3rd) | Christopher Gill (4,461, 7th) | |
| Croydon & Sutton | Andrew Pelling (52,330, 1st) | Sean Fitzsimons (25,861, 3rd) | Steve Gauge (28,636, 2nd) | Shasha Khan (6,175, 5th) | James Feisenberger (15,203, 4th) | Waqas Hussain (3,108, 7th) | David Campanale (4,234, 6th) | |
| Ealing & Hillingdon | Richard Barnes (45,230, 1st) | Gurcharan Singh (34,214, 2nd) | Mike Cox (23,440, 3rd) | Sarah Edwards (9,395, 5th) | David Malindine (14,698, 4th) | Salvinder Dhillon (4,229, 7th) | Genevieve Hibbs (3,024, 8th) | Dalawar Chaudhry (Ind) (5,285, 6th) |
| Enfield & Haringey | Peter Forrest (32,381, 2nd) | Joanne McCartney (33,955, 1st) | Wayne Hoban (19,720, 3rd) | Jayne Forbes (10,310, 5th) | Brian Hall (10,652, 4th) | Sait Akgul (6,855, 6th) | Peter Wolstenholme (2,365, 7th) | |
| Greenwich & Lewisham | Gareth Bacon (22,168, 2nd) | Len Duvall (36,251, 1st) | Alexander Feakes (19,183, 3rd) | Susan Luxton (11,271, 5th) | Timothy Reynolds (13,454, 4th) | Ian Page (2,825, 7th) | Stephen Hammond (3,619, 6th) | |
| Havering & Redbridge | Roger Evans (44,723, 1st) | Keith Darvill (28,017, 2nd) | Matthew Lake (13,646, 4th) | Ashley Gunstock (6,009, 6th) | Lawrence Webb (18,297, 3rd) | Abdurahman Jafar (5,185, 7th) | Juliet Hawkins (2,917, 8th) | Malvin Brown (Res. Assoc. London) (6,925, 5th) David Stephens (Nat. Lib.) (2,031, 9th) Peter Thorogood (Ind) (1,597, 10th) |
| Lambeth & Southwark | Bernard Gentry (17,379, 3rd) | Val Shawcross (36,280, 1st) | Caroline Pidgeon (30,805, 2nd) | Shane Collins (11,900, 4th) | Frank Maloney (8,776, 5th) | Janet Noble (4,930, 6th) | Simisola Lawanson (3,655, 7th) | |
| Merton & Wandsworth | Elizabeth Howlett (48,295, 1st) | Kathryn Smith (31,417, 2nd) | Andrew Martin (17,864, 3rd) | Roy Vickery (10,163, 4th) | Adrian Roberts (8,327, 5th) | Ruairidh Maclean (4,297, 6th) | Ellen Greco (2,782, 7th) | Rathy Alagaratnam (Ind) (1,240, 8th) |
| North East | Andrew Boff (23,264, 3rd) | Jennette Arnold (37,380, 1st) | Terry Stacy (24,042, 2nd) | Jon Nott (16,739, 4th) | R. J. Selby (11,459, 5th) | D. R. E. Ryan (11,184, 6th) | A. A. Otchie (3,219, 7th) | J. I. Beavis (CPB) (1,378, 7th) |
| South West | Tony Arbour (48,858, 1st) | Seema Malhotra (25,225, 3rd) | Dee Doocey (44,791, 2nd) | Judy Maciejowska (9,866, 5th) | A. G. Hindle (12,477, 4th) | O. M. Waraich (3,785, 6th) | P. J. Flower (3,008, 7th) | |
| West Central | Angie Bray (51,884, 1st) | Ansuya Sodha (21,940, 2nd) | Francesco Fruzza (17,478, 3rd) | Julia Stephenson (10,762, 4th) | Damian Hockney (7,219, 5th) | Kevin Cobham (4,825, 6th) | Jillian McLachlan (1,993, 7th) | |
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London-wide lists
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw, Andrew Boff, Rebekah Gilbert, Victoria Borwick, Bob Blackman, William Norton, Reza Choudhury, Joseph Cormach, Adrian Knowles, Gareth Bacon, Bernard Gentry, Andrew Retter, Tony Cox, Philip Briscoe, Yvonne Rivlin, Lionel Zetter, David Williams, Jonathan Gough, Matthew Laban, Simon Jones, Sean Fear, Darshan Suri | 533,696 | 28.5 | 0.49 | |
| Labour | Nicky Gavron, Murad Qureshi, John Biggs, Len Duvall, Jennette Arnold, Val Shawcross, Joanne McCartney, Navin Shah, Ranjit Dheer, Balvinder Saund, Leonie Cooper, Ansuya Sodha, Shafi Khan, Alex Heslop | 468,247 | 25.0 | 5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone, Graham Tope, Sally Hamwee, Michael Tuffrey, Dee Doocey, Geoff Pope, Duncan Borrowman, Monroe Palmer, Baron Palmer of Childs Hill, Meral Ece, Steven Gauge, Christopher Noyce | 316,218 | 16.9 | 2.1 | |
| Green | Jenny Jones, Darren Johnson, Noel Lynch, Keith Magnum, Danny Bates, Shane Collins, Ruth Jenkins, Mischa Borris, Thomas Walsh, Ashley Gunstock | 160,445 | 8.6 | 2.5 | |
| UKIP | Damian Hockney, Peter Hulme-Cross, Adrian Roberts, Paul Cronin, Lawrence Webb, Robin Lambert, John Dunford, Ralph Steven Atkinson, Frederick James Rolph, Daniel William Moss, Heather Ann Bennett | 156,780 | 8.4 | 6.3 | |
| BNP | Jason Paul Douglas, Barry John Roberts, Julian Peter Leppert, Richard Barnbrook, Mary Teresa Culnane, Clifford John Le May, Alan Herbert Bailey, Anthony Young, Lawrence Rustem, Carlos Cortiglia, Gareth William Jones | 90,365 | 4.8 | 2.0 | |
| Respect | Lindsey German, Oliur Rahmanm, Linda Smith, Janet Noble, Sait Akgul, Salvinder Dhillon, Michael Rosen, Gregory Tucker, Tansy Hoskins, Kevin Cobham, Abdurahman Jafar | 87,533 | 4.7 | New | |
| CPA | Ram Gidoomal, David Bruno Campanale, Alan Craig, Gladstone Olufemi Macaulay, Peter James Flower, Susan Jane May, Genevieve Mary Hibbs, Juliet Frances Hawkins, Peter Hartley Wolstenholme, Jillian Mary Mclachlan, Ellen Sheila Greco | 54,914 | 2.9 | 0.39 | |
| Alliance for Diversity in Community, Uppal | Inder Singh Uppal, Vasudev Kalidas Patel, Pritpal Singh Gahbri | 4,968 | 0.3 | New |