2016 London Assembly election
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The 2016 London Assembly election was an election held on 5 May 2016 to elect the members of the
Labour received the largest number of votes ever cast for a party in a London Assembly election, becoming the first party to poll over 1 million votes. Although they gained Merton and Wandsworth from the Conservatives, their regional vote share declined by 0.8%, and they finished with 12 AMs, the same as in 2012. The Conservative Party won just 8 Assembly seats, its worst-ever performance in a London Assembly election. The Green Party retained its 2 Assembly members, although its 8.0% share of the regional vote represented its worst-ever result, and UKIP returned to the London Assembly for the first time since the election of 2004. The Liberal Democrats elected just 1 AM, their worst-ever result.
Of the minor parties, the newly formed Women's Equality Party was the most successful, attracting 91,772 votes (3.51%) on the regional list, which did not entitle them to any Assembly members as the threshold for representation is 5% of the regional vote. No other party polled above 2%.
Overview
The election system used is called the
Those who were eligible[3] had to be registered to vote before 19 April 2016 in order to take part in this election.[4]
Candidates
Constituency candidates
Constituency | Conservative[5] | Labour[6] | Green | UKIP | Lib Dems[7] | Others |
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Barnet & Camden | Dan Thomas (65,242, 2nd) |
Andrew Dismore (I)[8] (81,482, 1st) |
Stephen Taylor (16,996, 3rd) |
Joseph Langton[9] (9,057, 5th) |
Zack Polanski[10] (11,204, 4th) |
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Bexley & Bromley | Gareth Bacon (I) (87,460, 1st) |
Sam Russell (45,791, 2nd) |
Roisin Robertson (12,685, 4th) |
Frank Gould (30,485, 3rd) |
Julie Ireland (12,145, 5th) |
Veronica Obadara (APP) (1,243, 6th) |
Brent & Harrow | Joel Davidson (59,147, 2nd) |
Navin Shah (I) (79,902, 1st) |
Jafar Hassan (9,874, 4th) |
Rathy Alagaratnam (9,074, 5th) |
Anton Georgiou (11,534, 3rd) |
Akib Mahmood (Respect) (5,170, 6th) |
City & East | Chris Chapman (32,546, 2nd) |
Unmesh Desai (122,175, 1st) |
Rachel Collinson (18,766, 3rd) |
Peter Harris (18,071, 4th) |
Elaine Bagshaw (10,714, 5th) |
Mikail Rayne (Respect) (6,772, 6th) Amina Gichinga (Take Back the City) (1,368, 7th) Aaron D'Souza (APP) (1,009, 8th) |
Croydon & Sutton | Steve O'Connell (I) (70,156, 1st) |
Marina Ahmad (58,542, 2nd) |
Tracey Hague (13,513, 5th) |
Peter Staveley (18,338, 4th) |
Amna Ahmad (18,859, 3rd) |
Madonna Lewis (APP) (1,386, 6th) Richard Edmonds (NF) (1,106, 7th) |
Ealing & Hillingdon | Dominic Gilham (70,155, 2nd) |
Onkar Sahota (I) (86,088, 1st) |
Meena Hans[11] (15,758, 4th) |
Alex Nieora (15,832, 3rd) |
Francesco Fruzza (13,154, 5th) |
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Enfield & Haringey | Linda Kelly (39,923, 2nd) |
Joanne McCartney (I) (91,075, 1st) |
Ronald Stewart (15,409, 3rd) |
Neville Watson[12] (9,042, 5th) |
Nicholas da Costa (12,038, 4th) |
Godson Azu (APP) (1,172, 6th) |
Greenwich & Lewisham | Adam Thomas (30,840, 2nd) |
Len Duvall (I) (85,735, 1st) |
Imogen Solly (20,520, 3rd) |
Paul Oakley (13,686, 4th) |
Julia Fletcher[13] (11,303, 5th) |
Josephine Bangura (APP) (1,275, 6th) |
Havering & Redbridge | Keith Prince (64,483, 1st) |
Ivana Bartoletti[14] (63,045, 2nd) |
Lee Burkwood (9,617, 4th) |
Lawrence Webb (26,788, 3rd) |
Ian Sanderson[7] (7,105, 5th) |
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Lambeth & Southwark | Robert Flint[15] (34,703, 2nd) |
Florence Eshalomi (96,946, 1st) |
Rashid Nix (25,793, 3rd) |
Idham Ramadi (6,591, 5th) |
Michael Bukola (21,489, 4th) |
Kevin Parkin (SPGB)[16] (1,333, 6th) Amadu Kanumansa (APP) (906, 7th) |
Merton & Wandsworth | David Dean (73,039, 2nd) |
Leonie Cooper (77,340, 1st) |
Esther Obiri-Darko (14,682, 3rd) |
Elizabeth Jones (8,478, 5th) |
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett[17] (10,732, 4th) |
Thamilini Kulendran ( Independent )(1,142, 6th) |
North East | Sam Malik (32,565, 2nd) |
Jennette Arnold (I) (134,307, 1st) |
Samir Jeraj (29,401, 3rd) |
Freddy Vachha (11,315, 5th) |
Terry Stacy (14,312, 4th) |
Tim Allen (Respect) (5,068, 6th) Bill Martin (SPGB),[16] (1,293, 7th) Jonathan Silberman (Communist League) (536, 8th) |
South West | Tony Arbour (I) (84,381, 1st) |
Martin Whelton (62,937, 2nd) |
Andree Frieze (19,745, 4th) |
Alan Craig (14,983, 5th) |
Rosina Robson[18] (30,654, 3rd) |
Adam Buick (SPGB)[16] (1,065, 6th) |
West Central | Tony Devenish (67,775, 1st) |
Mandy Richards (53,211, 2nd) |
Jennifer Nadel (14,050, 3rd) |
Clive Egan (7,708, 5th) |
Annabel Mullin (10,577, 4th) |
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Source: London Elects |
List candidates
London Assembly election, 2016[19][20][21] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Labour | Fiona Twycross (105,480), Tom Copley (95,891), Nicky Gavron (87,900), , Bevan Powell, Sara Hyde
Murad Qureshi (81,139), Alison Moore, Preston Tabois, Feryal Demirci, Mike Katz, Emily Brothers |
1,054,801 | 40.3% | –0.8% | |
Conservative | Shaun Bailey (95,529), , Timothy Barnes, Gregory Stafford, Kishan Devani, Jonathan Cope
Susan Hall (84,914), Amandeep Bhogal, Joanne Laban, Antonia Cox, Joy Morrissey |
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 Democrats | Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, Pauline Pearce , Benjamin Mathis
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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[22] | 3.5% | New | |
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% | New | |
Britain First | Jayda Fransen, Paul Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone, Nancy Smith, Hollie Rouse, Peggy Saunders, Donna King, Kevan McMullen, Steven Connor | 39,071 | 1.5% | New | |
CPA | 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
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25,810 | 1.0% | New | |
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%)[23]
Total votes 2,645,409
Note that party descriptions can be used as alternatives to the registered party name.[24] Descriptions used in this election were:[25]
- 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(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample | Lab | Con | Lib Dem | Green | UKIP
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Others | Lead |
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5 May 2016 | Election results | 2,614,912 | 43.5% | 31.1% | 7.5% | 9.1% | 7.6% | 1.2% | 12.4% |
2–4 May 2016 | YouGov | 1,574 | 44% | 30% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 1% | 14% |
15–19 April 2016 | YouGov | 1,017 | 46% | 30% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 1% | 16% |
3 May 2012 | Election results | 2,207,677 | 42.3% | 32.7% | 8.8% | 8.5% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 9.6% |
Regional list
Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample | Lab | Con | Green | Lib Dem | UKIP
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WEP | Others | Lead |
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5 May 2016 | Election results | 2,615,676 | 40.3% | 29.2% | 8.0% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 11.1% |
2–4 May 2016 | YouGov | 1,574 | 39% | 29% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 2% | 3% | 10% |
15–19 April 2016 | YouGov | 1,017 | 45% | 29% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 16% |
3 May 2012 | Election results | 2,215,008 | 41.1% | 32.0% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 4.5% | — | 7.1% | 9.1% |
Results
Parties | Additional member system
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Total seats | ||||||||||||||
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Constituency | Region | |||||||||||||||
Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Total | +/− | % | ||||
Labour | 1,138,576 | 43.5 | 1.2 | 9 | 1 | 1,054,801 | 40.3 | 0.8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 48.0 | ||||
Conservative | 812,415 | 31.1 | 1.6 | 5 | 1 | 764,230 | 29.2 | 2.8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 32.0 | ||||
Green | 236,809 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 207,959 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | |||||||
UKIP | 199,448 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 171,069 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 195,820 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 165,580 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | |||||
Women's Equality | - | - | - | - | - | 91,772 | 3.5 | New | 0 | - | ||||||
Respect | 16,960 | 0.6 | New | 41,324 | 1.6 | New | 0 | - | ||||||||
Britain First | - | - | - | - | - | 39,071 | 1.5 | New | 0 | - | ||||||
CPA | - | - | - | - | - | 27,172 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0 | - | ||||||
Animal Welfare | - | - | - | - | - | 25,810 | 1.0 | New | 0 | - | ||||||
BNP | - | - | - | - | - | 15,833 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0 | - | ||||||
The House Party | - | - | - | - | - | 11,055 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | - | ||||||
All People's Party | 6,991 | 0.3 | New | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||||
Socialist (GB) | 3,691 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||||
Take Back the City | 1,368 | 0.1 | New | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||||
Thamilini Kulendran | 1,142 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||||
Communist League | 536 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||||
Total | 2,614,862 | 14 | 2,615,676 | 11 | 25 |
Footnotes
See also
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