London Assembly election, 2004

London Assembly election, 2004

10 June 2004
25 London Assembly Seats 13 seats needed for majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Howard Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Last election 9 seats 9 seats 4 seats Seats won 9 7 5 Seat change 2 1 Constituency Vote 562,047 444,808 332,237 % and swing 31.2% 0.2% 24.7% 6.9% 18.4% 0.5% Regional Vote 533,696 468,247 316,218 % and swing 28.5% 0.5% 25.0% 5.3% 16.9% 2.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Caroline Lucas & Mike Woodin Roger Knapman Party Green UKIP Last election 3 seats 0 seats Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 2 Constituency Vote 138,242 180,516 % and swing 7.7% 2.6% 10.0% 9.9% Regional Vote 160,445 156,780 % and swing 8.6% 2.5% 8.4% 6.3%
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.

An election to the Assembly of London took place on 10 June 2004, along with the London mayoral election, 2004.

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

 London Assembly election, 2004

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 Democrat	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	N/A	0		87,533	4.7	N/A	0		0		-
	Christian Peoples	43,322	2.4	N/A	0		54,914	2.9	0.4	0		0		-
	Others	19,064	1.1	4.8	0		4,968	0.3	N/A	0		0		-
	Total	1,802,537			14		1,873,166			11		25

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.

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• Overall turnout: 36.97%

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References

External links

• Guardian (newspaper): collection of manifestos
• MayorWatch London Elections Guide