London mayoral election, 2020

London mayoral election, 2020
on or before 7 May 2020

 
Candidate Sadiq Khan Shaun Bailey to be determined
Party Labour Conservative Green
Boroughs of Greater London
Incumbent Mayor

Sadiq Khan
Labour

The next London mayoral election will be held on 7 May 2020, to elect the Mayor of London.[1] The position is currently held by Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, who was elected in 2016 with 44.2% of the vote in the first round.

Campaign

Incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan announced in June 2018 that he intended to stand for re-election.[2] Later that year, he was automatically re-selected to be Labour's candidate after receiving sufficient nominations from local party groups and affiliated trade unions to avoid an open selection.[3][4] His re-selection followed speculation that a figure from the left of his party could challenge him for the candidacy given Khan's disagreements with national party leader Jeremy Corbyn.[3]

The Conservative Party selected Shaun Bailey as its candidate in September 2018. In his selection, he emphasised crime, and proposed "maximising" CCTV coverage of London as an alternative to increasing the number of police officers, as well as automatic jail terms for those who commit acid attacks.[5][6] Bailey. is set to be the first Conservative candidate for Mayor of London not to have previously served as a Member of Parliament.[7] In the weeks after his selection, Bailey was criticised for having shared material describing Khan as "mad mullah Khan of Londonistan",[8] as well as remarks he had made previously about Muslims and Hindus,[9] single mothers,[10] and linking access to contraceptives and abortion services with crime.[11]

Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage announced in August 2018 that he was considering running, claiming that he would be more successful than the Conservatives.[12]

Candidates

Labour Party

Incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan became Labour's candidate after more than half of local parties and party affiliates in London voted to automatically reselect him.[13] Comedian Eddie Izzard and Tottenham MP David Lammy had previously been suggested as potential candidates.[14]

Conservative Party

Assembly member Shaun Bailey was selected as Conservative candidate in September 2018.[15] Bailey has been on the London Assembly since 2016.

The party had started the process for selecting their candidate in June 2018.[16][17] The Guardian reported that more than twenty prospective candidates applied, mostly from local government. A longlist of ten was published in July 2018.[3] Following interviews, the party produced a shortlist of three for London members of the Conservative Party to vote on[18] using a preferential voting system.[15] To vote, members had to reside in London and have been members on 26 June 2018.[3][19]

Bailey had been endorsed in the party's selection process by the Evening Standard, as well as Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners Anthony Stansfeld, David Lloyd, Matthew Scott and Roger Hirst.[20][21]

Conservative London mayoral candidate selection [15]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Shaun Bailey 3,164 43.2% 740 3,904 55.1%
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Conservative Andrew Boff 2,591 35.4% 595 3,186 45.9%
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Conservative Joy Morrissey 1,566 21.4%
​​

Green Party

The Green Party is yet to select its mayoral candidate.

Declared

Liberal Democrats

Five individuals were nominated for the Liberal Democrat candidacy at the close of nominations on 24 September 2018. Their mayoral candidate will be selected 23 November 2018.[43][44][45]

Nominated

Four of the five nominees have been announced so far.

Potential

  • Azi Ahmed, author, entrepreneur and Conservative candidate for Rochdale at the 2015 general election[52]
  • Kishan Devani, former Deputy Chairman of the London Conservative Party and Conservative candidate for Leicester East at the 2015 general election[52]
  • Rachel Johnson, editor, journalist, television presenter and author; sister of former Mayor Boris Johnson[53]

UK Independence Party

Potential

Other candidates

Declared

Potential

References

  1. ↑ That date, the first Thursday in May in the fourth calendar year following that in which the previous ordinary election was held, is prescribed by section 4 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, and (under the same section) may be varied by an Order of the Secretary of State.
  2. ↑ "Sadiq Khan will run for London Mayor again in 2020". ITV News. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Sadiq Khan Sees Off Threat To His Bid For Re-Election As London Mayor". HuffPost UK. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
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  6. ↑ "Tory Mayor hopeful Shaun Bailey: send thugs carrying acid straight to jail". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  7. ↑ "Conservatives pick final three candidates for 2020 mayoral election". ITV News. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  8. ↑ "Conservative candidate for London Mayor embroiled in new Sadiq Khan Islamophobia row". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
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  10. ↑ "Tory criticised for 'single mother' comments". BBC News. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
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  13. ↑ "Sadiq Khan reselected as Labour's London mayoral candidate after winning party ballot". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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  15. 1 2 3 "Tories choose Shaun Bailey for mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  16. ↑ Elgot, Jessica (1 June 2018). "Justine Greening tipped as Tory candidate for London mayor". the Guardian.
  17. ↑ Neilan, Catherine (2018-06-18). "Tories open London mayoral candidacy to all - except die-hard Remainers". Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  18. 1 2 3 Crerar, Pippa (3 July 2018). "Top Tories shy away from 2020 London mayoral race". the Guardian.
  19. ↑ Phibbs, Harry (2018-07-23). "What the London Mayoral selection short-list tells us. And what the successful candidate should do". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  20. ↑ "Evening Standard comment: We back Shaun Bailey as the Tory mayoral candidate; Snapping the seven-ups". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  21. ↑ "Police chiefs back Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey to solve crime". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  22. 1 2 3 "London mayoral race: Tories shortlist three candidates". BBC News Online. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
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  24. ↑ "Ex-West End actor declares dream to be Mayor as first official Tory candidate". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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  27. ↑ "Tory MP Who Thinks EU Passports Are A National Humiliation Wants To Be London Mayor". 4 July 2018.
  28. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-mercer-takes-aim-at-private-pike-a3880061.html
  29. 1 2 "Brexit 'Bad Boy' Richard Tice Puts Himself Forward To Be Tory Candidate For London Mayor". HuffPost UK. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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  35. 1 2 "Torres eye race to take on Sadiq Khan". Politico Europe. April 23, 2018.
  36. 1 2 "London Tories 'eyeball' PM as they plan unit to take on Labour". Evening Standard.
  37. 1 2 Crerar, Pippa (26 June 2018). "Tory Justine Greening rules herself out of London mayoral race". the Guardian.
  38. ↑ "'Tories must modernise or we'll lose every safe seat in London'". Evening Standard.
  39. ↑ Hope, Christopher (7 December 2017). "George Osborne refuses to rule out a return to public life as an MP or London Mayor". The Telegraph.
  40. ↑ "Justine Greening Rules Herself Out Of Race To Be Next London Mayor". 26 June 2018.
  41. ↑ "Tory MP Does Not Rule Out Standing Against Sadiq Khan Over Uber Ruling". LBC.
  42. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sian-berry-green-party-coleadership-can-help-me-beat-sadiq-khan-in-2020-mayoral-election-a3919021.html
  43. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/siobhan-benita-second-mayor-bid-will-address-unfinished-business-a3937771.html
  44. 1 2 3 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/ebookers-founder-dinesh-dhamija-bids-to-be-liberal-democrat-mayor-a3947651.html
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  47. ↑ Blackie, Rob [@robblackie] (8 October 2018). "I'm delighted to have made the shortlist for Lib Dem Mayor of London candidate, as well as the GLA shortlist. I believe London should be a city of opportunity for everyone, and that the most important job the mayor should be doing right now is fighting Brexit" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via Twitter.
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  52. 1 2 "Lib Dems wooing EU voters in 21 languages for town hall elections" by Nicholas Cecil & Joe Murphy, Evening Standard, 9 March 2018 West End Final edition, p. 2
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  54. ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/24fe9bd6-aba7-11e8-89a1-e5de165fa619
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