Election to the London Assembly 2008
An election to the London Assembly took place on May 1, 2008 , along with the 2008 election of London's Mayor. The Conservatives won 2 seats, Labor won one seat, the Liberal Democrats lost two seats and UKIP lost its 2 seats. In particular, a candidate for the British National Party (BNP) was elected for the first time.
Electoral system
The assembly is elected through the system of additional members. There are fourteen directly elected constituencies, all of which so far have only been won by the Conservative Party or the Labor Party. A further eleven members are allocated through proportional representation with the proviso that the parties must receive at least five percent of the votes in order to qualify for the list. Before these elections, those seats were occupied by five Liberal Democrats, two Labor Party members, two Green Party members and two Londoners. The two members of "One London" were elected as candidates for the UK Independence Party, but then joined or supported the breakaway Veritas party and then left Veritas to form One London. Compared to the previous election, two separate factions ran for the "RESPECT Unity Coalition" in 2008: Respect (George Galloway), who supported Ken Livingstone in the mayoral election, and "Left List", which Lindsey German (RESPECT mayoral candidate in 2004) supported.
analysis
Labor won Brent and Harrow out of the Conservatives (which became the only constituency to change hands in 2004 after being taken over by Labor). The other 13 constituencies remained unchanged, with the Liberal Democrats' two challenges, in the Southwest against the Conservatives and Lambeth and Southwark against Labor, both wavering against the Liberal Democrats. The Labor Conservatives, with a 1.3% majority of Enfield and Haringey, were defended by Labor against the Conservatives with just a tiny blow. The Labor campaign for the London Assembly was far more successful than its campaign in the local elections on the same day.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results 2008 | London Elects. Retrieved October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ London assembly results | Politics , guardian.co.uk. May 2, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2012.