2000 London mayoral election

The 2000 London mayoral election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect the Mayor of London. It was the first election to the office established that year, after a referendum in London.

Electoral system

The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and a second preference for candidates.
* If a candidate receives more than 50% of the first preference vote, that candidate wins
* If no candidate receives more than 50% of first preference votes, the top two candidates proceed to a second round and all other candidates are eliminated
* The first preference votes for the remaining two candidates stand in the final count
* Voters' ballots whose first and second preference candidates have both been eliminated are discarded
* Voters whose first preference candidates have been eliminated and whose second preference candidate is one of the top two have their second preference votes added to that candidate's count
This means that the winning candidate has the support of a majority of voters who expressed a preference among the top two.

Results

*Turnout: 1,752,303 (34.43%)
*As the ballot papers are counted electronically, totals for all second preferences are available, even though some did not contribute to the final result.

Candidates

* Geoffrey Ben-Nathan stood as a PRO-MaSS (Pro-motorist and Small Shop) candidate, campaigning on a platform of stopping the use of motorists as "wallets on wheels".
* Geoffrey Clements ran for the Natural Law Party, of which he was the leader. A doctor of physics from the University of Sussex, he also trained as a teacher in the techniques of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
* Frank Dobson (born 15 March 1940), the Labour Party candidate, was the MP for Holborn and St. Pancras.
* Ram Gidoomal, a businessman and author originally from British East Africa ran for the Christian Peoples Alliance.
* Damian Hockney was a leading member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He has since been a member of Veritas and is now the leader of One London.
* Darren Johnson (born 1966) was a leading member of the Green Party of England and Wales who was elected to the London Assembly in 2000.
* Susan Kramer (born 22 July 1950) was the candidate for the Liberal Democrats. She was later elected MP for Richmond Park and is now a life peer.
* Ken Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) had been leader of the Greater London Council and MP for Brent East, both for the Labour Party.
* Michael Newland was the candidate for the British National Party, at the time serving as the party's national treasurer. Previously associated with the National Front he subsequently joined the Freedom Party.
* Steven Norris (born 24 May 1945) had served the Conservative Party as MP for Oxford East and Epping Forest.
* Ashwinkumar Tanna, who had been a candidate for UKIP in the 2000 Tottenham by-election, ran on an independent ticket with a range of policies including opposing privatisation of London Underground, local involvement in policing and the establishment of a citywide business forum.

Candidate selection

Labour

Conservatives

Steve Norris had lost the original selection ballot for Conservative candidate to Jeffrey Archer, but Archer stood down as a candidate when a newspaper printed a story accusing him of committing perjury during a 1987 libel trial (he was later convicted and imprisoned).

References

External links

Results by GLA constituency

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2000 English local elections
Mayoral election
May 2000 events in the United Kingdom
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