The London Assembly election of 2012 was an election of members to the
London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject ...
which took place on Thursday, 3 May 2012, the same day as the
2012 London mayoral election
The 2012 London mayoral election was an election held on Thursday 3 May 2012, to elect the Mayor of London. It was held on the same day as the London Assembly election, and used a supplementary vote system.
The election was won by the incum ...
, and the
2012 United Kingdom local elections. Although
Conservative
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candidate
Boris Johnson
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won the Mayoral election, the Assembly election produced the
Labour Party's best result since the inception of the London Assembly; this was subsequently surpassed by the party's performance in the
2016 election.
Overview
The Assembly is elected by the
Additional Member System. There are fourteen directly elected constituencies, all of which have, to date, only ever been won by the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
or the
Labour Party. An additional eleven members are allocated by a London wide top-up vote with the proviso that parties must win at least five percent of the vote to qualify for the list seats.
All
registered electors (
British,
Irish,
Commonwealth
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and
European Union
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citizens) living in
London
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who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 3 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the Assembly election. Those who were temporarily away from London (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the Assembly election. The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Wednesday 18 April 2012, though anyone who qualified as an
anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 26 April 2012 to register.
Candidates
Constituency candidates
London-wide List Candidates
Opinion Polls
Constituency
Regional
Results
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Fresh Choice for London†
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†Note: UKIP were listed on the ballot paper as 'Fresh Choice for London'.
See also
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Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym "City Hall", is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London. It consists of two political branches: the executive Mayoralty (currently led by Sadiq Khan) and t ...
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Mayor of London
Notes
References
External links
London Elects homepage
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2012 elections in the United Kingdom
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May 2012 events in the United Kingdom