London Assembly election, 2016

London Assembly election, 2016

5 May 2016

25 London Assembly Seats 13 seats needed for majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeremy Corbyn David Cameron Natalie Bennett Party Labour Conservative Green Last election 12 9 2 Seats won 12 8 2 Seat change 1 Party list vote 1,054,801 764,230 207,959 Percentage 39.9% 28.9% 7.9% Swing 1.2% 3.1% 0.6% Constituency Seats 9 5 0 Additional Member Seats 3 3 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nigel Farage Tim Farron Party UKIP Liberal Democrat Last election 0 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Party list vote 171,069 165,580 Percentage 6.5% 6.3% Swing 2.0% 0.5% Constituency Seats 0 0 Additional Member Seats 2 1

The 2016 London Assembly election was an election held on 5 May 2016^[1] to elect the members of the London Assembly. It took place on the same day as the London mayoral election^[2] and the United Kingdom local elections.

Overview

The election system to be used is called the Additional Member System. There are 14 constituencies that elect one member each to the Assembly. These seats have been won only by the Labour Party or the Conservative Party. The remaining 11 seats are distributed by a second vote, by a modified D'Hondt method of closed-list voting. These seats have been won by other parties too, namely the British National Party, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP. The overall result is an attempted compromise between constituency representation and London-wide proportional representation.

Those who are eligible^[3] must be registered to vote before 19 April 2016 in order to take part in this election.^[4]

Candidates

Constituency candidates

Source:^[5][6]

Constituency	Conservative Party[7]	Labour Party[8]	Green Party	Liberal Democrats[9]	UKIP	Others
Barnet & Camden	Dan Thomas	Andrew Dismore (inc.)[10]	Stephen Taylor	Zack Polanski[11]	Joseph Langton[12]
Bexley & Bromley	Gareth Bacon (inc.)	Sam Russell	Roisin Robertson	Julie Ireland	Frank Gould	Veronica Obadara (APP)
Brent & Harrow	Joel Davidson	Navin Shah (inc.)	Jafar Hassan	Anton Georgiou	Rathy Alagaratnam	Akib Mahmood (Respect)
City & East	Chris Chapman	Unmesh Desai	Rachel Collinson	Elaine Bagshaw	Peter Harris	Mikail Rayne (Respect) Aaron D'Souza (APP) Amina Gichinga (Take Back the City)
Croydon & Sutton	Steve O'Connell (inc.)	Marina Ahmad	Tracey Hague	Amna Ahmad	Peter Staveley	Richard Edmonds (NF) Madonna Lewis (APP)
Ealing & Hillingdon	Dominic Gilham	Onkar Sahota (inc.)	Meena Hans[13]	Francesco Fruzza	Alex Nieora
Enfield & Haringey	Linda Kelly	Joanne McCartney (inc.)	Ronald Stewart	Nicholas da Costa	Neville Watson[14]	Godson Azu (APP)
Greenwich & Lewisham	Adam Thomas	Len Duvall (inc.)	Imogen Solly	Julia Fletcher[15]	Paul Oakley	Josephine Bangura (APP)
Havering & Redbridge	Keith Prince	Ivana Bartoletti[16]	Lee Burkwood	Ian Sanderson[9]	Lawrence Webb
Lambeth & Southwark	Robert Flint[17]	Florence Nosegbe	Rashid Nix	Michael Bukola	Idham Ramadi	Kevin Parkin (SPGB)[18] Amadu Kanumansa (APP)
Merton & Wandsworth	David Dean	Leonie Cooper	Esther Obiri-Darko	Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett[19]	Elizabeth Jones	Thamilini Kulendran (Independent)
North East	Sam Malik	Jennette Arnold (inc.)	Samir Jeraj	Terry Stacy	Freddy Vachha	Bill Martin (SPGB),[18] Tim Allen (Respect) Jonathan Silberman (Communist League)
South West	Tony Arbour (inc.)	Martin Whelton	Andree Frieze	Rosina Robson[20]	Alan Craig	Adam Buick (SPGB)[18]
West Central	Tony Devenish	Mandy Richards	Jennifer Nadel	Annabel Mullin	Clive Egan

List candidates

London Assembly election, 2016[21][22]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Twycross, Tom Copley, Nicky Gavron, Murad Qureshi, Alison Moore, Preston Tabois, Feryal Demirci, Mike Katz, Emily Brothers, Bevan Powell, Sara Hyde	1,054,801	39.9%	–1.2%
	Conservative	Kemi Badenoch, Andrew Boff, Shaun Bailey, Susan Hall, Amandeep Bhogal, Joanne Laban, Antonia Cox, Joy Morrissey, Timothy Barnes, Gregory Stafford, Kishan Devani, Jonathan Cope	764,230	28.9%	–3.1%
	Green	Siân Berry, Caroline Russell, Shahrar Ali, Jonathan Bartley, Noel Lynch, Rashid Nix, Dee Searle, Benali Hamdache, Andrea Carey Fuller, Anne RoseMary Warrington, Peter Underwood	207,959	7.9%	–0.6%
	UKIP	Peter Whittle, David Kurten, Lawrence Webb, Peter Harris, Neville Watson, Piers Wauchope, Afzal Akram, Elizabeth Jones, Tariq Saeed, Freddy Vachha, Peter Staveley	171,069	6.5%	+2.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Pidgeon, Emily Davey, Merlene Emerson, Robert Blackie, Zack Polanski, Dawn Barnes, Annabel Mullin, Marisha Ray, Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, Pauline Pearce, Benjamin Mathis	165,580	6.3%	–0.5%
	Women's Equality	Sophie Walker, Harini Iyengar, Jacquelyn Guderley, Alison Marshall, Rebecca Manson Jones, Anila Dhami, Isabelle Parasram, Chris Paouros, Joanna Shaw, Kate Massey-Chase, Melanie Howard	91,772	3.5%	N/A
	Respect	George Galloway, Akib Mahmood, Mikail Rayne, Clare McCaughey, Rehiana Ali, Terry Hoy, Simon Virgo, Saurav Dutt, Tehmeena Mahmood, Karina Lockhart	41,324	1.6%	N/A
	Britain First	Jayda Fransen, Paul Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone, Nancy Smith, Hollie Rouse, Peggy Saunders, Donna King, Kevan M^cMullen, Steven Connor	39,071	1.5%	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Malcolm Martin, Maureen Martin, Yemi Awolola, Helen Spiby-Vann, Ray Towey, Damilola Adewuyi, Kathy Mils, Kayode Shedono, Des Coke, Ashley Dickenson, Stephen Hammond, Kevin Nichols	27,172	1.0%	–0.8%
	Animal Welfare	Vanessa Hudson, Jonathan Homan, Alexander Bourke, Linda Seddon, Zsanett Csontos	25,810	1.0%	N/A
	BNP	David Furness, Paul Sturdy, John Clarke, Michael Jones, Peter Finch, Nicola Finch, Denise Underwood, Stephen Dillon, Philip Dalton, Gareth Jones, Beb Smith	15,833	0.6%	–1.5%
	The House Party	Terry McGrenera	11,055	0.4%	—

Rejected Ballots 29,733 (1.1%)^[23]

Total Votes 2,645,409

Note that party descriptions can be used as alternatives to the registered party name.^[24] Descriptions used in this election are:^[25]

• Britain First – Putting British people first
• Caroline Pidgeon's London Liberal Democrats
• Green Party – "vote Green on orange"
• Respect (George Galloway)
• UK Independence Party (UKIP)
• The House Party – Homes for Londoners

London Assembly Representation

Party		2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Labour	9	7	8	12	12
	Conservative	9	9	11	9	8
	Green	3	2	2	2	2
	Liberal Democrat	4	5	3	2	1
	UKIP	0	2†	0	0	2
	BNP	0	0	1‡	0	0
Total		25	25	25	25	25

† Both UKIP Assembly members subsequently defected to Veritas and eventually defected again to form the new One London party.
‡ Richard Barnbrook was elected as the BNP candidate, but was subsequently expelled. He then sat as an independent.

Composition of London Assembly, 2000 - 2012

Footnotes

See also

• London mayoral election, 2016
• London Assembly
• List of London Assembly constituencies

References

1. http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/CouncilandDemocracy/LondonElections/Pages/Home.aspx
2. https://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/gla/electing-mayor-assembly
3. British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens
4. "How to register to vote".
5. "Results 2016". 6 May 2016.
6. "Constituency London Assembly Member candidates 2016".
7. "Zac Goldsmith - Action Plan for Greater London". BackZac2016.com.
8. "Full list of London Assembly Candidates". London Labour Party.
9. http://www.londonlibdems.org.uk/2016_london_constituency_candidates
10. "Andrew Dismore to stand again for London Assembly seat". Times Series.
11. "Lib Dems pick candidate to contest Barnet and Camden seat in City Hall". Times Series.
12. David Churchill. "UKIP Barnet Branch".
13. "Ealing Green Party - Meena Hans at the Climate March".
14. Site Editor. "November 2015 News Summary - UKIP Enfield & Haringey Branch".
15. "Julia Fletcher selected as Lewisham and Greenwich GLA candidate - Lewisham Liberal Democrats".
16. http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/seasonal/election/labour_party_selects_ivana_bartoletti_to_stand_in_havering_and_redbridge_1_4206568
17. "Robert Flint selected as GLA Candidate for Lambeth and Southwark". Vauxhall.
18. "SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: We're off and running again.".
19. "Lib Dem GLA constituency candidates: see the list". Mark Pack.
20. "Rosina Robson". Rosina Robson.
21. "London-wide Assembly Member candidates, 2016". 1 April 2016.
22. "London-wide Assembly Member results 2016.pdf" (PDF). 6 May 2016.
23. https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/London-wide%20Assembly%20Member%20results%202016.pdf
24. "Introduction to registering a political party" (PDF). 15 April 2016.
25. "Mayoral candidates announced".

External links

• London Elects homepage