2012 London Assembly election

The London Assembly election of 2012 was an election of members to the London Assembly which took place on Thursday, 3 May 2012, the same day as the 2012 London mayoral election, and the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. Although Conservative candidate Boris Johnson 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.

2012 London Assembly election
3 May 2012
25 London Assembly Seats
13 seats needed for majority
Turnout37.4% 6.9%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Len Duvall James Cleverly[1]
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Greenwich and Lewisham Bexley and Bromley
Last election 8 seats 11 seats
Seats won 12 9
Seat change 4 2
Constituency Vote 933,438 722,280
% and swing 42.3% 14.3% 32.7% 1.6%
Regional Vote 911,204 708,528
% and swing 41.1% 13.5% 32.0% 2.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jenny Jones Caroline Pidgeon
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Londonwide Londonwide
Last election 2 seats 3 seats
Seats won 2 2
Seat change 1
Constituency Vote 188,623 193,842
% and swing 8.5% 0.5% 8.8% 4.9%
Regional Vote 189,215 150,447
% and swing 8.5% 0.1% 6.8% 4.6%
The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.

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 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 and European Union citizens) living in London 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.[2] The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Wednesday 18 April 2012,[3] though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 26 April 2012 to register.[4]

Candidates

Constituency candidates
Constituency Conservative Labour Green Lib Dems FCFL[lower-alpha 1] BNP Others
Barnet & Camden Brian Coleman (I) Andrew Dismore A.M. Poppy Chris Richards Michael Corby
Bexley & Bromley James Cleverly (I) Josie Channer Jonathan Rooks Sam Webber David Coburn Donna Treanor
Brent & Harrow Sachin Rajput Navin Shah (I) Shahrar Ali Charlotte Henry Mick McGough
City & East John Moss John Biggs (I) Chris Smith Richard Macmillan Steven Woolfe Paul Borg Paul Davies (Communist League),
Kamran Malik (Communities United Party)
Croydon & Sutton Steve O'Connell (I) Louisa Woodley Gordon Ross Abigail Lock Winston McKenzie
Ealing & Hillingdon Richard Barnes (I) Onkar Sahota Mike Harling Mike Cox Helen Knight David Furness Ian Edward (National Front)
Enfield & Haringey Andy Hemsted Joanne McCartney (I) Peter Krakowiak Dawn Barnes Peter Staveley Marie Nicholas
Greenwich & Lewisham Alex Wilson Len Duvall (I) Roger Sedgley John Russell Paul Oakley Roberta Woods Tess Culnane (National Front),
Barbara Raymond (Greenwich and Lewisham People Before Profit)
Havering & Redbridge Roger Evans (I) Mandy Richards Haroon Said Farrukh Islam Lawrence Webb Robert Taylor Malvin Brown (Residents' Association of London),
Richard Edmonds (National Front),
Mark Twiddy (English Democrats)
Lambeth & Southwark Michael Mitchell Val Shawcross (I) Jonathan Bartley Rob Blackie Gawain Towler Danny Lambert (Socialist Party of Great Britain)
Merton & Wandsworth Richard Tracey (I) Leonie Cooper Roy Vickery Lisa Smart Mazhar Manzoor Thamilini Kulendran (Independent),
Bill Martin (Socialist Party of Great Britain),
North East Naomi Newstead Jennette Arnold (I) Caroline Allen Farooq Qureshi Paul Wiffen Ijaz Hayat (Independent)
South West Tony Arbour (I) Lisa Homan Daniel Goldsmith Munira Wilson Jeff Bolter
West Central Kit Malthouse (I) Todd Foreman Susanna Rustin Layla Moran Elizabeth Jones

London-wide List Candidates
London Assembly Election 2012 — London-wide List
NameCandidates Elected to Assembly (and d'Hondt votes)Candidates (in list order)
British National Party || || Steve Squire, Dave Furness, Paul Sturdy, Carlos Cortiglia, John Clark, Robert Taylor, Giuseppe de Santis, Donna Treanor, Roberta Woods, Marie Nicholas, John Brooks
Christian Peoples Alliance - Supporting Traditional Marriage|| || Malcolm Martin, Sue May, Sid Cordle, Flora Amar, William Capstick, Ethel Odiete, Matthew Connolly, Denise Stafford, Mary Boyle, Vivek Trivedi, Ellen Greco, Francis Olawale, Robert Hampson, Rita Isingoma, Stan Gain, Ruth Price, Stephen Hammond, Charles Mrewa, Benny Stafford, Doreen Scrimshaw, Jonathan Rudd, Tony May, Katherine Mills, Roger Glencross, Faith Miuq
Conservative Party || Andrew Boff (101,218), Gareth Bacon (88,566), Victoria Borwick (78,215) || Andrew Boff, Gareth Bacon, Victoria Borwick, Suella Fernandes, Kemi Badenoch, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Nadia Sharif, Anthony Hughes, Andrew Stranack, Karim Sacoor, Amandeep Bhogal, Chris Hampsheir
English Democrats - "Putting England First!" || || Roger Cooper, Steven Uncles, Benjamin Weald, Leo Brookes, Janus Polenceus, Mark Twiddy, Michael Barnbrook, Brian Cakebread
Green Party || Jenny Jones (189,215), Darren Johnson (94,608) || Jenny Jones, Darren Johnson, Noel Lynch, Natalie Bennett, Shahrar Ali, Farid Bakht, Caroline Allen, Romayne Phoenix, Caroline Russell, Anna Hughes, Marek Powley
Labour Party || Nicky Gavron (101,245), Murad Qureshi (91,120), Fiona Twycross (82,837), Tom Copley (75,934) || Nicky Gavron, Murad Qureshi, Fiona Twycross, Tom Copley, Florence Nosegbe, Unmesh Desai, Kirsten Hearn, Liquat Ali, Mabel McKeown, Kevin McGrath, Christine Quigley[6][7]
London Liberal Democrats || Caroline Pidgeon (150,447), Stephen Knight (75,224) || Caroline Pidgeon, Stephen Knight, Bridget Fox, Shas Sheehan, Merlene Emerson, Emily Gasson, Steve Bradley, Marisha Ray, Nick Russell, Ajmal Masroor, Chris Richards[8]
National Front - "Putting Londoners First!"|| || Tess Culnane, Ian Edward, Andrew Cripps
The House Party - Homes for LondonersTerence McGrenera
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition || || Alex Gordon, Nick Wrack, April Ashley, Sian Griffiths, Steve Hedley, Ian Leahair, Gary McFarlane, Martin Powell-Davies, Merlin Reader, Joe Simpson, Jenny Sutton, Nancy Taaffe, Jackie Turner, Lee Vernon, Lesley Woodburn, Michael Dooley, Mark Benjamin
Fresh Choice for London || || Steven Woolfe, David Coburn, Lawrence Webb, Helen Dixon, Elizabeth Jones, Paul Oakley, Jeff Bolter, Mick McGough, Winston McKenzie, Peter Staveley, Mazhar Manzoor
|| IndependentRathy Alagratnam
|| IndependentIjaz Hayat

Opinion Polls

Constituency
Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample Con Lab Lib Dem Others
3 May 2012Election results 2,207,67732.7%42.3%8.8%16.2%
30 Apr - 2 May 2012YouGov2,11933%44%9%14%
27 - 29 Apr 2012YouGov1,23132%45%8%15%
18 – 24 Apr 2012Survation1,44330%33%13%23%
20 - 22 Apr 2012YouGov1,13834%46%9%11%
13 - 15 Apr 2012YouGov1,06035%44%11%10%
1 May 2008Election results 2,406,28937.4%28.0%13.7%20.9%

Regional
Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample Con Lab Lib Dem Green Others
3 May 2012Election results 2,215,00832.0%41.1%6.8%8.5%11.6%
30 Apr - 2 May 2012YouGov2,11932%42%9%7%11%
27 - 29 Apr 2012YouGov1,23130%44%8%5%13%
18 – 24 Apr 2012Survation1,44328%33%10%8%21%
20 - 22 Apr 2012YouGov1,13833%44%9%6%6%
13 - 15 Apr 2012YouGov1,06035%46%9%3%7%
1 May 2008Election results2,412,60734.1%27.1%11.2%8.3%17.6%

Results
 
London Assembly election, 2012
Parties Additional member system Total seats
Constituency Region
Votes % +/− Seats +/− Votes % +/− Seats +/− Total +/− %
Labour 933,438 42.3 14.3 8 2 911,204 41.1 13.5 4 2 12 4 48.0
Conservative 722,280 32.7 1.6 6 2 708,528 32.0 2.6 3 9 2 36.0
Green 188,623 8.5 0.5 0 189,215 8.5 0.1 2 2 8.0
Liberal Democrats 193,842 8.8 4.9 0 150,447 6.8 4.6 2 1 2 1 8.0
Fresh Choice for London† 95,849 4.3 1.4 0 100,040 4.5 2.6 0 0 -
BNP 30,744 1.4 0.6 0 47,024 2.1 3.3 0 0 1 -
CPA - - - - - 38,758 1.8 1.1 0 0 -
English Democrat 2,573 0.1 1.4 0 22,025 1.0 0.1 0 0 -
TUSC - - - - - 17,686 0.8 N/A 0 0 -
Ijaz Hayat 4,842 0.2 N/A 0 9,114 0.4 N/A 0 0 -
The House Party - - - - - 8,126 0.4 N/A 0 0 -
National Front 5,787 0.3 1.1 0 8,006 0.4 N/A 0 0 -
Rathy Alagaratnam - - - - - 4,835 0.2 0.1 0 0 -
Residents' Association of London 8,239 0.4 N/A 0 - - - - - - -
People Before Profit 6,873 0.3 N/A 0 - - - - - - -
Communities United 6,774 0.3 N/A 0 - - - - - - -
Socialist (GB) 4,281 0.2 0.1 0 - - - - - - -
Thamilini Kulendran 2,424 0.1 N/A 0 - - - - - - -
Communist League 1,108 0.1 N/A 0 - - - - - - -
 Total2,207,67714 2,215,0081125 

†Note: UKIP were listed on the ballot paper as 'Fresh Choice for London'.[9]

Constituency Vote
Labour
 
 42.3%
Conservative
 
 32.7%
Liberal Democrats
 
 8.8%
Green
 
 8.5%
Others
 
 7.7%
Regional Vote
Labour
 
 41.1%
Conservative
 
 32.0%
Green
 
 8.5%
Liberal Democrats
 
 6.8%
Others
 
 11.6%
Assembly seats
Labour
 
 48.0%
Conservative
 
 36.0%
Green
 
 8.0%
Liberal Democrats
 
 8.0%

See also

Notes
  1. UKIP constituency candidates stood under the label "Fresh Choice for London" rather than as "UKIP".[5]

References
  1. "London Assembly Member James Cleverly". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Who can register to vote?". Harrow Council. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications is the eleventh working day before election day.
  4. The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).
  5. "Who to vote for". London Elects. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  6. Watt, Chris (13 July 2011). "Labour announces London Assembly candidates". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  7. Watt, Chris (1 February 2012). "Christine Quigley announced as latest london assembly Labour candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  8. "2012 GLA list". Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  9. "Oops! Why UKIP Wasn't On The Ballot Paper In London". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 4 May 2012.
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