2021 London mayoral election

The 2021 London mayoral election will be held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of London. It will be held simultaneously with elections for the London Assembly and other local elections across England. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally due to be held on 7 May 2020, but in March 2020 it was announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 London mayoral election
6 May 2021
 
Candidate Sadiq Khan Shaun Bailey Siân Berry
Party Labour Conservative Green
Incumbent mayor

Sadiq Khan
Labour

The position of Mayor of London is currently held by Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, who was elected in 2016 with 44.2% of the first-round votes and 56.8% of the second-round votes. Khan was re-selected as the Labour candidate in 2018, Shaun Bailey was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate, and Siân Berry was chosen as the Green Party candidate. Rory Stewart, a former Conservative MP and minister, ran as an independent before the delay in the election. Siobhan Benita, who had been the Liberal Democrat candidate, also withdrew after the election delay and was replaced as the party's candidate by Luisa Porritt.

Background

The mayor of London has a range of responsibilities covering policing, transport, housing, planning, economic development, arts, culture and the environment, controlling a budget of around £17 billion per year.[1] Mayors are elected for a period of four years, with no limit to the number of terms served.[2] Under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, mayoral elections are held on the first Thursday in May in the fourth calendar year following the previous election, unless varied by an order by the Secretary of State. On 13 March 2020, the government announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The change in election date is to be ignored when calculating the four-yearly election cycle, so the following election will be held in 2024, and the term of the mayor elected in 2021 will accordingly be reduced to three years.[4] The incumbent Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour Party, was elected in the 2016 election, defeating the Conservative candidate, Zac Goldsmith.

In the 2018 local elections across Greater London the Labour Party increased its number of council seats to the highest level since 1978. Both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party also gained seats. In the 2019 European Parliament elections, the Liberal Democrats came first in London; winning the most votes in the London region with 27% and gaining three MEPs, the party's best ever result. The Labour Party came second, with 24% of the vote, losing two seats and ending up with two MEPs.[5] The Brexit Party gained two MEPs and the Green Party won 12.5% of the vote, holding its one seat. The Conservative Party failed to get a single MEP elected in London for the first time in the history of the party. In the 2019 general election, there was no net change in the number of seats for each party, although several seats changed hand. The biggest changes in vote share were for Labour, who saw a fall of 6.5%, and the Liberal Democrats, who were up 6.1%, compared to the previous 2017 general election.

Electoral system

The election will use a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and a second preference for candidates.[6]

  • 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[7]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the mayoral election. Those who are temporarily away from London (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) will also be entitled to vote in the mayoral election. The deadline to register to vote in the election will be announced nearer the election.[8]

Mayoral candidates require 330 signatures of people on the electoral register in London supporting the nomination, 10 from each London borough and 10 from the City of London, and must give a deposit of £10,000 (returned if they get more than 5% in the election).[9]

Campaign

Before the delay (2018–2020)

The incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan announced in June 2018 that he intended to stand for re-election.[10] Later that year, he was automatically re-selected to be Labour's candidate after receiving enough nominations from local party groups and affiliated trade unions to confirm.[11][12] His re-selection followed speculation that a figure from the left wing of his party could challenge him for the candidacy because of his disagreements about the "direction of the party" with Jeremy Corbyn, who was then the leader of the party nationally.[11] Khan announced in early 2020 that part of his election platform would be to deliver a "green new deal for the city", by making London carbon neutral by 2030 and opposing building a third runway at Heathrow Airport.[13]

The Conservative Party selected Shaun Bailey as its candidate in September 2018. In his selection campaign, he emphasised fighting crime, and proposed "maximising" CCTV coverage of London as an alternative to increasing the number of police officers, as well as automatic jail terms for those who commit acid attacks.[14][15] In the weeks after his selection, Bailey was criticised for sharing an Islamophobic tweet attacking Sadiq Khan,[16] as well as controversial views he had previously published on multiculturalism, Islam and Hinduism.[17] He will be the first Conservative mayoral candidate to simultaneously stand in the concurrent London Assembly election.[18]

The Green Party chose Siân Berry, who had previously been their mayoral candidate in the 2008 and 2016 elections and who had served as co-leader of the party since 2018, as their candidate in February 2019.[19] She launched her campaign with a focus on housing, calling for a "people's land bank" which would let communities bring empty buildings and land back into use.[20][21]

Siobhan Benita was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate on 21 November 2018.[22][23] Benita had run as an independent candidate in the 2012 London mayoral election, coming fifth with 3.8% of first preference votes, behind fourth-placed Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick, who received 4.2%. Benita criticised Khan's response to knife crime in London.[24] She formally launched her campaign for the London mayoral election on 13 February 2020. She said she wants to legalise cannabis in London in a bid to tackle rising levels of knife crime, removing power and money from gangs and freeing up police time. She has also pledged to cut violent crime, cut air pollution, declared an aim to reach zero-carbon by 2030 and reopen closed police stations.[25][26]

The former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage announced in August 2018 that he was considering running as the UKIP candidate, claiming that he would be more successful than the Conservatives.[27] He subsequently left UKIP in December 2018 and became the leader of the Brexit Party in March 2019.[28][29]

Rory Stewart, a former Conservative MP and minister, started a campaign as an independent before withdrawing after the election was postponed

On 4 October 2019, Rory Stewart announced he was standing as an independent candidate for the London mayoralty.[30] At the time he was sitting as an independent MP: he had been a Conservative MP and came fifth in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, but was then expelled from their Parliamentary group for his opposition to a "no deal" Brexit.[31] He left the House of Commons when he did not contest a seat in the December 2019 general election.[30] In February, he asked for people to sign up for him to stay on their sofa for a night to hear about their concerns.[32]

After postponement (2020–2021)

On 13 March 2020, the election was delayed to May 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, along with other local elections in England.[33] Stewart withdrew from the campaign in May 2020, saying the delay in the election meant it was impractical to sustain a campaign as an independent. He chose not to endorse any other candidate.[34]

On 27 July 2020, Benita also withdrew from the campaign citing the financial difficulties of sustaining her candidacy.[35] The Liberal Democrats selected Luisa Porritt as their new candidate on 13 October 2020. She called for the bar and restaurant curfew to be removed and said she would use empty office buildings for housing and revive town centres in the suburbs. She said that low traffic neighbourhood plans and the introduction of cycle lanes were being rushed and "a good idea being done the wrong way".[36]

Following the COVID-19 lockdown, public transport across the United Kingdom saw a sharp fall in public transport use, this led to the government giving Transport for London a bailout of £1.6 billion.[37] This bailout had conditions from the national government put on the London government to raise the fees on the service, increase the London congestion charge, end free bus travel for the young and suspend free travel at certain times for over-60s.[38] Bailey made the accusation that Khan has raised the congestion charge, which Full Fact said was inaccurate.[39] The bailout has contributed to concern that Johnson's government wishes to intrude on the Mayor's power.[40] Later in 2020, housing minister Robert Jenrick sent a letter to Khan stating that the council housing programme and the balloting of council housing estates on any estate changes put into the new 2020 London plan should be dropped, in addition to criticising Khan's idea of rent controls.[41] On 24 October, Khan wrote in LabourList that he would not support the proposals from the government.[42]

By January 2021, an independent candidate, Brian Rose, was reported to be second favourite in the contest by a bookmaker.[43] Rose runs the London Real podcast and has actively promoted misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[44][45][46] On 24 January 2021, Rose and six of his staff were fined by police for breaking lockdown rules while filming promotional material for his campaign.[47]

Also in January 2021, the government stated that door-to-door campaigning or leafleting by individual party activists was not allowed under COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.[48]

Candidates

Labour Party

The incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan, who announced in June 2018 that he would run for re-election,[49] became Labour's candidate after more than half of local parties and party affiliates in London voted to automatically reselect him.[50] The comedian Eddie Izzard and Tottenham MP David Lammy had previously been suggested as potential candidates for the party.[51]

Conservative Party

Shaun Bailey was selected as the candidate of the Conservative Party in September 2018. Bailey has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016, having previously worked as a youth worker and as a special adviser to David Cameron.[52][53]

The party had started the process for selecting their candidate in June 2018.[54][55] The Guardian reported that more than twenty prospective candidates applied, mostly from local government. A longlist of ten was published in July 2018.[11] Following interviews, the party produced a shortlist of three for London members of the Conservative Party to vote on using a preferential voting system.[56][53] To vote, members needed to reside in London and to have been members on 26 June 2018.[11][57]

Bailey had been endorsed in the party's selection process by the Evening Standard, as well as Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners Anthony Stansfeld, David Lloyd, Matthew Scott and Roger Hirst.[58][59]

Conservative London mayoral candidate selection [53]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Shaun Bailey 3,164 43.2% 740 3,904 55.1%
​​
Conservative Andrew Boff 2,591 35.4% 595 3,186 44.9%
​​
Conservative Joy Morrissey 1,566 21.4%
​​
Selection process

Shortlisted

Longlisted but not shortlisted

Applied but not longlisted

Previously discussed as potential candidates

Liberal Democrats

Luisa Porritt, a former Member of the European Parliament from 2019–2020 and a councillor in Camden, was selected as the party's candidate in October 2020. Initially, the party had selected Siobhan Benita, a former senior civil servant and 2012 independent candidate for London mayor. Benita withdrew in July 2020 after the election was postponed to 2021.

Siobhan Benita was initially selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate before withdrawing after the postponement of the election to 2021

In the first selection process, Benita was chosen to be the Liberal Democrat candidate on 21 November 2018.[22] The other shortlisted candidates were the anti-Brexit campaigner and former and 2020 London Assembly candidate Rob Blackie, Ebookers founder Dinesh Dhamija, and former parliamentary candidate, consultant and 2020 London Assembly candidate Lucy Salek.[78][22][79][80] Benita came first among first preferences, but with less than half the votes. After last-placed Lucy Salek was eliminated and second preferences among her voters tallied, Benita had a majority of the votes cast and was chosen as the party's candidate.[81]

The former Conservative parliamentary candidates Azi Ahmed and Kishan Devani had previously been discussed as potential Liberal Democrat candidates for the mayoralty, as had Rachel Johnson, a journalist and sister to Boris Johnson, the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and a former mayor of London.[82][83]

Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate selection [53]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Benita 1,548 46.2% 223 1,771 54.2%
​​
Liberal Democrats Rob Blackie 614 18.3% 169 783 24.0%
​​
Liberal Democrats Dinesh Dhamija 614 18.3% 98 712 21.8%
​​
Liberal Democrats Lucy Salek 576 17.2%
​​
Luisa Porritt, the Liberal Democrat candidate

However, on 27 July 2020, Benita announced her withdrawal from the candidacy, saying she was unable to commit to another year of campaigning following the election's postponement to 2021 given the unpaid nature of the role.[84] The party began a new selection process following Benita's withdrawal.[85] A shortlist of two candidates was announced on 10 September: Luisa Porritt and Geeta Sidhu-Robb.[86] Porritt had served as an MEP for London from 2019 to 2020 and as a councillor on Camden London Borough Council from 2018, having become group leader earlier in September 2020. Sidhu-Robb had previously worked as a lawyer, and was the founder and chief executive of the health company Nosh Detox. She had formerly served as the vice-chair of the People's Vote campaign and served as chair of its successor, Democracy Unleashed.[87]

On 13 September, two days after the shortlist was announced, footage of Sidhu-Robb from the 1997 general election, when she was the Conservative candidate for the seat of Blackburn, re-emerged in which Sidhu-Robb said (in what has been reported to be Urdu[88] or Gujarati[89]), "Don't vote for a Jew, Jack Straw is a Jew. If you vote for him, you're voting for a Jew. Jews are the enemies of Muslims".[88] A few hours later, Sidhu-Robb was suspended from the party and as a candidate.[90] Sidhu-Robb apologised for the comments and said she had regretted making them at the time.[91] Following these events, Benita revealed that she had not only stood down as candidate, but had also resigned from the party.[89]

As a result, a vote among the membership was held on the same timetable, but with Porritt standing against only the option to reopen nominations.[92] The result was announced on 13 October 2020, with Porritt being selected.[87][36]

Candidate Votes
Votes %
Luisa Porritt 3,722
87.9%
Reopen nominations 514
12.1%
Turnout 4,236 19.1%

Green Party

Siân Berry, who has been co-leader of the Green Party since 2018 and a Member of the London Assembly since 2016, was announced as the party's mayoral candidate on 14 February 2019. She had previously been the party's candidate for mayor of London in 2008, when she came fourth with 3.2% of the first preference vote, and in 2016, when she came third with 5.8% of the first preference vote. Nominations had opened in November 2018 and closed in January 2019, with four candidates duly nominated.[93][94] The other nominated candidates were former deputy leader and candidate for the UK Parliament, London Assembly and European Parliament Shahrar Ali, actor and Cities of London and Westminster December 2019 candidate Zack Polanski, as well as former senior civil servant, general election candidate and London Assembly candidate Peter Underwood.[94][95][96]

UKIP

In November 2020, UKIP announced Peter Gammons as their candidate.[97][98] Gammons is a motivational speaker and a former Brexit Party member, who defected to UKIP in September 2019. Although styled by the party and himself as Dr Gammons, his doctorate came from a US institution not governed by the US Department of Education.[99]

Other candidates

The following other candidates are seeking to stand:[100]

  • Mandu Reid is standing for the Women's Equality Party, replacing their original candidate, Sue Black.[101][102]
  • David Kurten, a former UKIP member of the London Assembly, announced his intention to campaign on a social conservative platform as an independent candidate;[103] he has since started his own party, the Heritage Party.
  • Piers Corbyn, a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist and brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, announced his intention to stand as an independent on 1 January 2021 on a platform of opposing pandemic lockdown measures.[104]
  • Farah London, an entrepreneur, said she would stand as an independent candidate[105] with a focus on the cost of living in London and public safety. She also plans to reduce the congestion charge in London.[105] London was previously involved with the Conservative Party.[105]
  • Brian Rose, a podcaster who has actively promoted misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic,[106][107] is standing as an independent.[108]
  • Count Binface, satirical candidate created by comedian Jon Harvey, as an independent.[109] He is crowdfunding the £10,000 deposit required.[100]
  • Drillminister, London-based rapper, campaigning on reducing homelessness, improving transport, increasing mental health support, diversifying the Metropolitan Police Service and rehabilitation to curb crime and improving air quality in the capital as an independent candidate.[110][111]
  • Winston McKenzie, activist and perennial candidate, is intending to stand for the party he founded and leads,[100] Unity in Action.[112]
  • Charlie Mullins, founder of Pimlico Plumbers, as an independent.[113]
  • Nims Obunge, pastor, as an independent[112]
  • Rosalind Readhead, as an independent, campaigning on environmental issues.[114]
  • Kam Balayev, Renew Party.[100]
  • Valerie Brown, standing for Burning Pink,[115] which calls for the removal of government and for it to be replaced with citizens' assemblies. Brown was arrested and charged for covering a number of charity buildings in pink paint, protesting their inaction on climate change.[116]

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

After May 2020
Pollster Client Date(s)
conducted		 Sample size First preference Final round
Khan Bailey Berry Porritt Others Lead Khan Bailey Lead
Redfield and Wilton Strategies N/A 13–14 Jan 2021 1,500 49% 28% 10% 11% 5%[lower-alpha 1] 21% — — —
YouGov Queen Mary University of London 16–19 Nov 2020 1,048 51% 30% 9% 4% 5% 21% 64% 36% 28%
Redfield and Wilton Strategies N/A 15–17 Oct 2020 2,000 50% 28% 10% 10% 2% 22% — — —
Redfield and Wilton Strategies N/A 7–8 Sep 2020 2,000 48% 28% 9% 11%[lower-alpha 2] 4% 20% 63% 37% 26%
Redfield and Wilton Strategies N/A 5–7 Aug 2020 2,500 49% 26% 9% 12%[lower-alpha 2] 4% 23% 61% 39% 22%

Before May 2020

The polls below were taken when the election was expected in May 2020. Both Rory Stewart and Siobhan Benita both dropped out of the election following its delay.

Pollster Client Date(s)
conducted		 Sample size First preference Final round
Khan Bailey Berry Benita Stewart Others Lead Khan Bailey Berry Benita Stewart Others Lead
YouGov Queen Mary University of London 2–6 Mar 2020 1,002 49% 24% 7% 4% 13% 4%[lower-alpha 3] 25% 67% 33% — — — — 34%
39% — 21% — — — 18%
41% — — 18% — — 23%
39% — — — 27% — 12%
YouGov Queen Mary University of London 30 Oct–4 Nov 2019 1,175 45% 23% 7% 8% 13% 4% 22% 44% 25% — — — — 19%
33% — 25% — — — 8%
35% — — 22% — — 13%
36% — — — 25% — 11%
YouGov Queen Mary University of London 7–10 May 2019 1,015 43% 23% 16% 10% — 8% 20% 64% 36% — — — — 28%
YouGov Queen Mary University of London 3–6 Dec 2018 1,020 55% 28% 7%[lower-alpha 4] 4% — 6% 27% 62% 38% — — — — 24%

Notes
  1. 2% for Gammons (UKIP) 2%
  2. At this point, Benita had withdrawn and Porritt had not yet been selected, so the question asked about "a Liberal Democrat candidate".
  3. Mandu Reid: 1%
  4. The poll question included Siân Berry as the Green Party candidate, even though she had not been selected at that time.

References
  1. "What the Mayor of London and the London Assembly Do". London Elects. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. "Q&A: London mayoral and London Assembly elections 2012". BBC News. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. "Coronavirus Act 2020". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. "Lib Dems top London European vote". BBC News. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. "How to Vote". London Elects. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. Elledge, Jonnk (2 May 2012). "London Elections: How The Voting System Works". The Londonist. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  8. "How to Register to Vote". London Elects. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  9. "Vote for the Mayor and London Assembly on Thursday 6 May 2021 - Nominations". London Elects. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  10. "Sadiq Khan will run for London Mayor again in 2020". ITV News. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  11. Wearmouth, Rachel (14 September 2018). "Sadiq Khan sees off threat to his bid for re-election as London Mayor". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  12. Dallison, Paul (14 September 2018). "Sadiq Khan will be Labour candidate in next London mayoral race". Politico. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  13. Chappell, Elliot (18 January 2020). "Sadiq Khan announces green new deal for London". LabourList. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  14. Proctor, Kate (5 July 2018). "Favourite for Tory mayor ticket: Sadiq fuels feeling of being unsafe". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  15. Staff writer (18 September 2018). "Tory Mayor hopeful Shaun Bailey: send thugs carrying acid straight to jail". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  16. Watts, Joe (27 September 2018). "Conservative candidate for London Mayor embroiled in new Sadiq Khan Islamophobia row". The Independent. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  17. Sabbagh, Dan (3 October 2018). "Tory London mayoral pick under fire for remarks about Muslims and Hindus". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. Rogers, Alexandra (26 November 2018). "Shaun Bailey to stand in London Assembly elections despite mayoral bid". City AM. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  19. Walker, Peter (14 February 2019). "Green party's Siân Berry to run for London mayor again in 2020". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  20. "Green Party chooses mayoral candidate". BBC News. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  21. Walker, Peter (14 February 2019). "Green party's Siân Berry to run for London mayor again in 2020". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  22. Murphy, Joe (17 September 2018). "Siobhan Benita: Second Mayor bid will address 'unfinished business'". Evening Standard.
  23. Lib Dem Press Office [@LibDemPress] (21 November 2018). "We are delighted to announce that @SiobhanBenita will be the @LibDems candidate for the London Mayoral elections in May 2020, and will lead the campaign for the London Assembly elections" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. Osley, Richard (29 November 2018). "Mayor too weak on knife crime, warns Lib Dem challenger Siobhan Benita". Camden New Journal.
  25. "London mayoral race: Legalise cannabis, says Lib Dem candidate". BBC News. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  26. Benita, Siobhan (14 February 2020). "London has a knife crime crisis – as mayor, here's how I'd fix it". The Independent. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  27. Pickard, Jim (30 August 2018). "Nigel Farage considers running for London mayor". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  28. "Former leader Nigel Farage quits UKIP". BBC News. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  29. "Nigel Farage back in frontline politics as Brexit Party leader". BBC News. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  30. "Rory Stewart: I'll stand for London Mayor as an independent candidate". Evening Standard. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  31. Busby, Mattha; O'Carroll, Lisa (4 October 2019). "Brexit: Johnson 'will seek extension if no withdrawal deal agreed in time' – as it happened". The Guardian.
  32. "Rory Stewart pulls out of contest to be next London mayor". the Guardian. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  33. Proctor, Kate (13 March 2020). "Local elections and London mayoral race postponed for a year". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  34. Lydall, Ross (6 May 2020). "Rory Stewart quits race to become London Mayor saying coronavirus crisis made it 'impossible' to campaign". Evening Standard. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  35. Sleigh, Sophia (27 July 2020). "Lib Dem's Siobhan Benita quits mayoral race for financial reasons". Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  36. "Lib Dem mayoral candidate vows to speak for 'millennial Londoners'". Evening Standard. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  37. Jolly, Jasper; Walker, Peter (14 May 2020). "London transport fares will rise, says minister, as TfL secures bailout". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  38. "Revealed: full details of Government's £1.6 billion TfL bailout". Evening Standard. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  39. Panjwani, Abbas. "Shaun Bailey's comments on the congestion charge lack context". Full Fact. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  40. Savage, Michael (16 August 2020). "Whitehall 'power grab' raises fears about who's really running London". The Observer. Retrieved 16 August 2020 – via The Guardian.
  41. Hatherley, Owen (30 September 2020). "Coronavirus has thrown the political battle over British cities into sharp relief". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  42. Khan, Sadiq. "I will not accept the Tory government's vindictive proposals for London". LabourList. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  43. "London Mayor candidate says his campaign bus is 'safest in the country' after getting £200 fine". www.indy100.com. 26 January 2021.
  44. https://www.vice.com/en/article/bv8x5a/london-real-brian-rose-digital-freedom-coronavirus
  45. Turvill, William (3 June 2020). "Cash for conspiracies: How David Icke, 'alternative' media and tech giants make money from coronavirus conspiracies". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  46. "Fox's Judge Jeanine won't take coronavirus vaccine: "I'm not going to allow them to do that to me"". Salon.com. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  47. "Mayor of London candidate Brian Rose fined for lockdown breach". 25 January 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  48. "Minister for the Constitution and Devolution letter to members of the Parliamentary Parties Panel". GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  49. "London Mayor Sadiq Khan to seek second term". BBC News. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  50. Eaton, George (14 September 2018). "Sadiq Khan reselected as Labour's London mayoral candidate after winning party ballot". New Statesman. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  51. Wood, Richard (22 September 2017). "Top 7 favourites to win the 2020 London Mayoral contest: can Khan win?". HITC. GRV Media. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  52. Zeffman, Henry (29 September 2018). "Tories choose ex-youth worker Shaun Bailey to take on London mayor Sadiq Khan". The Times. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  53. Proctor, Kate (28 September 2018). "Tories choose Shaun Bailey for mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  54. Elgot, Jessica (1 June 2018). "Justine Greening tipped as Tory candidate for London mayor". The Guardian.
  55. Neilan, Catherine (18 June 2018). "Tories open London mayoral candidacy to all - except die-hard Remainers". City AM. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  56. Crerar, Pippa (3 July 2018). "Top Tories shy away from 2020 London mayoral race". The Guardian.
  57. Phibbs, Harry (23 July 2018). "What the London Mayoral selection short-list tells us. And what the successful candidate should do". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  58. ES Comment (18 September 2018). "Evening Standard comment: We back Shaun Bailey as the Tory mayoral candidate; Snapping the seven-ups". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  59. Murphy, Joe (7 September 2018). "Police chiefs back Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey to solve crime". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  60. "London mayoral race: Tories shortlist three candidates". BBC News. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  61. Murphy, Joe (8 June 2018). "Stephen Lawrence's friend Duwayne Brooks calls for Sadiq Khan to quit over violence surge". Evening Standard.
  62. Murphy, Joe (29 June 2018). "Ex-West End actor declares dream to be Mayor as first official Tory candidate". Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  63. Elliott, Matthew (9 May 2018). "Elections over, the Tories must find their next London mayor". City AM. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  64. Shipman, Tim (3 June 2018). "London mayoral election: Male, pale and stale candidates off the list". The Times.
  65. Bennett, Owen (4 July 2018). "Tory MP who thinks EU passports are a national humiliation wants to be London Mayor". HuffPost.
  66. Diary (5 July 2018). "The Londoner: Mercer takes aim at 'Private Pike'". Evening Standard.
  67. Bennett, Owen (29 June 2018). "Brexit 'Bad Boy' Richard Tice puts himself forward to be Tory candidate for London Mayor". HuffPost. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  68. Wearmouth, Rachel (26 June 2018). "Justine Greening rules herself out of race to be next London Mayor". HuffPost.
  69. Hughes, Laura (5 May 2018). "London election results allow Tories to dream of being mayor". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  70. Bush, Stephen (2 July 2018). "Everyone wins from a James Cleverly mayoral bid – including Sadiq Khan". New Statesman.
  71. Casalicchio, Emilio (7 August 2015). "Sol Campbell sets sights on 2020 London mayoral election". Politics Home. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  72. Le Conte, Marie (23 April 2018). "Tories eye race to take on Sadiq Khan". Politico Europe.
  73. Crerrar, Pippa (4 October 2017). "London Tories 'eyeball' PM as they plan unit to take on Labour". Evening Standard.
  74. Crerar, Pippa (26 June 2018). "Tory Justine Greening rules herself out of London mayoral race". The Guardian.
  75. Murphy, Joe (2 October 2017). "'Tories must modernise or we'll lose every safe seat in London'". Evening Standard.
  76. Hope, Christopher (7 December 2017). "George Osborne refuses to rule out a return to public life as an MP or London Mayor". The Telegraph.
  77. Dale, Iain (22 September 2017). "Tory MP does not rule out standing against Sadiq Khan over Uber ruling". LBC.
  78. Pack, Mark (17 October 2018). "Lib Dem shortlist for London Mayor and GLA list published". Mark Pack.
  79. Blackie, Rob [@robblackie] (8 October 2018). "I'm delighted to have made the shortlist for Lib Dem Mayor of London candidate, as well as the GLA shortlist. I believe London should be a city of opportunity for everyone, and that the most important job the mayor should be doing right now is fighting Brexit" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via Twitter.
  80. Bush, Stephen (15 June 2018). "Why are the Liberal Democrats celebrating defeat in Lewisham East?". New Statesman.
  81. Pack, Mark (21 November 2018). "Lib Dems announce Siobhan Benita as London Mayoral candidate". Mark Pack.
  82. Cecil, Nicholas; Murphy, Joe (9 March 2018). "Lib Dems wooing EU voters in 21 languages for town hall elections". Evening Standard. p. 2.
  83. Revesz, Rachael (30 April 2017). "Boris Johnson's sister Rachel could run to be London mayor - for the Lib Dems". The Independent.
  84. "Lib Dem candidate quits mayor of London race". BBC News. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  85. Sims, Ben (3 August 2020). "Selecting our next Mayoral Candidate". London Liberal Democrats. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  86. Taylor, Harry. "Belsize councillor Luisa Porritt 'seriously considering' Lib Dem mayoral candidate bid". Hampstead Highgate Express. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  87. Hill, Dave (10 September 2020). "Liberal Democrats name shortlist of two to run for London Mayor". OnLondon. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  88. "Exclusive: A Lib Dem Prospective Mayoral Candidate Was Filmed Urging Voters Not To Vote For A Jewish Candidate During A Failed Election Bid". Politics Home. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  89. "London Lib Dems suspend mayoral race hopeful over past 'Don't vote for a Jew' campaigning". OnLondon. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  90. Johnston, John (13 September 2020). "The Lib Dems Have Suspended A Prospective London Mayoral Candidate Over Previous Antisemitic Comments". PoliticsHome.
  91. "Lib Dem Geeta Sidhu Robb dropped over antisemitism". The Times. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  92. Sims, Ben (14 September 2020). "Update on London Mayoral Selection". London Liberal Democrats. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  93. London Green Party [@LonGreenParty] (28 November 2018). "Today we opened nominations to be our Green Party candidates for the Mayor and Assembly in 2020. We aim to run our strongest campaign ever to make London an equitable and sustainable city for all. Please consider standing for mayor or for the Assembly list" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  94. "Green Party reveals full list of runners for London Mayoral and Assembly spots". The Green Party. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  95. "New year, new structures and new policies - Green news round up week 1". Bright Green. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  96. "Underwood named on Greens shortlist for London Mayor". Inside Croydon. 16 January 2019 – via WordPress.
  97. "Introducing Our London Mayoral Candidate". UKIP. 12 November 2020.
  98. "Dr Peter Gammons is UKIP's candidate for London Mayor". UKIP. 12 November 2020.
  99. "Ukip have chosen an actual Gammon as London mayor candidate". Metro. DMG Media. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  100. Lehmann, Stephen (20 November 2020). "Who are the candidates for the 2021 London Mayoral election?". South West Londoner. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  101. "Women's Equality Party announces Interim Leader and London Mayoral Candidate". BCSWomen. 10 March 2019.
  102. Proctor, Kate (16 February 2020). "Women's Equality party candidate pulls out of London mayoral race". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  103. Mathewson, Jessie (28 January 2019). "David Kurten announces run for Mayor of London". East London & West Essex Guardian. Newsquest Media Group.
  104. Brown, Faye (2 January 2021). "Piers Corbyn among 17 arrested at anti-lockdown protest on day of record infections". Metro. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  105. Methewson, Jessie (12 October 2020). "'Politicians don't have a monopoly on ideas': Entrepreneur joins race for Mayor". Enfield Independent. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  106. "The YouTuber Accused of Using Coronavirus to Scam His Followers". www.vice.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  107. Washington, District of Columbia 1100 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 1300B; Dc 20036. "PolitiFact - Fact-checking 'Plandemic 2': Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19". @politifact. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  108. "Who are the candidates for the 2021 London Mayoral election?". South West Londoner. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  109. "Count Binface to run for London Mayor". British Comedy Guide. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  110. White, Nadine (28 January 2019). "Drillminister To Run For Mayor of London, Saying Politicians Don't Represent Real Voters". HuffPost UK.
  111. "Drillminister: Why I'm running for London Mayor". BBC News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  112. "The candidates standing to be London's mayor". BBC News. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  113. Tovey, Alan (25 June 2018). "Pimlico Plumbers' Charlie Mullins to run for London Mayor on 'common sense' ticket". The Telegraph.
  114. Reid, Carlton (23 July 2019). "Nissan refuses government request on Qashqai emissions". The Guardian.
  115. "Extinction Rebellion activists launch UK Beyond Politics party by stealing food". the Guardian. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  116. "Environmental campaigners face jury trial over alleged attacks on charity HQs". Eastlondonlines. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.