2004 London Assembly election

An election to the Assembly of London took place on 10 June 2004, along with the 2004 London mayoral election.

2004 London Assembly election
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25 London Assembly Seats
13 seats needed for majority
  First party Second party
 
Bob Neill
Toby Harris
Leader Bob Neill[1] Toby Harris[2]
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Bexley and Bromley Brent and Harrow (lost)
Last election 9 seats 9 seats
Seats won 9 7
Seat change Steady Decrease2
Constituency Vote 562,047 444,808
% and swing 31.2% Decrease0.2% 24.7% Decrease6.9%
Regional Vote 533,696 468,247
% and swing 28.5% Decrease0.5% 25.0% Decrease5.3%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Graham Tope
Darren Johnson
Leader Graham Tope[3] Darren Johnson
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seat Londonwide Londonwide
Last election 4 seats 3 seats
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Constituency Vote 332,237 138,242
% and swing 18.4% Decrease0.5% 7.7% Decrease2.6%
Regional Vote 316,218 160,445
% and swing 16.9% Increase2.1% 8.6% Decrease2.5%

  Fifth party
 
Leader Damian Hockney
Party UKIP
Leader's seat Londonwide[4]
Last election 0 seats
Seats won 2
Seat change Increase2
Constituency Vote 180,516
% and swing 10.0% Increase9.9%
Regional Vote 156,780
% and swing 8.4% Increase6.3%

The Assembly is elected by the Additional Member System. There are fourteen directly elected constituencies, nine of which were won by the Conservatives and five by the Labour Party. An additional eleven members were allocated by a London wide top-up vote, with the proviso that parties must win at least 5% of the vote to qualify for list seats. This latter rule prevented both the British National Party and the Respect Party from winning a seat each as both fell just short of the 5% threshold.

This election saw losses for Labour and the Greens and gains for both the Liberal Democrats and UKIP, who achieved their first representation in the Assembly since its creation in 2000.

Results

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London Assembly election, 2004
Parties Additional member system Total seats
Constituency Region
Votes % +/− Seats +/− Votes % +/− Seats +/− Total +/− %
Conservative 562,047 31.2  2.0 9  1 533,696 28.5  0.5 0  1 9   36.0
Labour 444,808 24.7  6.9 5  1 468,247 25.0  5.3 2  1 7  2 28.0
Liberal Democrats 332,237 18.4  0.5 0   316,218 16.9  2.1 5  1 5  1 20.0
Green 138,242 7.7  2.5 0   160,445 8.6  2.5 2  1 2  1 8.0
UKIP 180,516 10.0  9.9 0   156,780 8.4  6.3 2  2 2  2 8.0
BNP - - - - - 90,365 4.8  1.9 0   0   -
Respect 82,301 4.6 New 0   87,533 4.7 New 0   0   -
CPA 43,322 2.4 N/A 0   54,914 2.9  0.4 0   0   -
Alliance for Diversity
in Community, Uppal
- - - - - 4,968 0.3 New 0   0   -
Communist 1,378 0.1 N/A 0   - - - - - 0   -
Rathy Alagaratnam 1,240 0.1 New 0   - - - - - 0   -
Others 16,446 0.9  4.8 0   - - - - - 0   -
  Total 1,802,537 14   1,873,166   11 25  
Constituency Vote
Conservative
31.2%
Labour
24.7%
Liberal Democrats
18.4%
UKIP
10.0%
Green
7.7%
Respect
4.6%
CPA
2.4%
Others
1.1%
Regional Vote
Conservative
28.5%
Labour
25.0%
Liberal Democrats
16.9%
Green
8.6%
UKIP
8.4%
BNP
4.8%
Respect
4.7%
CPA
2.9%
Others
0.3%
Assembly seats
Conservative
36.0%
Labour
28.0%
Liberal Democrats
20.0%
Green
8.0%
UKIP
8.0%

The Conservative Party gained Brent and Harrow from Labour (who lost 7.6% of their vote), however they lost it again in the 2008 election. There were also large swings away from Labour in Barnet and Camden, City and East, Ealing and Hillingdon, Greenwich and Lewisham, Havering and Redbridge and West Central. The Liberal Democrats lost votes in most constituencies, but made gains in Enfield and Haringey, Lambeth and Southwark and Merton and Wandsworth. UKIP gained large percentages of the vote in Bexley and Bromley, Croydon and Sutton, Greenwich and Lewisham and Havering and Redbridge.

  • Overall turnout: 36.97%

London Assembly representation

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Party Seats Loss/Gain
Conservative 9 ±0
Labour 7 –2
Liberal Democrats 5 +1
Green 2 –1
UKIP 2 +2
Total 25

New members

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Defeated members

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Retiring members

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Constituency Candidates

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Constituency Conservative Labour Lib Dem Green UKIP Respect CPA Others
Barnet & Camden Brian Coleman
(47,640, 1st)
Lucy Anderson
(36,121, 2nd)
Jonathan Simpson
(23,603, 3rd)
Miranda Dunn
(11,921, 4th)
Magnus Nielsen
(8,685, 5th)
Elisabeth Wheatley
(5,150, 6th)
Bexley & Bromley Bob Neill
(64,246, 1st)
Charlie Mansell
(24,848, 4th)
Duncan Borrowman
(29,992, 2nd)
Ann Garrett
(8,069, 5th)
Heather Bennett
(26,703, 3rd)
Alun Morinan
(1,673, 7th)
Miranda Suit
(3,397, 6th)
Brent & Harrow Bob Blackman
(39,900, 1st)
Toby Harris
(35,214, 2nd)
Havard Hughes
(20,782, 3rd)
Mohammad Ali
(6,975, 5th)
Daniel Moss
(7,199, 4th)
Albert Harriott
(4,586, 6th)
Gladstone Macaulay
(2,734, 7th)
City & East Shafi Choudhury
(23,749, 2nd)
John Biggs
(38,085, 1st)
Guy Burton
(18,255, 4th)
Terry McGrenera
(8,687, 6th)
Christopher Pratt
(17,997, 5th)
Oliur Rahman
(19,675, 3rd)
Christopher Gill
(4,461, 7th)
Croydon & Sutton Andrew Pelling
(52,330, 1st)
Sean Fitzsimons
(25,861, 3rd)
Steve Gauge
(28,636, 2nd)
Shasha Khan
(6,175, 5th)
James Feisenberger
(15,203, 4th)
Waqas Hussain
(3,108, 7th)
David Campanale
(4,234, 6th)
Ealing & Hillingdon Richard Barnes
(45,230, 1st)
Gurcharan Singh
(34,214, 2nd)
Mike Cox
(23,440, 3rd)
Sarah Edwards
(9,395, 5th)
David Malindine
(14,698, 4th)
Salvinder Dhillon
(4,229, 7th)
Genevieve Hibbs
(3,024, 8th)
Dalawar Chaudhry (Ind)
(5,285, 6th)
Enfield & Haringey Peter Forrest
(32,381, 2nd)
Joanne McCartney
(33,955, 1st)
Wayne Hoban
(19,720, 3rd)
Jayne Forbes
(10,310, 5th)
Brian Hall
(10,652, 4th)
Sait Akgul
(6,855, 6th)
Peter Wolstenholme
(2,365, 7th)
Greenwich & Lewisham Gareth Bacon
(22,168, 2nd)
Len Duvall
(36,251, 1st)
Alexander Feakes
(19,183, 3rd)
Susan Luxton
(11,271, 5th)
Timothy Reynolds
(13,454, 4th)
Ian Page
(2,825, 7th)
Stephen Hammond
(3,619, 6th)
Havering & Redbridge Roger Evans
(44,723, 1st)
Keith Darvill
(28,017, 2nd)
Matthew Lake
(13,646, 4th)
Ashley Gunstock
(6,009, 6th)
Lawrence Webb
(18,297, 3rd)
Abdurahman Jafar
(5,185, 7th)
Juliet Hawkins
(2,917, 8th)
Malvin Brown (Res. Assoc. London)
(6,925, 5th)
David Stephens (Nat. Lib.)
(2,031, 9th)
Peter Thorogood (Ind)
(1,597, 10th)
Lambeth & Southwark Bernard Gentry
(17,379, 3rd)
Val Shawcross
(36,280, 1st)
Caroline Pidgeon
(30,805, 2nd)
Shane Collins
(11,900, 4th)
Frank Maloney
(8,776, 5th)
Janet Noble
(4,930, 6th)
Simisola Lawanson
(3,655, 7th)
Merton & Wandsworth Elizabeth Howlett
(48,295, 1st)
Kathryn Smith
(31,417, 2nd)
Andrew Martin
(17,864, 3rd)
Roy Vickery
(10,163, 4th)
Adrian Roberts
(8,327, 5th)
Ruairidh Maclean
(4,297, 6th)
Ellen Greco
(2,782, 7th)
Rathy Alagaratnam (Ind)
(1,240, 8th)
North East Andrew Boff
(23,264, 3rd)
Jennette Arnold
(37,380, 1st)
Terry Stacy
(24,042, 2nd)
Jon Nott
(16,739, 4th)
R. J. Selby
(11,459 , 5th)
D. R. E. Ryan
(11,184, 6th)
A. A. Otchie
(3,219, 7th)
J. I. Beavis (CPB)
(1,378, 7th)
South West Tony Arbour
(48,858, 1st)
Seema Malhotra
(25,225, 3rd)
Dee Doocey
(44,791, 2nd)
Judy Maciejowska
(9,866, 5th)
A. G. Hindle
(12,477, 4th)
O. M. Waraich
(3,785, 6th)
P. J. Flower
(3,008, 7th)
West Central Angie Bray
(51,884, 1st)
Ansuya Sodha
(21,940, 2nd)
Francesco Fruzza
(17,478, 3rd)
Julia Stephenson
(10,762, 4th)
Damian Hockney
(7,219, 5th)
Kevin Cobham
(4,825, 6th)
Jillian McLachlan
(1,993, 7th)
Source: London Elects

London-wide lists

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London Assembly Election 2004 — London-wide lists
Name Candidates Elected to Assembly Not Elected
Alliance for Diversity in Community, Uppal Inder Singh Uppal, Vasudev Kalidas Patel, Pritpal Singh Gahbri
British National Party Jason Paul Douglas, Barry John Roberts, Julian Peter Leppert, Richard Barnbrook, Mary Teresa Culnane, Clifford John Le May, Alan Herbert Bailey, Anthony Young, Lawrence Rustem, Carlos Cortiglia, Gareth William Jones
Christian Peoples Alliance Ram Gidoomal, David Bruno Campanale, Alan Craig, Gladstone Olufemi Macaulay, Peter James Flower, Susan Jane May, Genevieve Mary Hibbs, Juliet Frances Hawkins, Peter Hartley Wolstenholme, Jillian Mary Mclachlan, Ellen Sheila Greco
Conservative Party Eric Ollerenshaw, Andrew Boff, Rebekah Gilbert, Victoria Borwick, Robert John Blackman, William Guy Darrell Norton, Reza Ahmed Shafi Choudhury, Cormach Joseph Moore, Adrian Carey Knowles, Gareth Andrew Bacon, Bernard Arthur Gentry, Andrew John Retter, Tony Cox, Philip John Briscoe, Yvonne Lydia Rivlin, Lionel David Zetter, David Tyrie Williams, Jonathan Harold Gough, Matthew William Laban, Simon Andrew Peter Jones, Sean Martin Fear, Darshan Suri
Green Party of England and Wales Darren Johnson
Jennifer Jones
Noel Lynch, Keith Magnum, Jayne Forbes, Danny Bates, Shane Collins, Ruth Jenkins, Mischa Borris, Thomas Joseph Walsh, Ashley Gunstock
Labour Party Nicky Gavron
Murad Qureshi
Samantha Heath, Sally Mulready, Abdul Asad, Karen Helena Hunte, Virendra Kumar Sharma, Martin Jonathan Lindsay, Bernadette Lappage, Raj Chandarana, Muhammed Abdal Ullah
Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone
Graham Tope
Sally Hamwee
Michael Tuffrey
Elizabeth Doocey
Geoffrey Pope, Duncan Keith Borrowman, Monroe Palmer, Meral Hussein Ece, Steven Howard Gauge, Christopher David Noyce
Respect
(George Galloway)
Lindsey German, Oliur Rahmanm, Linda Smith, Janet Noble, Sait Akgul, Salvinder Dhillon, Michael Rosen, Gregory Tucker, Tansy Hoskins, Kevin Cobham, Abdurahman Jafar
United Kingdom Independence Party Damian Hockney
Peter Hulme-Cross
Adrian Roberts, Paul Cronin, Lawrence Webb, Robin Lambert, John Dunford, Ralph Steven Atkinson, Frederick James Rolph, Daniel William Moss, Heather Ann Bennett

References

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  1. ^ "London Assembly Member Bob Neill". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ "London Assembly Member Toby Harris". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ "London Assembly Member Graham Tope". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won.
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