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2012 London Assembly election

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25 London Assembly Seats 13 seats needed for majority
Turnout	37.4% 6.9%
First party Second party   Leader Len Duvall James Cleverly 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%
Vote plurality Margins of victory

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.

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. 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

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
	UK Independence Party	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	New	0		0		-
	Ijaz Hayat	4,842	0.2	New	0		9,114	0.4	New	0		0		-
	The House Party	-	-	-	-	-	8,126	0.4	New	0		0		-
	National Front	5,787	0.3	1.1	0		8,006	0.4	New	0		0		-
	Rathy Alagaratnam	-	-	-	-	-	4,835	0.2	0.1	0		0		-
	Residents' Association of London	8,239	0.4	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	People Before Profit	6,873	0.3	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	Communities United	6,774	0.3	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	Socialist (GB)	4,281	0.2	0.1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	Thamilini Kulendran	2,424	0.1	New	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	Communist League	1,108	0.1	N/A	0		-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	Total	2,207,677			14		2,215,008			11		25

See also

• Greater London Authority
• Mayor of London

Notes

1. ^ UKIP candidates appeared on the ballot paper under their alternative registered description "Fresh Choice for London" rather than as "UKIP".

References

1. "London Assembly Member James Cleverly". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Who can register to vote?". Harrow Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 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 14 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
6. "Oops! Why UKIP Wasn't On The Ballot Paper In London". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 4 May 2012.
7. Watt, Chris (13 July 2011). "Labour announces London Assembly candidates". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
8. Watt, Chris (1 February 2012). "Christine Quigley announced as latest london assembly Labour candidate". LabourList. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
9. "2012 GLA list". Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

• London Elects homepage

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