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

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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[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%
Vote plurality Margins of victory

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	UKIP[a]	BNP	Others
Barnet & Camden	Brian Coleman (I) (53,378, 2nd)	Andrew Dismore (74,677, 1st)	A.M. Poppy (17,904, 3rd)	Chris Richards (13,800, 4th)	Michael Corby (7,331, 5th)
Bexley & Bromley	James Cleverly (I) (88,482, 1st)	Josie Channer (40,714, 2nd)	Jonathan Rooks (9,209, 5th)	Sam Webber (11,396, 3rd)	David Coburn (10,771, 4th)	Donna Treanor (7,563, 6th)
Brent & Harrow	Sachin Rajput (40,604, 2nd)	Navin Shah (I) (70,400, 1st)	Shahrar Ali (10,546, 4th)	Charlotte Henry (15,690, 3rd)	Mick McGough (7,830, 5th)
City & East	John Moss (24,923, 2nd)	John Biggs (I) (107,667, 1st)	Chris Smith (10,891, 3rd)	Richard Macmillan (7,351, 4th)	Steven Woolfe (5,243, 7th)	Paul Borg (7,031, 5th)	Kamran Malik (CUP) (6,774, 6th) Paul Davies (Comm. League) (1,108, 8th)
Croydon & Sutton	Steve O'Connell (I) (60,152, 1st)	Louisa Woodley (50,734, 2nd)	Gordon Ross (10,287, 5th)	Abigail Lock (21,889, 3rd)	Winston McKenzie (10,757, 4th)
Ealing & Hillingdon	Richard Barnes (I) (62,474, 2nd)	Onkar Sahota (65,584, 1st)	Mike Harling (10,877, 4th)	Mike Cox (11,805, 3rd)	Helen Knight (6,750, 5th)	David Furness (4,284, 6th)	Ian Edward (NF) (2,035, 7th)
Enfield & Haringey	Andy Hemsted (37,293, 2nd)	Joanne McCartney (I) (74,034, 1st)	Peter Krakowiak (12,278, 4th)	Dawn Barnes (13,601, 3rd)	Peter Staveley (4,298, 5th)	Marie Nicholas (3,081, 6th)
Greenwich & Lewisham	Alex Wilson (27,329, 2nd)	Len Duvall (I) (65,366, 1st)	Roger Sedgley (12,427, 3rd)	John Russell (9,393, 4th)	Paul Oakley (4,997, 6th)	Roberta Woods (3,551, 7th)	Barbara Raymond (PBP) (6,873, 5th) Tess Culnane (NF) (1,816, 8th)
Havering & Redbridge	Roger Evans (I) (53,285, 1st)	Mandy Richards (49,386, 2nd)	Haroon Said (5,207, 7th)	Farrukh Islam (6,435, 5th)	Lawrence Webb (9,471, 3rd)	Robert Taylor (5,234, 6th)	Malvin Brown (Res. Assoc. London) (8,239, 4th) Mark Twiddy (Eng. Dem.) (2,573, 8th) Richard Edmonds (NF) (1,936, 9th)
Lambeth & Southwark	Michael Mitchell (30,537, 2nd)	Val Shawcross (I) (83,239, 1st)	Jonathan Bartley (18,144, 4th)	Rob Blackie (18,359, 3rd)	James Fluss (4,395, 5th)		Danny Lambert (SPGB) (2,938, 6th)
Merton & Wandsworth	Richard Tracey (I) (65,197, 1st)	Leonie Cooper (55,216, 2nd)	Roy Vickery (11,307, 4th)	Lisa Smart (11,904, 3rd)	Mazhar Manzoor (3,717, 5th)		Thamilini Kulendran (Ind) (2,424, 6th) Bill Martin (SPGB) (1,343, 7th)
North East	Naomi Newstead (35,714, 2nd)	Jennette Arnold (I) (101,902, 1st)	Caroline Allen (29,677, 3rd)	Farooq Qureshi (13,237, 4th)	Paul Wiffen (6,623, 5th)		Ijaz Hayat (Ind) (4,842, 6th)
South West	Tony Arbour (I) (69,151, 1st)	Lisa Homan (49,889, 2nd)	Daniel Goldsmith (17,070, 4th)	Munira Wilson (28,947, 3rd)	Jeff Bolter (8,505, 5th)
West Central	Kit Malthouse (I) (73,761, 1st)	Todd Foreman (44,630, 2nd)	Susanna Rustin (12,799, 3rd)	Layla Moran (10,035, 4th)	Elizabeth Jones (5,161, 5th)
Source: London Elects

London-wide List Candidates

London Assembly Election 2012 — London-wide List
	Name	Candidates 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[7][8]
	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[9]
	National Front - "Putting Londoners First!"		Tess Culnane, Ian Edward, Andrew Cripps
	The House Party - Homes for Londoners		Terence 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
	UK Independence Party[a]		Steven Woolfe, David Coburn, Lawrence Webb, Helen Dixon, Elizabeth Jones, Paul Oakley, Jeff Bolter, Mick McGough, Winston McKenzie, Peter Staveley, Mazhar Manzoor
	Independent		Rathy Alagratnam
	Independent		Ijaz Hayat

Opinion Polls

Constituency

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Others
3 May 2012	Election results	2,207,677	32.7%	42.3%	8.8%	16.2%
30 Apr - 2 May 2012	YouGov	2,119	33%	44%	9%	14%
27 - 29 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,231	32%	45%	8%	15%
18 – 24 Apr 2012	Survation	1,443	30%	33%	13%	23%
20 - 22 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,138	34%	46%	9%	11%
13 - 15 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,060	35%	44%	11%	10%
1 May 2008	Election results	2,406,289	37.4%	28.0%	13.7%	20.9%

Regional

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Green	Others
3 May 2012	Election results	2,215,008	32.0%	41.1%	6.8%	8.5%	11.6%
30 Apr - 2 May 2012	YouGov	2,119	32%	42%	9%	7%	11%
27 - 29 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,231	30%	44%	8%	5%	13%
18 – 24 Apr 2012	Survation	1,443	28%	33%	10%	8%	21%
20 - 22 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,138	33%	44%	9%	6%	6%
13 - 15 Apr 2012	YouGov	1,060	35%	46%	9%	3%	7%
1 May 2008	Election results	2,412,607	34.1%	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
	UK Independence Party[a]	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

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

• 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".^[5][6]