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2012 London Assembly election
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| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 2012 London Assembly election | |
| country | London | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| ongoing | no | |
| party_colour | yes | |
| previous_election | 2008 London Assembly election | |
| previous_year | 2008 | |
| next_election | [2016 London Assembly election](2016-london-assembly-election) | |
| next_year | [2016](2016-london-assembly-election) | |
| seats_for_election | All 25 seats in the London Assembly | |
| 13 seats needed for majority | ||
| election_date | 3 May 2012 | |
| 1blank | Constituency vote | |
| 2blank | % and swing | |
| 3blank | Party vote | |
| 4blank | % and swing | |
| turnout | 37.4% 6.9% | |
| <!-- Labour --> | image1 | {{CSS image crop |
| Image | Len Duvall London assembly Lab.jpg | |
| bSize | 400 | |
| cWidth | 120 | |
| cHeight | 160 | |
| oLeft | 180 | |
| oTop | 30 | |
| Location | center | |
| Alt | Len Duvall | |
| leader1 | Len Duvall | |
| leaders_seat1 | Greenwich and Lewisham | |
| party1 | Labour | |
| colour1 | DC241f | |
| last_election1 | 8 seats | |
| seats1 | **12** | |
| seat_change1 | 4 | |
| 1data1 | **933,438** | |
| 2data1 | **42.3%** 14.3% | |
| 3data1 | **911,204** | |
| 4data1 | **41.1%** 13.5% | |
| <!-- Conservative --> | image2 | {{CSS image crop |
| Image | Official portrait of James Cleverly crop 2.jpg | |
| bSize | 150 | |
| cWidth | 120 | |
| cHeight | 160 | |
| oLeft | 15 | |
| Location | center | |
| Alt | Andrew Boff | |
| leader2 | James Cleverly | |
| leaders_seat2 | Bexley and Bromley | |
| party2 | Conservative | |
| colour2 | 0087DC | |
| last_election2 | 11 seats | |
| seats2 | 9 | |
| seat_change2 | 2 | |
| 1data2 | 722,280 | |
| 2data2 | 32.7% 1.6% | |
| 3data2 | 708,528 | |
| 4data2 | 32.0% 2.6% | |
| <!-- Green Party --> | image4 | {{CSS image crop |
| Image | Jenny Jones.jpg | |
| bSize | 300 | |
| cWidth | 120 | |
| cHeight | 160 | |
| oTop | 20 | |
| oLeft | 80 | |
| Location | center | |
| Alt | Jenny Jones | |
| leader4 | Jenny Jones | |
| leaders_seat4 | Londonwide | |
| party4 | Green | |
| color4 | 6AB023 | |
| last_election4 | 2 seats | |
| seats4 | 2 | |
| seat_change4 | ||
| 1data4 | 188,623 | |
| 2data4 | 8.5% 0.5% | |
| 3data4 | 189,215 | |
| 4data4 | 8.5% 0.1% | |
| image5 | {{CSS image crop | |
| Image | Caroline Pidgeon.jpg | |
| bSize | 130 | |
| cWidth | 120 | |
| cHeight | 160 | |
| oLeft | 0 | |
| Location | center | |
| Alt | Caroline Pidgeon | |
| leader5 | Caroline Pidgeon | |
| leaders_seat5 | Londonwide | |
| party5 | Liberal Democrats | |
| color5 | FAA61A | |
| last_election5 | 3 seats | |
| seats5 | 2 | |
| seat_change5 | 1 | |
| 1data5 | 193,842 | |
| 2data5 | 8.8% 4.9% | |
| 3data5 | 150,447 | |
| 4data5 | 6.8% 4.6% | |
| map | {{switcher |
13 seats needed for majority
| [[File:London Assembly election, 2012.svg|350px]] | Vote plurality | [[File: Map of the 2012 London Assembly election.svg|350px]] | 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 "London 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
| Constituency | Conservative | Labour | Green | Lib Dems | UKIP | BNP | Others | Conservative Party (UK)}}; color:white; width:40px;" | Labour Party (UK)}}; color:white; width:40px;" | Green Party of England and Wales}}; color:white; width:40px;" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; color:white; width:40px;" | United Kingdom Independence Party}}; color:white; width:40px;" | Source: [London Elects](https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2012) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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 | |||||||
| Christian Peoples Alliance - Supporting Traditional Marriage | |||||||
| Conservative Party | |||||||
| English Democrats - "Putting England First!" | |||||||
| Green Party | |||||||
| Labour Party | |||||||
| London Liberal Democrats | |||||||
| National Front - "Putting Londoners First!" | |||||||
| The House Party - Homes for Londoners | |||||||
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | |||||||
| UK Independence Party | |||||||
| Independent | |||||||
| Independent |
Opinion Polls
Constituency
| Date(s) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| conducted | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | Others | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width:60px;" | Labour Party (UK)}}; width:60px;" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width:60px;" | |||
| **3 May 2012** | **[Election results](http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP12-28)** | ** 2,207,677** | **32.7%** | **42.3%** | **8.8%** | **16.2%** | ||||||
| 30 Apr - 2 May 2012 | [YouGov](http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/dom2smbrfs/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralElection-030512finalplustabs.pdf) | 2,119 | 33% | **44%** | 9% | 14% | ||||||
| 27 - 29 Apr 2012 | [YouGov](http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/yzgh8vz2ll/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralElection-300412.pdf) | 1,231 | 32% | **45%** | 8% | 15% | ||||||
| 18 – 24 Apr 2012 | [Survation](http://survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/London-Elections-Poll-Full.pdf) | 1,443 | 30% | **33%** | 13% | 23% | ||||||
| 20 - 22 Apr 2012 | [YouGov](http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/veuyyo060y/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralElection-230412.pdf) | 1,138 | 34% | **46%** | 9% | 11% | ||||||
| 13 - 15 Apr 2012 | [YouGov](http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/q040gzgswz/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralRace-160412.pdf) | 1,060 | 35% | **44%** | 11% | 10% | ||||||
| **1 May 2008** | **[Election results](http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP12-28)** | ** 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 | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width:60px;" | Labour Party (UK)}}; width:60px;" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width:60px;" | Green Party of England and Wales}}; width:60px;" | ||||
| **3 May 2012** | **[Election results](http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP12-28)** | ** 2,215,008** | **32.0%** | **41.1%** | **6.8%** | **8.5%** | **11.6%** | ||||||||
| 30 Apr - 2 May 2012 | [YouGov](http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/dom2smbrfs/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralElection-030512finalplustabs.pdf) | 2,119 | 32% | **42%** | 9% | 7% | 11% | ||||||||
| 27 - 29 Apr 2012 | [YouGov](http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/yzgh8vz2ll/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralElection-300412.pdf) | 1,231 | 30% | **44%** | 8% | 5% | 13% | ||||||||
| 18 – 24 Apr 2012 | [Survation](http://survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/London-Elections-Poll-Full.pdf) | 1,443 | 28% | **33%** | 10% | 8% | 21% | ||||||||
| 20 - 22 Apr 2012 | [YouGov](http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/veuyyo060y/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralElection-230412.pdf) | 1,138 | 33% | **44%** | 9% | 6% | 6% | ||||||||
| 13 - 15 Apr 2012 | [YouGov](http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/q040gzgswz/YG-Archives-EveningStandard-MayoralRace-160412.pdf) | 1,060 | 35% | **46%** | 9% | 3% | 7% | ||||||||
| **1 May 2008** | **[Election results](http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP12-28)** | **2,412,607** | **34.1%** | **27.1%** | **11.2%** | **8.3%** | **17.6%** |
Results
|- !rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Parties !colspan=10 | Additional member system !rowspan=2 colspan=5 | Total seats |- !colspan=5 |Constituency !colspan=5 |Region |- ! Votes !! % !! +/− !! Seats !! +/− ! Votes !! % !! +/− !! Seats !! +/− ! Total !! +/− !! % |- |votes % = 42.3 |AMS votes % = 41.1 |Seats % = 48.0 |votes % = 32.7 |AMS votes % = 32.0 |Seats % = 36.0 |votes % = 8.5 |AMS votes % = 8.5 |Seats % = 8.0 |votes % = 8.8 |AMS votes % = 6.8
| Seats % = 8.0 |
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Notes
References
References
- "London Assembly Member James Cleverly".
- Greater London Authority Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/schedule/2
- "Who can register to vote?". Harrow Council.
- The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications is the eleventh working day before election day.{{citation needed. (March 2015)
- 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).{{citation needed. (March 2015)
- "Who to vote for". London Elects.
- (4 May 2012). "Oops! Why UKIP Wasn't On The Ballot Paper In London".
- Watt, Chris. (13 July 2011). "Labour announces London Assembly candidates". LabourList.
- Watt, Chris. (1 February 2012). "Christine Quigley announced as latest london assembly Labour candidate". LabourList.
- "2012 GLA list". Liberal Democrats.
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