The 2016 London Assembly election was an election held on 5 May 2016 to elect the members of the London Assembly.[1] It took place on the same day as the London mayoral election[2] and the United Kingdom local elections. Four parties had AMs in the previous Assembly: London Labour led by Len Duvall, London Conservatives led by Gareth Bacon, London Greens led by Siân Berry, and the London Liberal Democrats led by Caroline Pidgeon.
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Labour received the largest number of votes ever cast for a party in a London Assembly election, becoming the first party to poll over 1 million votes. Although they gained Merton and Wandsworth from the Conservatives, their regional vote share declined by 0.8%, and they finished with 12 AMs, the same as in 2012. The Conservative Party won just 8 Assembly seats, its worst-ever performance in a London Assembly election. The Green Party retained its 2 Assembly members, although its 8.0% share of the regional vote represented its worst-ever result, and UKIP returned to the London Assembly for the first time since the election of 2004. The Liberal Democrats elected just 1 AM, their worst-ever result.
Of the minor parties, the newly formed Women's Equality Party was the most successful, attracting 91,772 votes (3.51%) on the regional list, which did not entitle them to any Assembly members as the threshold for representation is 5% of the regional vote. No other party polled above 2%.
Overview
editThe election system used is called the Additional Member System. There are 14 constituencies that elect one member each to the Assembly. These seats have been won only by the Labour Party or the Conservative Party. The remaining 11 seats are distributed by a second vote, by a modified D'Hondt method of closed-list voting, with a 5% minimum threshold. These seats have been won by other parties too, namely the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP, and in the past the British National Party. The overall result is an attempted compromise between constituency representation and London-wide proportional representation.
Those who were eligible[3] had to be registered to vote before 19 April 2016 in order to take part in this election.[4]
Candidates
editConstituency candidates
edit| Constituency | Conservative[5] | Labour[6] | Green | UKIP | Lib Dems[7] | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet & Camden | Dan Thomas (65,242, 2nd) | Andrew Dismore (I)[8] (81,482, 1st) | Stephen Taylor (16,996, 3rd) | Joseph Langton[9] (9,057, 5th) | Zack Polanski[10] (11,204, 4th) | |
| Bexley & Bromley | Gareth Bacon (I) (87,460, 1st) | Sam Russell (45,791, 2nd) | Roisin Robertson (12,685, 4th) | Frank Gould (30,485, 3rd) | Julie Ireland (12,145, 5th) | Veronica Obadara (APP) (1,243, 6th) |
| Brent & Harrow | Joel Davidson (59,147, 2nd) | Navin Shah (I) (79,902, 1st) | Jafar Hassan (9,874, 4th) | Rathy Alagaratnam (9,074, 5th) | Anton Georgiou (11,534, 3rd) | Akib Mahmood (Respect) (5,170, 6th) |
| City & East | Chris Chapman (32,546, 2nd) | Unmesh Desai (122,175, 1st) | Rachel Collinson (18,766, 3rd) | Peter Harris (18,071, 4th) | Elaine Bagshaw (10,714, 5th) | Mikail Rayne (Respect) (6,772, 6th) Amina Gichinga (Take Back the City) (1,368, 7th) Aaron D'Souza (APP) (1,009, 8th) |
| Croydon & Sutton | Steve O'Connell (I) (70,156, 1st) | Marina Ahmad (58,542, 2nd) | Tracey Hague (13,513, 5th) | Peter Staveley (18,338, 4th) | Amna Ahmad (18,859, 3rd) | Madonna Lewis (APP) (1,386, 6th) Richard Edmonds (NF) (1,106, 7th) |
| Ealing & Hillingdon | Dominic Gilham (70,155, 2nd) | Onkar Sahota (I) (86,088, 1st) | Meena Hans[11] (15,758, 4th) | Alex Nieora (15,832, 3rd) | Francesco Fruzza (13,154, 5th) | |
| Enfield & Haringey | Linda Kelly (39,923, 2nd) | Joanne McCartney (I) (91,075, 1st) | Ronald Stewart (15,409, 3rd) | Neville Watson[12] (9,042, 5th) | Nicholas da Costa (12,038, 4th) | Godson Azu (APP) (1,172, 6th) |
| Greenwich & Lewisham | Adam Thomas (30,840, 2nd) | Len Duvall (I) (85,735, 1st) | Imogen Solly (20,520, 3rd) | Paul Oakley (13,686, 4th) | Julia Fletcher[13] (11,303, 5th) | Josephine Bangura (APP) (1,275, 6th) |
| Havering & Redbridge | Keith Prince (64,483, 1st) | Ivana Bartoletti[14] (63,045, 2nd) | Lee Burkwood (9,617, 4th) | Lawrence Webb (26,788, 3rd) | Ian Sanderson[7] (7,105, 5th) | |
| Lambeth & Southwark | Robert Flint[15] (34,703, 2nd) | Florence Eshalomi (96,946, 1st) | Rashid Nix (25,793, 3rd) | Idham Ramadi (6,591, 5th) | Michael Bukola (21,489, 4th) | Kevin Parkin (SPGB)[16] (1,333, 6th) Amadu Kanumansa (APP) (906, 7th) |
| Merton & Wandsworth | David Dean (73,039, 2nd) | Leonie Cooper (77,340, 1st) | Esther Obiri-Darko (14,682, 3rd) | Elizabeth Jones (8,478, 5th) | Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett[17] (10,732, 4th) | Thamilini Kulendran (Independent) (1,142, 6th) |
| North East | Sam Malik (32,565, 2nd) | Jennette Arnold (I) (134,307, 1st) | Samir Jeraj (29,401, 3rd) | Freddy Vachha (11,315, 5th) | Terry Stacy (14,312, 4th) | Tim Allen (Respect) (5,068, 6th) Bill Martin (SPGB),[16] (1,293, 7th) Jonathan Silberman (Communist League) (536, 8th) |
| South West | Tony Arbour (I) (84,381, 1st) | Martin Whelton (62,937, 2nd) | Andree Frieze (19,745, 4th) | Alan Craig (14,983, 5th) | Rosina Robson[18] (30,654, 3rd) | Adam Buick (SPGB)[16] (1,065, 6th) |
| West Central | Tony Devenish (67,775, 1st) | Mandy Richards (53,211, 2nd) | Jennifer Nadel (14,050, 3rd) | Clive Egan (7,708, 5th) | Annabel Mullin (10,577, 4th) | |
| Source: London Elects | ||||||
List candidates
edit| London Assembly election, 2016[19][20][21] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Fiona Twycross (105,480), Tom Copley (95,891), Nicky Gavron (87,900), Murad Qureshi (81,139), Alison Moore, Preston Tabois, Feryal Demirci, Mike Katz, Emily Brothers, Bevan Powell, Sara Hyde | 1,054,801 | 40.3% | –0.8% | |
| Conservative | Kemi Badenoch (127,372), Andrew Boff (109,176), Shaun Bailey (95,529), Susan Hall (84,914), Amandeep Bhogal, Joanne Laban, Antonia Cox, Joy Morrissey, Timothy Barnes, Gregory Stafford, Kishan Devani, Jonathan Cope | 764,230 | 29.2% | –2.8% | |
| Green | Siân Berry (207,959), Caroline Russell (103,980), Shahrar Ali (69,320), Jonathan Bartley, Noel Lynch, Rashid Nix, Dee Searle, Benali Hamdache, Andrea Carey Fuller, Anne RoseMary Warrington, Peter Underwood | 207,959 | 8.0% | –0.6% | |
| UKIP | Peter Whittle (171,069), David Kurten (85,535), Lawrence Webb (57,023), Peter Harris, Neville Watson, Piers Wauchope, Afzal Akram, Elizabeth Jones, Tariq Saeed, Freddy Vachha, Peter Staveley | 171,069 | 6.5% | +2.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon (165,580), Emily Davey (82,790), Merlene Emerson, Robert Blackie, Zack Polanski, Dawn Barnes, Annabel Mullin, Marisha Ray, Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, Pauline Pearce, Benjamin Mathis | 165,580 | 6.3% | –0.5% | |
| Women's Equality | Sophie Walker, Harini Iyengar, Jacquelyn Guderley, Alison Marshall, Rebecca Manson Jones, Anila Dhami, Isabelle Parasram, Chris Paouros, Joanna Shaw, Kate Massey-Chase, Melanie Howard | 91,772[22] | 3.5% | New | |
| Respect | George Galloway, Akib Mahmood, Mikail Rayne, Clare McCaughey, Rehiana Ali, Terry Hoy, Simon Virgo, Saurav Dutt, Tehmeena Mahmood, Karina Lockhart | 41,324 | 1.6% | New | |
| Britain First | Jayda Fransen, Paul Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone, Nancy Smith, Hollie Rouse, Peggy Saunders, Donna King, Kevan McMullen, Steven Connor | 39,071 | 1.5% | New | |
| CPA | Malcolm Martin, Maureen Martin, Yemi Awolola, Helen Spiby-Vann, Ray Towey, Damilola Adewuyi, Kathy Mils, Kayode Shedono, Des Coke, Ashley Dickenson, Stephen Hammond, Kevin Nichols | 27,172 | 1.0% | –0.8% | |
| Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson, Jonathan Homan, Alexander Bourke, Linda Seddon, Zsanett Csontos | 25,810 | 1.0% | New | |
| BNP | David Furness, Paul Sturdy, John Clarke, Michael Jones, Peter Finch, Nicola Finch, Denise Underwood, Stephen Dillon, Philip Dalton, Gareth Jones, Beb Smith | 15,833 | 0.6% | –1.5% | |
| The House Party | Terry McGrenera | 11,055 | 0.4% | +0.1% | |
Rejected ballots 29,733 (1.1%)[23]
Total votes 2,645,409
Note that party descriptions can be used as alternatives to the registered party name.[24] Descriptions used in this election were:[25]
- Britain First – Putting British people first
- Caroline Pidgeon's London Liberal Democrats
- Green Party – "vote Green on orange"
- Respect (George Galloway)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- The House Party – Homes for Londoners
Opinion polls
editConstituency
edit| Date(s) conducted | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Lab | Con | Lib Dem | Green | UKIP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2016 | Election results | 2,614,912 | 43.5% | 31.1% | 7.5% | 9.1% | 7.6% | 1.2% | 12.4% |
| 2–4 May 2016 | YouGov | 1,574 | 44% | 30% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 1% | 14% |
| 15–19 April 2016 | YouGov | 1,017 | 46% | 30% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 1% | 16% |
| 3 May 2012 | Election results | 2,207,677 | 42.3% | 32.7% | 8.8% | 8.5% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 9.6% |
Regional list
edit| Date(s) conducted | Polling organisation/client | Sample | Lab | Con | Green | Lib Dem | UKIP | WEP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2016 | Election results | 2,615,676 | 40.3% | 29.2% | 8.0% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 11.1% |
| 2–4 May 2016 | YouGov | 1,574 | 39% | 29% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 2% | 3% | 10% |
| 15–19 April 2016 | YouGov | 1,017 | 45% | 29% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 16% |
| 3 May 2012 | Election results | 2,215,008 | 41.1% | 32.0% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 4.5% | — | 7.1% | 9.1% |
Results
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| Parties | Additional member system | Total seats | ||||||||||||||
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| Constituency | Region | |||||||||||||||
| Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Total | +/− | % | ||||
| Labour | 1,138,576 | 43.5 | 1.2 | 9 | 1 | 1,054,801 | 40.3 |  0.8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |  | 48.0 | |||
| Conservative | 812,415 | 31.1 | 1.6 | 5 | 1 | 764,230 | 29.2 | 2.8 | 3 | | 8 | 1 | 32.0 | |||
| Green | 236,809 | 9.1 | 0.5 | | | 207,959 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 2 | | 2 | | 8.0 | |||
| UKIP | 199,448 | 7.6 | 3.3 | | | 171,069 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 195,820 | 7.5 | 1.3 | | | 165,580 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | |||
| Women's Equality | - | - | - | - | - | 91,772 | 3.5 | New | | | 0 | | - | |||
| Respect | 16,960 | 0.6 | New | | | 41,324 | 1.6 | New | | | 0 | | - | |||
| Britain First | - | - | - | - | - | 39,071 | 1.5 | New | | | 0 | | - | |||
| CPA | - | - | - | - | - | 27,172 | 1.0 | 0.8 | | | 0 | | - | |||
| Animal Welfare | - | - | - | - | - | 25,810 | 1.0 | New | | | 0 | | - | |||
| BNP | - | - | - | - | - | 15,833 | 0.6 | 1.5 | | | 0 | | - | |||
| The House Party | - | - | - | - | - | 11,055 | 0.4 | 0.0 | | | 0 | | - | |||
| All People's Party | 6,991 | 0.3 | New | 0 | | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | | - | |||
| Socialist (GB) | 3,691 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | | - | |||
| Take Back the City | 1,368 | 0.1 | New | 0 | | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | | - | |||
| Thamilini Kulendran | 1,142 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | | - | |||
| Communist League | 536 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | | - | |||
| Total | 2,614,862 | 14 | 2,615,676 | 11 | 25 | |||||||||||