London Assembly election, 2004

London Assembly election, 2004

2000 ← 10 June 2004 → 2008

25 London Assembly Seats   First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Howard Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Total Seats 9 7 5 Constituency Seats 9 5 0 Additional Member Seats 0 2 5 Seats +/– 0 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Roger Knapman Mike Woodin Party UKIP Green Total Seats 2 2 Constituency Seats 0 0 Additional Member Seats 2 2 Seats +/– 2 1

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

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.

Constituency (First Past the Post) results

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.

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Results by constituency

Party		Votes	Share of Vote (%)	Seats	Loss/Gain
	Conservative	562,047	31.2	9	+1
	Labour	444,808	24.7	5	-1
	Liberal Democrat	332,237	18.4	0	0
	UKIP	180,516	10.0	0	0
	Green	138,242	7.7	0	0
	Respect	82,301	4.6	0	0
	Christian Peoples	43,322	2.4	0	0
	Others	19,064	1.1	0	0

Top-up (Additional Member System) results

Party		Votes	Share of Vote (%)	Seats	Loss/Gain
	Conservative	533,696	27.84	0	-1
	Labour	468,247	24.43	2	-1
	Liberal Democrat	316,218	16.50	5	+1
	Green	160,445	8.37	2	-1
	UKIP	156,780	8.18	2	+2
	BNP	90,365	4.71	0	0
	Respect	87,533	4.57	0	0
	Christian Peoples	54,914	2.86	0	0
	Alliance for Diversity in Community, Uppal	4,968	0.26	0	0

• Overall turnout: 36.97%

London Assembly representation

Party		Seats	Loss/Gain
	Conservative	9	none
	Labour	7	–2
	Liberal Democrat	5	+1
	Green	2	–1
	UKIP	2	+2
Total		25

New members

• Bob Blackman (Conservative Party, Brent and Harrow)
• Dee Doocey (Liberal Democrats, London list)
• Damian Hockney (UK Independence Party, London list)
• Peter Hulme-Cross (UK Independence Party, London list)
• Joanne McCartney (Labour Party, Enfield and Haringey)
• Murad Qureshi (Labour Party, London list)

Defeated members

• Toby Harris (Labour Party, Brent and Harrow)
• Samantha Heath (Labour Party, London list)
• Noel Lynch (Green Party of England and Wales, London list)
• Eric Ollerenshaw (Conservative Party, London list)

Retiring members

• Meg Hillier (Labour Party, North East)
• Diana Johnson (Labour Party, London list)

External links

• Guardian (newspaper): collection of manifestos
• MayorWatch London Elections Guide