The 2016 London Mayoral Election is scheduled to be held on
May 05,2016 to elect the Mayor of London,on the same day as the London
Assembly Election which will be the fifth election to the position of
Mayor, which was created in 2000 after a Referendum in London
There have been two Mayors since the position's creation in 2000
The Incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson has chosen not to run for re-election for a third term in office, having been elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislin at the 2015 General Election, making this the first time since the inaugural election that the incumbent is not running
Mayor Candidates
London was on track to become the first EU capital with a Muslim mayor as voters went to the polls Thursday May 05,2016 after a bitter campaign between Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the opposition Labour party.
Labour lawmaker Sadiq Khan, a former government minister and son of a bus driver from Pakistan, is tipped to beat Conservative multimillionaire environmentalist Zac Goldsmith in the race to run the British capital.
Both men come from different backgrounds. Sadiq Khan(45) grew up in social housing and worked as a human rights lawyer before entering politics, while Zac Goldsmith(41)is the son of the late tycoon financier James Goldsmith
Voting ended at 10:00 pm with the result expected Friday. Khan cast his ballot in his multi-ethnic constituency of Tooting in south London, and Goldsmith in the leafy, affluent southwestern suburb of Richmond.
The vote was taking place on the same day as regional polls in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which are expected to leave the balance of power in those regional devolved administrations broadly unchanged.
In the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's pro-independence party is looking to tighten its hold on power as it seeks to build support for a second vote on leaving the UK following a failed referendum on the issue in 2014.
If Britain as a whole votes to leave the EU but Scotland votes to stay in, Sturgeon says that would be a pretext for her Scottish National Party to demand another independence referendum.
In Wales, polls put Labour on course to retain their dominance in the Welsh Assembly, with the Conservatives and nationalists Plaid Cymru vying for second place.
In Northern Ireland, the delicate balance in the power-sharing executive set up after decades of sectarian violence also looks set to continue.
The elections are a key test for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the veteran socialist elected in September 2015
There have been two Mayors since the position's creation in 2000
- Ken Livingstone,Labour Party 2000 - 08
- Boris Johnson,Conservative Party 2008-16
The Incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson has chosen not to run for re-election for a third term in office, having been elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislin at the 2015 General Election, making this the first time since the inaugural election that the incumbent is not running
Mayor Candidates
- Sadiq Khan , Labour Party Candidate
- Zac Goldsmith,Conservative Party Candidate
- Peter Whittle,UKIP Candidate
- Sian Berry,Green Party Candidate
- Caroline Pidgeon,Liberal Democrat Party Candidate
- David Furness,British National Party Candidate
- George Galloway,Respect Party Candidate
- Paul Golding,Britain First Party Candidate
- Ankit Love,One Love Party Candidate
- Sophie Walker,Women's Equality Party Candidate
- Lee Harris,Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol(CIFA)Party Candidate
- Prince Zylinski,Independent
London was on track to become the first EU capital with a Muslim mayor as voters went to the polls Thursday May 05,2016 after a bitter campaign between Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the opposition Labour party.
Labour lawmaker Sadiq Khan, a former government minister and son of a bus driver from Pakistan, is tipped to beat Conservative multimillionaire environmentalist Zac Goldsmith in the race to run the British capital.
Both men come from different backgrounds. Sadiq Khan(45) grew up in social housing and worked as a human rights lawyer before entering politics, while Zac Goldsmith(41)is the son of the late tycoon financier James Goldsmith
Voting ended at 10:00 pm with the result expected Friday. Khan cast his ballot in his multi-ethnic constituency of Tooting in south London, and Goldsmith in the leafy, affluent southwestern suburb of Richmond.
The vote was taking place on the same day as regional polls in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which are expected to leave the balance of power in those regional devolved administrations broadly unchanged.
In the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's pro-independence party is looking to tighten its hold on power as it seeks to build support for a second vote on leaving the UK following a failed referendum on the issue in 2014.
If Britain as a whole votes to leave the EU but Scotland votes to stay in, Sturgeon says that would be a pretext for her Scottish National Party to demand another independence referendum.
In Wales, polls put Labour on course to retain their dominance in the Welsh Assembly, with the Conservatives and nationalists Plaid Cymru vying for second place.
In Northern Ireland, the delicate balance in the power-sharing executive set up after decades of sectarian violence also looks set to continue.
The elections are a key test for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the veteran socialist elected in September 2015
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