Election Name: | 2016 London Assembly election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2012 London Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2021 London Assembly election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Seats For Election: | All 25 seats in the London Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 13 |
Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
1Blank: | Constituency Vote |
2Blank: | % and swing |
3Blank: | Regional Vote |
4Blank: | % and swing |
Turnout: | 45.6% 8.1% |
Leader1: | Len Duvall |
Leaders Seat1: | Greenwich and Lewisham |
Party1: | Labour |
Colour1: | DC241f |
Last Election1: | 12 seats |
Seats1: | 12 |
1Data1: | 1,138,576 |
2Data1: | 43.5% 1.2% |
3Data1: | 1,054,801 |
4Data1: | 40.3% 0.8% |
Leader2: | Gareth Bacon |
Leaders Seat2: | Bexley and Bromley |
Party2: | Conservative |
Colour2: | 0087DC |
Last Election2: | 9 seats |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
1Data2: | 812,415 |
2Data2: | 31.1% 1.6% |
3Data2: | 764,230 |
4Data2: | 29.2% 2.8% |
Leader3: | Siân Berry |
Leaders Seat3: | Londonwide |
Party3: | Green |
Color3: | 6AB023 |
Last Election3: | 2 seats |
Seats3: | 2 |
1Data3: | 236,809 |
2Data3: | 9.1% 0.5% |
3Data3: | 207,959 |
4Data3: | 8.0% 0.6% |
Leader4: | Peter Whittle |
Leaders Seat4: | Londonwide |
Party4: | UK Independence Party |
Last Election4: | 0 seats |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
1Data4: | 199,448 |
2Data4: | 7.6% 3.3% |
3Data4: | 171,069 |
4Data4: | 6.5% 2.0% |
Leader5: | Caroline Pidgeon |
Leaders Seat5: | Londonwide |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats |
Color5: | FAA61A |
Last Election5: | 2 seats |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
1Data5: | 195,820 |
2Data5: | 7.5% 1.3% |
3Data5: | 165,580 |
4Data5: | 6.3% 0.5% |
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.
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%.
The 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]
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 (7,105, 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), (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) (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 |
Rejected ballots 29,733 (1.1%)[19]
Total votes 2,645,409
Note that party descriptions can be used as alternatives to the registered party name.[20] Descriptions used in this election were:[21]
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% |
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% |
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|-! style="background-color: Orange || style="text-align:left;" | All People's Party| style="text-align:right;" | 6,991| style="text-align:right;" | 0.3| style="text-align:right;" | New| style="text-align:right;" | 0| style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | -| style="text-align:right;" | -| style="text-align:right;" | -| style="text-align:right;" | -| style="text-align:right;" | -| style="text-align:right;" | 0| style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | -|-
|-| || Total || 2,614,862 || || || 14 || || 2,615,676 || || || 11 || || 25 || |||}