2024 London Assembly election

The 2024 London Assembly election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the members of the London Assembly. It took place on the same day as the 2024 London mayoral election, local elections across England and Wales and one parliamentary by-election.

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2024 London Assembly election

Background

2024 London Assembly election

In the 2021 London Assembly elections, Labour won eleven seats, the Conservatives nine, the Green Party three, and the Liberal Democrats two.

Electoral system

2024 London Assembly election

Members of the London Assembly are elected through a combination of both first past the post and closed list proportional representation. This system is commonly referred to as the additional member system. Fourteen members are elected in single member constituencies with the candidate receiving the largest number of votes becoming the Assembly Member for that constituency. An additional 11 "London members" are also elected from the whole of London, with parties submitting lists of up to 25 candidates. For a party to receive one or more London members, it needs to attain at least 5% of the vote across London. This process divides the remaining seats proportionally to the vote share of the parties with the use of the modified D'Hondt method allocating the seats. This system ensures overall proportionality with the 11 additional members being allocated in a corrective manner.

Constituency candidates need to submit a deposit of £1,000, which is returned if they get at least 5% of the vote. A London-wide list requires a deposit of £5,000, which is returned if the list gets 2.5% of the vote.

London-wide list candidates

2024 London Assembly election

<table><thead><tr><th>2024 London Assembly election (London-wide)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>List</td><td>Candidates</td><td>Votes</td><td>Of total (%)</td><td>± from prev.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Elly Baker (86,460), Sakina Sheikh (79,255), John Howard, James Beckles, Bora Kwon, Jasbir Anand, Martin Whelton, Omid Miri, Devina Paul, Sian Eiles, Patrick Lilley</td><td>951,056</td><td>38.4%</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td>Susan Hall (162,067), Shaun Bailey (129,654), Emma Best (108,045), Andrew Boff (92,610), Alessandro Georgiou (81,034), Nicholas McLean (72,030), Nicholas Vandyke, Laila Cunningham, Richard Mills, Katherine Lymer, Will Jackson</td><td>648,269</td><td>26.2%</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Siân Berry (286,746), Caroline Russell (143,373), Zack Polanski (95,582), Zoë Garbett (71,687), Benali Hamdache, Scott Ainslie, Ria Patel, Nate Higgins, Claire Sheppard, Shahrar Ali, Pete Elliott</td><td>286,746</td><td>11.6%</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td>Hina Bokhari (107,891), Rob Blackie (71,894), Irina von Wiese, Gareth Roberts, Chris Maines, John Sweeney, William Houngbo, Michael Bukola, Chris Annous, Sue Wixley, Sarah Hoyle</td><td>215,682</td><td>8.7%</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reform</td><td>Alex Wilson (145,409), Howard Cox (72,705), Mark Simpson, Ian Price, Steve Chilcott, Roger Gravett, Tony Glover, Alan Cook, Raj Forhad, Nicola Pateman, Anthony Goodwin, Tania Marszalek, David Sandground, Marian Newton, Tony Sharp</td><td>145,409</td><td>5.9%</td><td>4.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Rejoin EU</td><td>Richard Hewison, Alex Kerr, Charlotte Blake, Brendan Donnelly, Alessandro Gallo, Briony Kapoor, Marianne Mandujano, Drew Miles, Ben Rend, Laurence Williams, Jaki Airey, Simon Bezer, Jas Alduk</td><td>62,528</td><td>2.5%</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Animal Welfare</td><td>Vanessa Hudson, Saffron Gloyne, Alex Bourke, Femy Amin, Bel Jacobs, Mark Scott, Julian Weisman</td><td>41,303</td><td>1.7%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Britain First</td><td>Nick Scanlon</td><td>32,085</td><td>1.3%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPA</td><td>Maureen Martin, Simeon Ademolake, Helen Spiby-Vann, Amelia Allao, Ashley Dickenson, Eunice Odesanmi, Des Coke, Katherine Hortense, Zion Amodu, Lucy Baiye-Gaman</td><td>26,798</td><td>1.1%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDP</td><td>Amy Gallagher, Huge de Burgh, Stephen Balogh, Jon Mabbutt, Manny Lawal, Jane Gibson, Steve Kelleher, Alastair Mellon, Laurenzo Mefsut, Daniel Woodruffe, Jake Painter, David Hargreaves, Les Beaumont</td><td>23,021</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No description</td><td>Laurence Fox</td><td>13,795</td><td>0.6%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Farah London</td><td>13,048</td><td>0.5%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Communist</td><td>Ross Crawford, William Dry, Nigel Green, Anita Halpin, Arnes Ramic, Ross Leonard, Laura Miller, Michael Squires, Robin Talbot, Paul Whitehouse, Ruth Wilson, Benjamin Woodward</td><td>10,915</td><td>0.4%</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Heritage</td><td>Maria Candilo, David Poulden, Michael Watson, Dafydd Morriss, Henryk Mackiewicz</td><td>4,431</td><td>0.2%</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Gabe Romualdo</td><td>1,601</td><td>0.1%</td><td>New</td></tr></tbody></table>

Constituency candidates

2024 London Assembly election

<table><thead><tr><th>Constituency</th><th>Labour</th><th>Conservative</th><th>Green</th><th>Lib Dems</th><th>Reform UK</th><th>Others</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Barnet & Camden</td><td>Anne Clarke (70,749, 1st)</td><td>Julie Redmond (51,606, 2nd)</td><td>Kate Tokley (18,405, 3rd)</td><td>Scott Emery (12,335, 4th)</td><td>Raj Forhad (7,703, 5th)</td><td>Bill Martin (SPGB) (1,639, 6th)</td></tr><tr><td>Bexley & Bromley</td><td>Kevin McKenna (50,174, 2nd)</td><td>Thomas Turrell (90,103, 1st)</td><td>Marley King (15,813, 5th)</td><td>Gita Bapat (18,730, 4th)</td><td>Alan Cook (27,603, 3rd)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Brent & Harrow</td><td>Krupesh Hirani (63,867, 1st)</td><td>Stefan Bucovineanul-Voloseniuc (55,039, 2nd)</td><td>Nida Al-Fulaij (15,167, 3rd)</td><td>Jonny Singh (12,068, 4th)</td><td>Ian Price (11,243, 5th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>City & East</td><td>Unmesh Desai (99,570, 1st)</td><td>Freddie Downing (29,083, 2nd)</td><td>Joe Hudson-Small (29,073, 3rd)</td><td>Patrick Stillman (11,416, 5th)</td><td>David Sandground (14,535, 4th)</td><td>Lois Austin (TUSC) (4,710, 7th) Ak Goodman (Ind) (5,310, 6th)</td></tr><tr><td>Croydon & Sutton</td><td>Maddie Henson (54,380, 2nd)</td><td>Neil Garratt (64,674, 1st)</td><td>Peter Underwood (19,434, 4th)</td><td>Trish Fivey (29,160, 3rd)</td><td>Marian Newton (14,375, 5th)</td><td>April Ashley (TUSC) (2,766, 6th)</td></tr><tr><td>Ealing & Hillingdon</td><td>Bassam Mahfouz (72,356, 1st)</td><td>Henry Higgins (67,495, 2nd)</td><td>Jess Lee (22,984, 3rd)</td><td>Kuldev Sehra (15,293, 4th)</td><td>Anthony Goodwin (15,247, 5th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Enfield & Haringey</td><td>Joanne McCartney (78,880, 1st)</td><td>Calum McGillivray (32,778, 2nd)</td><td>Katie Knight (26,956, 3rd)</td><td>Guy Russo (14,284, 4th)</td><td>Roger Gravett (10,973, 5th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greenwich & Lewisham</td><td>Len Duvall (80,101, 1st)</td><td>Kieran Terry (25,960, 3rd)</td><td>Karin Tearle (28,294, 2nd)</td><td>Josh Matthews (11,975, 5th)</td><td>Mark Simpson (13,405, 4th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Havering & Redbridge</td><td>Guy Williams (49,561, 2nd)</td><td>Keith Prince (65,037, 1st)</td><td>Kim Arrowsmith (15,010, 4th)</td><td>Fraser Coppin (8,240, 6th)</td><td>Alex Wilson (19,696, 3rd)</td><td>Mohammed Asif (Ind) (11,768, 5th) Andy Walker (TUSC) (2,145, 7th)</td></tr><tr><td>Lambeth & Southwark</td><td>Marina Ahmad (84,768, 1st)</td><td>Christine Wallace (21,121, 4th)</td><td>Claire Sheppard (35,144, 2nd)</td><td>Chris French (22,030 3rd)</td><td>Tony Sharp (8,942, 5th)</td><td>Adam Buick (SPGB) (2,082, 6th)</td></tr><tr><td>Merton & Wandsworth</td><td>Leonie Cooper (77,235, 1st)</td><td>Ellie Cox (49,812, 2nd)</td><td>Pippa Maslin (19,124, 4th)</td><td>Sue Wixley (21,418, 3rd)</td><td>Tania Marszalek (8,063, 5th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>Sem Moema (104,088, 1st)</td><td>Pearce Branigan (27,769, 3rd)</td><td>Antoinette Fernandez (44,342, 2nd)</td><td>Rebecca Jones (12,920, 4th)</td><td>Tony Glover (9,086, 5th)</td><td>Tan Bui (Ind) (1,804, 7th) Nancy Taaffe (TUSC) (5,595, 6th)</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>Marcela Benedetti (50,656, 2nd)</td><td>Ron Mushiso (49,981, 3rd)</td><td>Chas Warlow (17,696, 4th)</td><td>Gareth Roberts (66,675, 1st)</td><td>Steve Chilcott (14,450, 5th)</td><td>Abigail Hardy (Ind) (5,205, 6th)</td></tr><tr><td>West Central</td><td>James Small-Edwards (46,831, 1st)</td><td>Tony Devenish (42,578, 2nd)</td><td>Rajiv Sinha (12,427, 4th)</td><td>Christophe Noblet (14,505, 3rd)</td><td>Nicola Pateman (8,040, 5th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Source: London Elects</td></tr></tbody></table>

Assembly members not standing for re-election

2024 London Assembly election

• Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London-wide list member since 2008. • Onkar Sahota, Labour member for Ealing and Hillingdon since 2012. • Nick Rogers, Conservative member for South West since 2021. • Peter Fortune, Conservative member for Bexley and Bromley since 2021.

Opinion polls

Constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Date(s) conducted</th><th>Pollster</th><th>Client</th><th>Sample size</th><th>Lab</th><th>Con</th><th>Green</th><th>Lib Dem</th><th>Reform</th><th>Others</th><th>Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>24-30 Apr 2024</td><td>YouGov</td><td>N/A</td><td>1,192</td><td>46%</td><td>21%</td><td>12%</td><td>11%</td><td>8%</td><td>2%</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>6 May 2021</td><td>2021 Assembly election</td><td>—</td><td>41.2%</td><td>32.0%</td><td>13.0%</td><td>10.3%</td><td>2.4%</td><td>1.1%</td><td>9.2%</td></tr></tbody></table>

Party list

<table><thead><tr><th>Date(s) conducted</th><th>Pollster</th><th>Client</th><th>Sample size</th><th>Lab</th><th>Con</th><th>Green</th><th>Lib Dem</th><th>Reform</th><th>Others</th><th>Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>24-30 Apr 2024</td><td>YouGov</td><td>N/A</td><td>1,192</td><td>43%</td><td>21%</td><td>12%</td><td>11%</td><td>8%</td><td>4%</td><td>22%</td></tr><tr><td>6 May 2021</td><td>2021 Assembly election</td><td>—</td><td>38.1%</td><td>30.7%</td><td>11.8%</td><td>7.3%</td><td>1.0%</td><td>11.1%</td><td>7.4%</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

2024 London Assembly election

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Party</th><th>Total seats</th><th>+/–</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Votes</td><td>%</td><td>Seats</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td><td>Seats</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>983,216</td><td>39.75</td><td>10</td><td>951,056</td><td>38.40</td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td>673,036</td><td>27.21</td><td>3</td><td>648,269</td><td>26.17</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>−1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>319,869</td><td>12.93</td><td>0</td><td>286,746</td><td>11.58</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td>271,049</td><td>10.96</td><td>1</td><td>215,682</td><td>8.71</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reform UK</td><td>183,361</td><td>7.41</td><td>0</td><td>145,409</td><td>5.87</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>+1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Rejoin EU</td><td></td><td>62,528</td><td>2.52</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Animal Welfare</td><td></td><td>41,303</td><td>1.67</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Britain First</td><td></td><td>32,085</td><td>1.30</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Christian Peoples Alliance</td><td></td><td>26,798</td><td>1.08</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Social Democratic</td><td></td><td>23,021</td><td>0.93</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Laurence Fox</td><td></td><td>13,795</td><td>0.56</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Farah London</td><td></td><td>13,048</td><td>0.53</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Communist Party of Britain</td><td></td><td>10,915</td><td>0.44</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Heritage</td><td></td><td>4,431</td><td>0.18</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Gabe Romualdo</td><td></td><td>1,601</td><td>0.06</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TUSC</td><td>15,216</td><td>0.62</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist</td><td>3,721</td><td>0.15</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>24,087</td><td>0.97</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>2,473,555</td><td>100.00</td><td>14</td><td>2,476,687</td><td>100.00</td><td>11</td><td>25</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Valid votes</td><td>2,473,555</td><td>99.20</td><td></td><td>2,476,687</td><td>99.31</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Invalid/blank votes</td><td>19,878</td><td>0.80</td><td></td><td>17,226</td><td>0.69</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td>2,493,433</td><td>100.00</td><td></td><td>2,493,913</td><td>100.00</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered voters/turnout</td><td>6,162,428</td><td>40.46</td><td></td><td>6,162,428</td><td>40.47</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Source:</td></tr></tbody></table>

Aftermath

2024 London Assembly election

Three days after the election, Siân Berry resigned from the Assembly so that Zoë Garbett could take her place instead.