2016 London mayoral election

The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the next Mayor of London. It was the fifth London mayoral election. The sitting mayor of London Boris Johnson did not stand for re-election. The Conservative Party candidate was Zac Goldsmith and the Labour Party candidate was Sadiq Khan. In the election, Khan was elected mayor.

London mayoral election, 2016

5 May 2016
Turnout	45.3% 7.2 pp
File:Sadiq Khan November 2016.jpg Candidate Sadiq Khan Zac Goldsmith Party Labour Conservative 1st Round vote 1,148,716 909,755 Percentage 44.2% 35.0% 2nd Round vote 1,310,143 994,614 Percentage 56.8% 43.2%
Result of voting by London borough. Red boroughs are those with a plurality of (first-preference) votes for Sadiq Khan and blue are those with a plurality for Zac Goldsmith.
Mayor before election Boris Johnson Conservative Elected Mayor Sadiq Khan Labour

Candidates

• Conservative Party - Zac Goldsmith
• Labour Party - Sadiq Khan
• Liberal Democrats - Caroline Pidgeon
• Green party - Siân Berry
• UKIP - Peter Whittle
• Respect Party - George Galloway

Results

• Sadiq Khan - 1,310,143
• Zack Goldsmith - 994,614
• Siân Berry - 150,673
• Caroline Pidgeon - 120,005
• Peter Whittle - 94,373
• George Galloway- 37,007

The election election used the supplementary vote system, which is where the voters choose a first and a second choice of candidates. After two rounds Khan was elected as Mayor.

2016 London Mayoral Election Media

• Boris Johnson -opening bell at NASDAQ-14Sept2009-3c cropped.jpg

  The outgoing mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The 2016 mayoral election was the first in which the incumbent mayor did not stand for re-election.

• Zac Goldsmith MP at 'A New Conversation with the Centre-Right about Climate Change'.jpg

  Zac Goldsmith, Conservative candidate

• Sadiq Khan.jpg

  Sadiq Khan, Labour candidate

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  Green Party candidate Siân Berry in 2005

• Caroline Pidgeon AM at Bournemouth.jpg

  Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat candidate

• Andrew Neil FT 2011.jpg

  The BBC debate on 18 April between the five leading candidates was chaired by Andrew Neil

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  Transport costs on London's Underground system (pictured) were a key early issue in the campaign

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  London opinion polling for the 2016 mayoral election (moving average is calculated from the last six polls)

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• London opinion polling for the 2016 mayoral election between Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan (moving average is calculated from the last six polls)

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• Results by assembly constituency