2008 London mayoral election

London mayoral election, 2008
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Turnout	45.3%
	Template:London mayoral election, 2008/Image map First preference votes by London borough. Blue boroughs are those with most first preference votes for Boris Johnson and red those for Ken Livingstone
Mayor before election; Ken Livingstone; Labour	Elected Mayor ; Boris Johnson; Conservative

The London mayoral election, 2008 was on 1 May 2008. It was the third London mayoral election, the first election was held in May 2000 and the second election in June 2004. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson became the second Mayor of London.

2008 London Mayoral Election Media

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Boris Johnson, the Conservative candidate, giving his victory speech
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Brian Paddick, the Liberal Democrat candidate, speaking in City Hall after the results of the London mayoral election had been announced, 3 May 2008
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Siân Berry speaking at the London mayoral announcement
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Ballot boxes at a count centre
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London Elections 2008, Excel count centre. Ballot box bar code scanner.
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London opinion polling for the 2008 mayoral election (moving average is calculated from the last six polls)
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  Johnson
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  Paddick
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London opinion polling for the 2008 mayoral election between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone (moving average is calculated from the last six polls)
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Johnson
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Livingstone
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Results by assembly constituency
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Map illustrating the largest party by electoral ward in the election named above. Maps from a Greater London Authority dataset.