2012 London mayoral election

The London mayoral election of 2012 was on Thursday 3 May 2012. It was the fourth London mayoral election. It was won by Conservative Party candidate and the incumbent mayor Boris Johnson who has been mayor since the 2008 election.

London mayoral election, 2012

3 May 2012
Turnout	38.1% 2012 London Mayoral Election Media Knitted characters of Johnson, Paddick, Livingstone and Jones Cortiglia with members of the public London opinion polling for the 2012 mayoral election (moving average is calculated from the last six polls) *   Johnson *   Livingstone *   Paddick *   Jones *   Webb * London opinion polling for the 2012 mayoral election between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone (moving average is calculated from the last six polls) *   Johnson *   Livingstone * Results by assembly constituency Map illustrating the largest party by electoral ward in the election named above. Maps from a Greater London Authority dataset. 7.2 pp
Candidate Boris Johnson Ken Livingstone Party Conservative Labour 1st Round vote 971,931 889,918 Percentage 44.0% 40.3% 2nd Round vote 1,054,811 992,273 Percentage 51.5% 48.5%
Result of voting by London borough. Blue boroughs are those with most votes for Boris Johnson and red those for Ken Livingstone.
Mayor before election Boris Johnson Conservative Elected Mayor Boris Johnson Conservative