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.
Background In the 2021 London Assembly elections, Labour won eleven seats, the Conservatives nine, the Green Party three, and the Liberal Democrats two.
Electoral system 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.Greater London Authority Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/schedule/2
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
Constituency candidates Constituency Labour Conservative Green Lib Dems Reform UK Others Barnet & Camden Anne Clarke(70,749, 1st) Julie Redmond(51,606, 2nd) Kate Tokley(18,405, 3rd) Scott Emery(12,335, 4th) Raj Forhad(7,703, 5th) Bill Martin (SPGB)(1,639, 6th) Bexley & Bromley Kevin McKenna(50,174, 2nd) Thomas Turrell(90,103, 1st) Marley King(15,813, 5th) Gita Bapat(18,730, 4th) Alan Cook(27,603, 3rd) Brent & Harrow Krupesh Hirani(63,867, 1st) Stefan Bucovineanul-Voloseniuc(55,039, 2nd) Nida Al-Fulaij(15,167, 3rd) Jonny Singh(12,068, 4th) Ian Price(11,243, 5th) City & East Unmesh Desai(99,570, 1st) Freddie Downing(29,083, 2nd) Joe Hudson-Small(29,073, 3rd) Patrick Stillman(11,416, 5th) David Sandground(14,535, 4th) Lois Austin (TUSC)(4,710, 7th)Ak Goodman (Ind)(5,310, 6th) Croydon & Sutton Maddie Henson(54,380, 2nd) Neil Garratt(64,674, 1st) Peter Underwood(19,434, 4th) Trish Fivey(29,160, 3rd) Marian Newton(14,375, 5th) April Ashley (TUSC)(2,766, 6th) Ealing & Hillingdon Bassam Mahfouz(72,356, 1st) Henry Higgins(67,495, 2nd) Jess Lee(22,984, 3rd) Kuldev Sehra(15,293, 4th) Anthony Goodwin(15,247, 5th) Enfield & Haringey Joanne McCartney(78,880, 1st) Calum McGillivray(32,778, 2nd) Katie Knight(26,956, 3rd) Guy Russo(14,284, 4th) Roger Gravett(10,973, 5th) Greenwich & Lewisham Len Duvall(80,101, 1st) Kieran Terry(25,960, 3rd) Karin Tearle(28,294, 2nd) Josh Matthews(11,975, 5th) Mark Simpson(13,405, 4th) Havering & Redbridge Guy Williams(49,561, 2nd) Keith Prince(65,037, 1st) Kim Arrowsmith(15,010, 4th) Fraser Coppin(8,240, 6th) Alex Wilson(19,696, 3rd) Mohammed Asif (Ind)(11,768, 5th)Andy Walker (TUSC)(2,145, 7th) Lambeth & Southwark Marina Ahmad(84,768, 1st) Christine Wallace(21,121, 4th) Claire Sheppard(35,144, 2nd) Chris French(22,030 3rd) Tony Sharp(8,942, 5th) Adam Buick (SPGB)(2,082, 6th) Merton & Wandsworth Leonie Cooper(77,235, 1st) Ellie Cox(49,812, 2nd) Pippa Maslin(19,124, 4th) Sue Wixley(21,418, 3rd) Tania Marszalek(8,063, 5th) North East Sem Moema(104,088, 1st) Pearce Branigan(27,769, 3rd) Antoinette Fernandez(44,342, 2nd) Rebecca Jones(12,920, 4th) Tony Glover(9,086, 5th) Tan Bui (Ind)(1,804, 7th)Nancy Taaffe (TUSC)(5,595, 6th) South West Marcela Benedetti(50,656, 2nd) Ron Mushiso(49,981, 3rd) Chas Warlow(17,696, 4th) Gareth Roberts(66,675, 1st) Steve Chilcott(14,450, 5th) Abigail Hardy (Ind)(5,205, 6th) West Central James Small-Edwards(46,831, 1st) Tony Devenish(42,578, 2nd) Rajiv Sinha(12,427, 4th) Christophe Noblet(14,505, 3rd) Nicola Pateman(8,040, 5th) Source: London Elects
Assembly members not standing for re-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 Date(s)conducted Pollster Client Samplesize Lab Con Green Lib Dem Reform Others Lead24-30 Apr 2024YouGovN/A1,19246%21%12%11%8%2%25% 2021 Assembly election—41.2%32.0%13.0%10.3%2.4%1.1% 9.2%
Party list Date(s)conducted Pollster Client Samplesize Lab Con Green Lib Dem Reform Others Lead24-30 Apr 2024YouGovN/A1,19243%21%12%11%8%4%22% 2021 Assembly election—38.1%30.7%11.8%7.3%1.0%11.1% 7.4%
Results
Aftermath Three days after the election, Siân Berry resigned from the Assembly so that Zoë Garbett could take her place instead.
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