The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2004 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2004 mayoral election. Ken Livingstone, the incumbent Mayor of London, was selected to stand after Labour's previous candidate, Nicky Gavron, stood aside.
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Background
editKen Livingstone had been elected Mayor of London in the 2000 election as an independent, after unsuccessfully seeking the Labour Party nomination. This resulted in his expulsion from the Labour Party.[1] In 2002, Labour selected Nicky Gavron as its Mayoral candidate for the 2004 election.[2] Livingstone had made public his intention to seek a second term as Mayor, leading to fears that the Labour vote could be split once again between Livingstone and Gavron.[3]
However, in 2004, Livingstone was readmitted to the Labour Party, after passing a "loyalty test" interview with senior Labour Party officials.[4] Gavron announced she would step aside, leaving a vacancy for Labour's Mayoral candidate.[5]
Candidates
edit- Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London; Leader of the Greater London Council 1981–1986; Member of Parliament for Brent East 1987–2001
Process
editLondon Labour Party members and affiliates were balloted on whether Livingstone should be nominated as Labour's Mayoral candidate; they were given the option to answer 'yes' or 'no' to whether they wanted Livingstone as the candidate. Affiliates and members had 50% of the votes each in an Electoral college.
Result
edit| Option[6] | Individual members (50.0%) |
Affiliated members (50.0%) |
Overall Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 87.7% | 100.0% | 93.9% | |
| No | 12.3% | 0.0% | 6.1% | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Labour expels Livingstone". BBC News. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Nicky Gavron is Labour's candidate for London mayor". Local Government Chronicle. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Livingstone given go-ahead to rejoin Labour party The Guardian, 17 December 2003
- ^ Labour readmits Ken Livingstone The Telegraph, 6 January 2004
- ^ "Ken Livingstone set to rejoin Labour". The Irish Times. 5 January 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Quinn, Tom. "London Mayoralty Candidate Selection 2000-2016". Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2019.