London Labour Party mayoral selection 2004
2 February 2004
 
Candidate Ken Livingstone
Party Labour
Overall result 93.9%
Party members 87.7%
Affiliates 100.0%
Mayoral candidate before election

Nicky Gavron
Labour

 Elected Mayoral candidate

Ken Livingstone
Labour

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.

Background

Ken 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

Process

London 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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Labour expels Livingstone". BBC News. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nicky Gavron is Labour's candidate for London mayor". Local Government Chronicle. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Livingstone given go-ahead to rejoin Labour party The Guardian, 17 December 2003
  4. ↑ Labour readmits Ken Livingstone The Telegraph, 6 January 2004
  5. ↑ "Ken Livingstone set to rejoin Labour". The Irish Times. 5 January 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ↑ Quinn, Tom. "London Mayoralty Candidate Selection 2000-2016". Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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