Boris Leads But Labour Makes Gains

Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes loses local London Assembly seat

 
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Boris Johnson has taken a clear lead in the early stages of the count of first preference votes in the race to be Mayor but Labour appears to have increased their vote substantially in the London Assembly elections in the local area.

At 5.17pm today (Friday 4th May) with over 90% of the votes verified Boris Johnson had 44% compared to Ken Livingstone on 40% according to the London Elects web site which is tracking the count live. Boris Johnson was expected to be ahead at this stage and Ken Livingstone will be hoping to pick up a higher percentage of second preference votes.


Boris in Snappy Snaps Chiswick

Labour initially had high hopes of a shock result in the South West constituency which covers Hounslow and Richmond borough and was expected to be an easy hold for sitting Assembly Member Tony Arbour. In the early count Lisa Homan for Labour was running neck and neck but more recently the Conservative candidate has built a10 point lead. Labour have made big gains in the constituency in voting so far at the expense of the Liberal Democrats. They were a poor third last time out. Chiswick resident Daniel Goldsmith has made good progress for the Green Party.

In the South West constituency vote for Mayor Boris Johnson is comfortably in the lead with 50% of the vote so far.

Labour does seem set to win the Ealing and Hillingdon area vote which is the constituency for residents of north Chiswick in Ealing borough. Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes currently lags 2 points behind Labour candidate Dr. Onkar Sahota. Boris Johnson currently has a 7 point lead in this constituency.

The London Assembly results are currently expected to be announced at 6pm with the Mayoral vote announcement due at around 8pm if, as expected there is a need to count second preference votes to decide the winner.

Voters are picking a Mayor of London as well as 25 members of the London Assembly.

London Mayoral Election

Live Vote Count - 5.17pm with over 90% of vote counted

Candidate Party % Votes
Boris Johnson Conservative
44
Ken Livingstone Labour
40
Jenny Jones Green
4
Brian Paddick Liberal Democrats
4
Siobhan Benita Independent
4
Lawrence Webb Fresh Choice for London (UKIP)
2
Carlos Cortiglia British National Party
1

London Assembly Election

South West Area (Borough of Hounslow)

Live Vote Count - 5.17pm with over 90% of vote counted

Candidate Party % Votes
Tony Arbour Conservative
40
Lisa Homan Labour
30
Munira Wilson Liberal Democrats
16
Daniel Goldsmith Green
10
Jeff Bolter Fresh Choice for London (UKIP)
5

Result from 2008 Election

Candidate
Party
Votes
Votes %
Majority
Tony Arbour Conservative Party 76,913
40.15%
26,928
Stephen Knight Liberal Democrats 49,985
26.09%
-
Ansuya Sodha The Labour Party 30,190
15.76%
-
John Hunt Green Party 12,774
6.67%
-
Andrew Cripps National Front 4,754
2.48%
-
Peter Dul UK Independence Party 3,779
1.97%
-
Sue May Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party 3,718
1.94%
-
Andrew Constantine Free England Party 2,908
1.52%
-
Roger Cooper English Democrats 1,874
0.98%
-
Tansy Hoskins Left List 1,526
0.80%
-

Ealing and Hillingdon Area (Borough of Ealing)

Live Vote Count - 5.17pm with over 90% of vote counted

Candidate Party % Votes
Onkar Sahota Labour
40
Richard Barnes Conservative
38
Mike Cox Liberal Democrats
7
Mike Harling Green
7
Helen Knight Fresh Choice for London (UKIP)
4
David Furness BNP
3
Ian Edward National Front
1

Result from 2008 Election

Candidate
Party
Votes
Votes %
Majority
Richard Barnes Conservative Party 74,710
42.23%
28,638
Ranjit Dheer The Labour Party 46,072
26.04%
-
Nigel Bakhai Liberal Democrats 18,004
10.18%
-
Sarah Edwards Green Party 12,606
7.13%
-
Ian Edward National Front 7,939
4.49%
-
Mary Boyle Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party 5,100
2.88%
-
Lynnda Robson UK Independence Party 4,465
2.52%
-
Salvinder Dhillon Left List 2,390
1.35%
-
Sati Chaggar English Democrats 1,853
1.05%
-

Shoppers queuing for meat at well-known butchers, Mackens, were surprised to see the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson pop into the shop today, (Friday, April 20th).

The Mayor, who was accompanied by his entourage, including local MP Mary Macleod, and a large group of media, shook hands with locals and reminded them of the coming Mayoral election on May 3rd.

Local businessman and franchise owner of Snappy Snaps Chiswick , John Fitzgerald was stunned when Boris rushed in eager to check out the full range of personalised commercial print products; “One minute we were printing photos and the next the larger than life character Boris Johnson bursts through our shop entrance”.

 

John said; “Boris was admiring our personalised t-shirts and mugs which are not only gift products but work fantastically for promoting and driving awareness for business campaigns, however, I don’t think Boris will be sending Ken a personalised card anytime soon!”.

"People seemed a bit surprised to see him, but he didn't stay for long. We were very busy at the time so there wasn't much time to chat", said Rodney Macken (pictured below) of Macken Brothers Butchers.

One woman said she definitely would not be voting for him, while another engaged him in conversation to which he listened intently.

The butcher's shop is just yards from Turnham Green underground station which is the centre of a long-running campaign by local people, supported by MP Mary Macleod, to pursuade transport authorites to allow Piccadilly Line trains to stop there.

Mr. Johnson left the shop in Turnham Green Terrace without making any purchases. No pasties were requested or mentioned during the visit!



April 20, 2012

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