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Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes loses local London Assembly seat
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.
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
London Assembly Election South West Area (Borough of Hounslow) Live Vote Count - 5.17pm with over 90% of vote counted
Result from 2008 Election
Ealing and Hillingdon Area (Borough of Ealing) Live Vote Count - 5.17pm with over 90% of vote counted
Result from 2008 Election
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.
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!
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Boris Wins But Labour Gains at Local Level |
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Polling day for London Mayoral and Assembly elections arrives
May 1, 2012 |