Results
| Mayor of London election 3 May 2012 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Conservative | Boris Johnson | 971,931 | 44.0% | 82,880 | 1,054,811 |
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| Labour | Ken Livingstone | 889,918 | 40.3% | 102,355 | 992,273 |
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| Green | Jenny Jones | 98,913 | 4.5% |
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| Liberal Democrat | Brian Paddick | 91,774 | 4.2% |
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| Independent | Siobhan Benita | 83,914 | 3.8% |
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| UKIP | Lawrence Webb | 43,274 | 2.0% |
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| BNP | Carlos Cortiglia | 28,751 | 1.3% |
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| Conservative hold | ||||||||||
The turnout was 38.1%, a decrease from 45.33% in the previous election.
Shortly before midnight on 4 May, Boris Johnson was declared the re-elected Mayor of London.
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