2024 London Assembly election

The 2024 election to the London Assembly will take place on 2 May 2024, concurrently with the 2024 local elections and the London Mayoral election.

2024 London Assembly election
2 May 2024
All 25 seats in the London Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Len Duvall Neil Garratt
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Greenwich and Lewisham Londonwide
Last election 11 seats 9 seats
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Caroline Russell Caroline Pidgeon
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Londonwide Londonwide
Last election 3 seats 2 seats

Background

In the 2021 London Assembly elections, Labour won 11 seats, the Conservatives 9, the Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2.

In addition to this the London 2022 Local Elections showed growth for the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats, with moderate growth for the Green Party and losses for the Conservatives.

Electoral system

The members of the Assembly are elected through a combination of both first past the post as well as closed list proportional representation; this system is commonly referred to as the additional member system. 14 members are elected in single member constituencies with the candidate receiving the largest number of votes becoming the Assembly Member for that constituency. An additional 11 members are also elected from the whole of London — with parties creating lists of up to 25 candidates — for a party to be included it needs to attain at least 5% of the vote across London. This process divides the remaining seats proportionally to the vote share of the parties with the use of the modified D'Hondt method allocating the seats. This system ensures proportionality with the 11 additional members being allocated in a corrective manner.[1][2]

Candidates

Constituency candidates need to submit a deposit of £1000, which is returned if they get 5% of the vote. A London-wide list requires a deposit of £5000, returnable if the list gets 2.5% of the vote.[3]

List Candidates

Conservative Party

TBC

Labour Party

TBC

Liberal Democrats[4]
  • 1. Hina Bokhari, incumbent Assembly Member
  • 2. Rob Blackie, third on the list in 2021
  • 3. Irina Von Weise, former London MEP
  • 4. Gareth Roberts, Leader of Richmond Council
  • 5. Chris Maines, former Leader of Bromley Council
  • 6. John Sweeney, Kingston Councillor
  • 7. William Houngbo, former Southwark Councillor
  • 8. Michael Bukola, former Southwark Councillor
  • 9. Chris Annous, former candidate for Parliament
  • 10. Kishan Devani, former candidate for Parliament
  • 11. Sue Wixley, former candidate for Parliament

Green Party[5]
  • 1. Sian Berry, incumbent Assembly Member
  • 2. Caroline Russell, incumbent Assembly Member
  • 3. Zack Polanski, incumbent Assembly Member, Deputy Leader of the Green Party
  • 4. Zoë Garbett – Hackney Councillor and Green Party 2024 London Mayoral candidate
  • 5. Benali Hamdache – Islington Councillor and Green Party migration spokesperson
  • 6. Scott Ainslie – Lambeth Councillor and former MEP for London
  • 7. Ria Patel – Croydon Councillor and Green Party equalities spokesperson
  • 8. Nate Higgins – Newham Councillor
  • 9. Claire Sheppard – Camberwell and Peckham candidate in the 2019 general election
  • 10. Shahrar Ali – Deputy leader of the Green Party 2014-2016
  • 11. Pete Elliot – Former Lambeth Councillor

References
  1. "London Mayor and Assembly". Your Vote Matters. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  2. "The Voting Systems". London Elects. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "Nominations". London Elects.
  4. https://www.markpack.org.uk/171037/lib-dem-london-assembly-list-candidates-announced/
  5. https://leftfootforward.org/2023/02/green-party-announces-candidate-for-london-mayor/
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