The list of nominated candidates for the Mayor of London has
been announced.
Elections for the Mayor and the London
Assembly will be held on 1 May.
Nominations for both elections closed at
midday today (28 March), and London Elects – the Office of the
Greater London Returning Officer – published the list of Mayoral
candidates at 4pm.
The list of London Assembly candidates will
follow shortly.
The candidates standing for the Mayor of
London are:
Richard Barnbrook – British National
Party
Gerard Batten – UK Independence
Party
Siân Berry – Green Party
Alan Craig – Christian Peoples
Alliance and Christian Party
Lindsey German – Left
List
Boris Johnson – Conservative
Party
Ken Livingstone – Labour
Party
Winston McKenzie -
Independent
Matt O’Connor – English
Democrats
Brian Paddick – Liberal
Democrats
The Mayor of London has the biggest personal
mandate of any British politician, representing an electorate of
5.5 million. Across Europe, only the Presidents of Portugal,
Poland and France are directly elected by larger
electorates.
Mayoral manifestos will be available online
from Monday 1 April.
Mayoral and Assembly nominations can still be
withdrawn by candidates or their parties before midday on Wednesday
2 April.