25 London Assembly Members announced
6th May 2016
The 25 candidates who have been elected as London Assembly Members for the next four years have now been announced by the Greater London Returning Officer.
Each voter could vote for an individual candidate to represent their constituency and for a party to represent the whole of London.
The 11 seats on the London Assembly were allocated to parties based on their London-wide share of the vote. Only parties securing more than 5% of the vote qualified for a seat.
The elected candidates – in the order the seats were allocated - are:
| Candidate | Political party |
| Sian Rebecca Berry | Green Party - "vote Green on Orange" |
| Peter Robin Whittle | UK Independence Party (UKIP) |
| Caroline Valerie Pidgeon | Caroline Pidgeon's London Liberal Democrats |
| Kemi Badenoch | Conservative Party |
| Andrew Boff | Conservative Party |
| Fiona Ruth Twycross | Labour Party |
| Caroline Marguerite Cumine Russell | Green Party - "vote Green on Orange" |
| Tom Phillip Copley | Labour Party |
| Shaun Bailey | Conservative Party |
| Nicky Gavron | Labour Party |
| David Michael Kurten | UK Independence Party (UKIP) |
A full breakdown of votes can be found at www.londonelects.org.uk/results-2016.
A further 14 members of the London Assembly are elected on a constituency basis. The constituencies and candidates are:
| Constituency | Candidate Elected |
| Barnet & Camden | Andrew Hartley Dismore, Labour Party |
| Bexley & Bromley | Gareth Andrew Bacon, Conservative Party |
| Brent & Harrow | Navin Shah, Labour Party |
| City & East | Unmesh Desai, Labour Party |
| Croydon & Sutton | Stephen John O'Connell, Conservative Party |
| Ealing & Hillingdon | Onkar Singh Sahota, Labour Party |
| Enfield & Haringey | Joanne McCartney, Labour Party |
| Greenwich & Lewisham | Len Duvall, Labour Party |
| Havering & Redbridge | Keith Anthony Prince, Conservative Party |
| Lambeth & Southwark | Florence Eshalomi, Labour Party |
| Merton & Wandsworth | Leonie Alison Cooper, Labour Party |
| North East | Jennette Arnold, Labour Party |
| South West | Tony Arbour, Conservative Party |
| West Central | Tony Devenish, Conservative Party |
For more information go to www.londonelects.org.uk/results-2016.
For more information please contact the London Elects Media Office.
London Elects Head of Media Relations:
Alison Bell - 07887 832 918 or 020 7983 4228 – City Hall
media@londonelects.org.uk
www.londonelects.org.uk
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London Elects is the independent body responsible – under the direction of the Greater London Returning Officer (GLRO) – for delivering and encouraging participation in the Mayor of London and London Assembly elections.
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London Elects is part of the Greater London Authority, but is operationally independent. It has a separate budget and reports directly to the GLRO.
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The GLRO for this election is Jeffrey Jacobs.
