Tag: mayor

Oh dear, Livingstone is lost in his own mythologising

Ken Livingstone won the London Mayoral election last week. Well, okay, he doesn’t actually claim that in his Guardian article yesterday, but he comes pretty close: Nationally Labour’s vote fell by 2% compared to 2004, but in London the percentage of first preference votes I received in the mayoral election went up very fractionally. The… Continue reading Oh dear, Livingstone is lost in his own mythologising

Random points about the London elections

I have a few things to get off my chest regarding the London elections and so I thought I would include them as a miscellenia rather than write seperate blog posts about them. Bozza and the bloke factor One thing that continues to perturb me is the rapid rewriting of history from the side of… Continue reading Random points about the London elections

Just how many spoilt ballot papers were there?

I’ve been looking at the final results of the London elections on the London Elects website and I’m confused. Under Turnout and Technical Information, it state the following: Electorate: 5,419,913 Papers counted / turnout: 2,456,990 Turnout: 45.33% Good votes 1st choice: 2,415,958 2nd choice: 2,004,078 Rejected votes * 1st choice: 41,032 2nd choice: 412,054 Blank… Continue reading Just how many spoilt ballot papers were there?