Sunday 4 May 2008

BORIS IS OFFICIALLY THE lONDON MAYOR

The Mayor of London Election and the Donought Syndrome




My day started with a trip to the city Hall the home of the Mayor of london

A view of London from the top roof of City Hall .

Government minister Tessa Jowell MP minister for London and campaign chief for livingstone tries to assure the population that its still very ealy to make a final decision




All the Media was out ther to catch the Story
By 3 pm it was evedent that Ken Livingstone was fighting a losing battle


As results kept pouring in , Boris was far way ahead

Electorate
5,419,913
Papers counted / turnout
2,456,990
Turnout
45.33%
Change in turnout from 2004
Good votes1st choice2nd choice
2,415,958 2,004,078
Rejected votes *1st choice2nd choice
41,032 412,054
Blank **(no votes cast)
13,034
No 2nd preference ***
407,840
Speaking after signing the Mayor of London declaration of acceptance of office, Mr Johnson described youth violence as "the number one issue that we face in this city".
"I do think it's the job of the mayor to lead the fightback against it and that is what I aim to do," he said, identifying crime on London's buses as a particular scourge.
The formal signing ceremony at City Hall came just hours after a 15-year-old boy was found stabbed to death in a stairwell in south London - the latest victim of a wave of knife-crime among young people in the capital.
Mr Johnson also pledged to deliver thousands more afordable homes for London residents, protect gardens against development, and improve bus services.
Candidate name
Party
1st choice votes
2nd choice votes *
Total Votes
1
Boris Johnson
Conservative Party
1,043,761
124,977
1,168,738
2
Ken Livingstone
The Labour Party

893,877
135,089
1,028,966


FREDS WEDS MARIAM
This was Honor oak Community center -London