2004 London Assembly election

An election to the Assembly of London took place on 10 June 2004, along with the 2004 London mayoral election.

2004 London Assembly election
10 June 2004
25 London Assembly Seats
13 seats needed for majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bob Neill Toby Harris
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Bexley and Bromley Brent and Harrow (lost)
Last election 9 seats 9 seats
Seats won 9 7
Seat change 2
Constituency Vote 562,047 444,808
 % and swing 31.2% 0.2% 24.7% 6.9%
Regional Vote 533,696 468,247
 % and swing 28.5% 0.5% 25.0% 5.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Graham Tope Darren Johnson
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seat Londonwide Londonwide
Last election 4 seats 3 seats
Seats won 5 2
Seat change 1 1
Constituency Vote 332,237 138,242
 % and swing 18.4% 0.5% 7.7% 2.6%
Regional Vote 316,218 160,445
 % and swing 16.9% 2.1% 8.6% 2.5%
  Fifth party
 
Leader Damian Hockney
Party UKIP
Leader's seat Londonwide
Last election 0 seats
Seats won 2
Seat change 2
Constituency Vote 180,516
 % and swing 10.0% 9.9%
Regional Vote 156,780
 % and swing 8.4% 6.3%

The Assembly is elected by the Additional Member System. There are fourteen directly elected constituencies, nine of which were won by the Conservatives and five by the Labour Party. An additional eleven members were allocated by a London wide top-up vote, with the proviso that parties must win at least 5% of the vote to qualify for list seats. This latter rule prevented both the British National Party and the Respect Party from winning a seat each as both fell just short of the 5% threshold.

This election saw losses for Labour and the Greens and gains for both the Liberal Democrats and UKIP, who achieved their first representation in the Assembly since its creation in 2000.

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