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2008 London Assembly election

Index 2008 London Assembly election

An election to the Assembly of London took place on 1 May 2008, along with the 2008 London mayoral election. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 78 relations: Additional-member system, Alan Craig, Andrew Boff, Andrew Pelling, Angie Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln, Ben Everitt, Bexley and Bromley (London Assembly constituency), Big Brother (British TV series) series 8, Bob Blackman, Bob Neill, Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency), British National Party, Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Party (UK), Christian Peoples Alliance, Communist Party of Britain, Conservative Party (UK), Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Damian Hockney, Darren Johnson, Dee Doocey, Ealing and Hillingdon (London Assembly constituency), Elizabeth Howlett, English Democrats, Gareth Bacon, Geoff Pope (politician), George Galloway, Graham Tope, Baron Tope, Greater London Authority, Green Party of England and Wales, Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency), James Cleverly, Jennette Arnold, Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, Joanne McCartney, John Biggs (London politician), Ken Livingstone, Kit Malthouse, Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour Party (UK), Left List, Len Duvall, Leonie Cooper, Liberal Democrats (UK), Lindsey German, London Assembly, London Conservatives, London Green Party, London Labour, London Liberal Democrats, ... Expand index (28 more) »

  2. 2008 elections in the United Kingdom
  3. 2008 in London
  4. London Assembly elections
  5. May 2008 events in the United Kingdom

Additional-member system

The additional-member system (AMS) is a mixed electoral system under which most representatives are elected in single-member districts (SMDs), and the other "additional members" are elected to make the seat distribution in the chamber more proportional to the way votes are cast for party lists.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Additional-member system

Alan Craig

Alexander Alan Craig is a British politician and community worker who previously served as leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) from 2004 to 2012.

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Andrew Boff

Andrew Boff (born 14 April 1958) is a British politician who has been Chair of the London Assembly since 2023, and previously from 2021 to 2022.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Andrew Boff

Andrew Pelling

Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959) is a British politician.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Andrew Pelling

Angie Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln

Angela Lavinia Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln (born 13 October 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of the London Assembly for West Central from 2000 to 2008, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton from 2010 to 2015.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Angie Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln

Ben Everitt

Benjamin William Everitt (born 22 November 1979) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes North from 2019 to 2024.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Ben Everitt

Bexley and Bromley (London Assembly constituency)

Bexley and Bromley is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Bexley and Bromley (London Assembly constituency)

Big Brother (British TV series) series 8

Big Brother 2007, also known as Big Brother 8, was the eighth series of the British reality television series Big Brother.

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Bob Blackman

Robert John Blackman MP (born 26 April 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the chairman of the 1922 Committee since July 2024.

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Bob Neill

Sir Robert James MacGillivray Neill KC (Hon) (born 24 June 1952) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

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Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency)

Brent and Harrow is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency)

British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, British fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Caroline Pidgeon

Caroline Valerie Pidgeon (born 29 September 1972) is a British former politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly from 2010 to 2024, and Londonwide Member of the London Assembly (AM) from 2008 to 2024.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Caroline Pidgeon

Christian Party (UK)

The Christian Party (also known as the Scottish Christian Party and Welsh Christian Party) is a minor Christian political party in Great Britain.

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Christian Peoples Alliance

The Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) is a minor Christian right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Communist Party of Britain

The Communist Party of Britain (CPB) is a communist party in Great Britain which emerged from a dispute between Eurocommunists and Marxist-Leninists in the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1988.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)

Croydon and Sutton is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

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Damian Hockney

Nicholas Richard Alexander Damian Hockney is a British former politician who was the leader of the One London party from 2005 to 2008.

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Darren Johnson

Darren Paul Johnson (born 1966) is a former English politician who was a prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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Dee Doocey

Elizabeth Deirdre Doocey, Baroness Doocey, (née O'Keeffe; born 2 May 1948) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and businesswoman.

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Ealing and Hillingdon (London Assembly constituency)

Ealing and Hillingdon is a constituency represented in the London Assembly since its formation in 2000.

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Elizabeth Howlett

Elizabeth Howlett (born November 1938) is a Conservative Party politician and former member of the London Assembly for Merton and Wandsworth.

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English Democrats

The English Democrats are a right-wing to far-right, English nationalist political party active in England.

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Gareth Bacon

Gareth Andrew Bacon (born 7 April 1972) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since 2019.

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Geoff Pope (politician)

Geoffrey Robert Pope (born 1944) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

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George Galloway

George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a British politician, broadcaster, and writer.

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Graham Tope, Baron Tope

Graham Norman Tope, Baron Tope, (born 30 November 1943) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

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Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym City Hall, is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London, England.

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr; Parti Gwer Pow Sows ha Kembra; often known simply as the Green Party or the Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales.

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Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency)

Greenwich and Lewisham is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

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James Cleverly

James Spencer Cleverly TD VR (born 4 September 1969) is a British politician and Army Reserve officer who has been Shadow Home Secretary since July 2024.

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Jennette Arnold

Jennette Arnold, OBE is a Labour Co-op politician who served as chair of the London Assembly for five terms.

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Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, (born 23 December 1949) is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London from 2003 to 2004.

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Joanne McCartney

Joanne McCartney is a British barrister and Labour and Co-operative Party politician.

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John Biggs (London politician)

John Robert Biggs (born 19 November 1957) is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Mayor of Tower Hamlets between 2015 and 2022.

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Ken Livingstone

Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English retired politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008.

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Kit Malthouse

Christopher Laurie "Kit" Malthouse (born 27 October 1966) is a British politician and businessman who served as Secretary of State for Education from 6 September to 25 October 2022.

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Kwasi Kwarteng

Akwasi Addo Alfred "Kwasi" Kwarteng (born 26 May 1975) is a British politician who served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 6 September to 14 October 2022 under Liz Truss and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2021 to 2022 under Boris Johnson.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Left List

The Left List, later renamed the Left Alternative, was a political party active in the United Kingdom between 2008 and 2010.

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Len Duvall

Leonard Lloyd Duvall OBE (born 26 September 1961) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been deputy chair of the London Assembly since May 2024.

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Leonie Cooper

Leonie Alison Cooper (born 27 December 1959) is a British Labour & Co-operative Party politician.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.

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Lindsey German

Lindsey Ann German, Evening Standard (This is London), 14 May 2004 (born 1951) is a British left-wing political activist.

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London Assembly

The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.

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London Conservatives

The London Conservatives are the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.

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London Green Party

The London Green Party is the regional party of the Green Party of England and Wales that operates in Greater London.

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London Labour

London Labour is the devolved, regional part of the Labour Party in Greater London.

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London Liberal Democrats

The London Liberal Democrats are the regional party of the Liberal Democrats that operates in Greater London.

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Matt O'Connor (activist)

Matt O’Connor (born February 1967) is a marketing consultant, political activist, and author.

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Mayor of London

The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Mayor of London

Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

Merton and Wandsworth is a constituency in the London Assembly.

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Mike Tuffrey

Michael William Tuffrey is a British businessman and former Liberal Democrat politician who served as a member of the London Assembly (AM) from 2002 to 2012.

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Monty Goldman

Monty Goldman (born 1931) is an activist in the Communist Party of Britain and former Communist Party of Great Britain member who was expelled in the 1980s during that party's factional conflicts.

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Murad Qureshi

Murad Qureshi (মুরাদ কোরেশী; born 27 May 1965) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, and a former Member of the London Assembly.

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Navin Fakirchand Shah (born September 1946) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as chair of the London Assembly between May 2020 and May 2021, and a Member of the London Assembly for Brent and Harrow from 2008 to 2021.

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Nicky Gavron

Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron (nee Coates, born November 1941) is a British politician who was deputy mayor of London under Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008.

See 2008 London Assembly election and Nicky Gavron

Noel Lynch

Noel Lynch (20 January 1947 – 3 August 2021) was an Irish politician living in England and a member of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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One London

One London was a small British political party formed on 15 September 2005 by Damian Hockney and Peter Hulme-Cross.

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Peter Hulme-Cross

Peter Hulme-Cross is a British politician who was a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide from 2004 to 2008.

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Respect Party

The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left socialist political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016.

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Richard Barnbrook

Richard Barnbrook (born 24 February 1961) is a British politician and a former member of the London Assembly.

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Richard Barnes (British politician)

Richard Michael Barnes (born 1 December 1947) is a British politician, who was the Deputy Mayor of London from 2008 to 2012.

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Richard Tracey

Richard Patrick Tracey, (8 February 1943 – 19 March 2020), was a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and news presenter.

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Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee

Sally Rachel Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee (born 12 January 1947) is a Liberal Democrat politician and their Lead Home Affairs Spokesperson in the House of Lords.

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Shahrar Ali

Mohammad Shahrar Ali, known as Shahrar Ali, is a British politician and university manager who served as deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2014 to 2016.

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Siân Berry

Siân Rebecca Berry (Siân) (born 9 July 1974) is a British politician who served as a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and as its sole leader from July to October 2021.

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Stephen Knight (politician)

Stephen Knight is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom who has previously been a member of the London Assembly for the Liberal Democrats.

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Steve O'Connell

Cllr Stephen O'Connell, AM (born 9 September 1956), known as Steve O'Connell, is a British Conservative politician.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Val Shawcross

Valerie Shawcross is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2016 to 2018.

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Veritas (political party)

Veritas (Latin: truth) was a minor right-wing political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 2005 by Robert Kilroy-Silk following a split from the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

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Victoria Borwick

Victoria Lorne Peta Borwick, Baroness Borwick (née Poore, 26 April 1956), formally styled by marriage the Lady Borwick, is a British politician.

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West Central (London Assembly constituency)

West Central is a constituency represented on the London Assembly.

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2008 London mayoral election

The 2008 London mayoral election for the office of Mayor of London, England, was held on 1 May 2008. 2008 London Assembly election and 2008 London mayoral election are 2008 elections in the United Kingdom, 2008 in London and may 2008 events in the United Kingdom.

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2008 United Kingdom local elections

The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. 2008 London Assembly election and 2008 United Kingdom local elections are 2008 elections in the United Kingdom and may 2008 events in the United Kingdom.

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2016 London Assembly election

The 2016 London Assembly election was an election held on 5 May 2016 to elect the members of the London Assembly. 2008 London Assembly election and 2016 London Assembly election are London Assembly elections.

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See also

2008 elections in the United Kingdom

2008 in London

London Assembly elections

May 2008 events in the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_London_Assembly_election

Also known as London Assembly election, 2008.

, Matt O'Connor (activist), Mayor of London, Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency), Mike Tuffrey, Monty Goldman, Murad Qureshi, Navin Shah, Nicky Gavron, Noel Lynch, One London, Peter Hulme-Cross, Respect Party, Richard Barnbrook, Richard Barnes (British politician), Richard Tracey, Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, Shahrar Ali, Siân Berry, Stephen Knight (politician), Steve O'Connell, UK Independence Party, Val Shawcross, Veritas (political party), Victoria Borwick, West Central (London Assembly constituency), 2008 London mayoral election, 2008 United Kingdom local elections, 2016 London Assembly election.