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London mayor election: Voter turnout 40.5%

May 4, 2024
News Reporter

Voter turnout was 40.5% in the London mayoral election, down 1.5% overall from 2021, London Elects has announced.

On Thursday, Londoners chose between the 13 candidates for the mayor of London.

Labour’s Sadiq Khan, the Conservatives’ Susan Hall, Zoe Garbett, for the Green Party, and Liberal Democrat Rob Blackie are among those in the running.

Votes were verified on Friday and will be counted on Saturday.

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On Thursday votes were also cast for a London Assembly constituency member and a London Assembly London-wide member.

The turnout for each constituency in the 2024 mayoral election was as follows:

  • Barnet and Camden – 39.59%
  • Bexley and Bromley – 48.38%
  • Brent and Harrow – 37.09%
  • City and East (Barking and Dagenham, City of London, Newham, Tower Hamlets) – 31.17%
  • Croydon and Sutton – 42.27%
  • Ealing and Hillingdon – 42.98%
  • Enfield and Haringey – 41.38%
  • Greenwich and Lewisham – 40.33%
  • Havering and Redbridge – 42.94%
  • Lambeth and Southwark – 39.13%
  • Merton and Wandsworth – 45.99%
  • North East (Hackney, Islington, Waltham Forest) – 39.57%
  • South West (Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames) – 45.26%
  • West Central (Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster) – 34.98%

Previously, voter turnout was 42% in 2021, 46% in 2016, 38% in 2012, 45% in 2008, 37% in 2004 and 34% in 2000.

 

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