When Will The Election Results Be Declared?


Social distancing at count means declaration for mayoral vote may be on Sunday

Some of the candidates - clockwise: Sian Berry (Green), Count Binface, Louisa Pollitt (Liberal Democrat), Sadiq Khan (Labour) and Shaun Bailey (Conservative)

Voters casting their ballots for the Mayor of London and London Assembly members today will have to wait until the weekend to find out the results.

Votes will be counted in three separate locations across Friday and Saturday to allow for social distancing and to minimise the number of people in each count centre.

The first set of results to be released will be the 14 constituency seats in the London Assembly, seven of which are expected to be announced on Friday evening with the remaining seven announced on Saturday.

With no overnight counts taking place, Londoners may have to wait until Sunday to find out who the next Mayor of London is, depending on voter turnout.

The earliest that voters may find out the mayoral election results is Saturday evening, with the results of the London-wide Assembly seats to be announced at the same time.

The winner of the mayoral election is expected to be announced at City Hall no later than midday on Sunday, with a limited number of press in attendance.

The seven London Assembly constituency seats that will be counted on Friday are:

Bexley & Bromley
Brent & Harrow
Ealing & Hillingdon
Havering & Redbridge
Lambeth & Southwark
North East
West Central
While the following seats will be counted on Saturday:

Barnet & Camden
City & East
Croydon & Sutton
Enfield & Haringey
Greenwich & Lewisham
Merton & Wandsworth
South West

The full list of candidates standing to be Mayor of London, in the order they will appear on the ballot, is as follows:

Shaun Bailey – Conservative Party

Kam Balayev – Renew

Sian Berry – Green Party

Count Binface – Count Binface for Mayor of London

Piers Corbyn – Let London Live

Max Fosh – Independent

Laurence Fox – The Reclaim Party

Peter Gammons – UKIP

Richard Hewison – Rejoin EU

Vanessa Hudson – Animal Welfare Party – People, Animals, Environment

Steve Kelleher – Social Democratic Party

Sadiq Khan – Labour Party

David Kurten – Heritage Party

Farah London – Independent

Valerie Brown – The Burning Pink Party

Nims Obunge – Independent

Niko Omilana – Independent

Luisa Porritt – Liberal Democrats

Mandu Reid – Women’s Equality Party

Brian Rose – London Real Party

In order to have been included on the ballot, candidates will have had to secure 66 signatures from registered voters in London, two in each borough and two from the City of London.

Candidates will have also had to pay a deposit of £10,000 to have their manifesto included in a booklet sent to all voters, with the deposit only returned if they secure at least five per cent of the votes.

According to the latest opinion polls, only four of the 20 candidates are expected to reach at least five per cent of the vote and have their deposits returned.

More information on both the London Mayor and London Assembly elections can be found on the London Elects website.

 

Joe Talora - Local Democracy Reporter


May 6, 2021