Your guide to London's mayoral election

[RandySF]

Sadiq Khan is seeking re-election for a third term as mayor. Other political parties have also announced their candidates.

The deadline for candidates to apply is 27 March. The official list of candidates will be announced in the afternoon on 28 March.

All candidates need a total of 330 signatures of people on the electoral register in London supporting the nomination, consisting of 10 from each London borough and 10 from the City of London.

They will also need a deposit of £10,000 which is returned to them after the election if they poll more than 5%.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9elj7wxpwo

[Richard_GB]

1. Khan's problem

Is his ULEZ (ultra low emission zone) program that charges drivers of polluting vehicles in London. It is very unpopular. I hope that he wins. However I don’t live in London.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Note that the Tories were pissed off at losing too many mayoral elections, so they've changed the system

https://www.democraticunderground.com/108822810

It used to be you got 2 votes - 1st round was all candidates, then all but the top 2 were eliminated and their voters' 2nd choice (if they made one for one of the top 2) was transferred across.

With little discussion, the Tories have changed that to just "whoever gets the most votes in one vote". Now, the Tories lose some votes to Reform UK (successor to UKIP, basically), but Labour lose some to the Greens, and the Lib Dems (a few Lib Dem voters might have given 2nd choice votes to the Tories, but not many, I reckon). Apparently, a Nov 23 poll had Kahn leading Susan Hall by 20 points; but a Sept 23 one had them neck and neck.