2002 London Labour Party mayoral selection

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London Labour Party mayoral selection 2002
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  2000 6 November 2002 2004  
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Candidate Nicky Gavron Tony Banks Bob Shannon
First Round47.3%39.8%12.9%
Second Round54.0%46.0%Eliminated

Elected Mayoral candidate

Nicky Gavron
Labour

The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2002 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2004 mayoral election. Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London and London Assembly member for Enfield and Haringey, was selected to stand. [1]

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In the event, Gavron did not contest the Mayoral election - in 2004 she stood aside as the Labour candidate and incumbent Mayor Ken Livingstone was nominated as the new candidate following his readmission to the Labour Party. Livingstone went on to win re-election, appointing Gavron his Deputy.

Selection process

The Labour Party candidate for Mayor was elected by an electoral college composed half-and-half of the votes of Labour members in London and the votes of affiliated organisations. [2]

Candidates

Result

First Round

CandidateIndividual
members
(50.0%)
Affiliated
members
(50.0%)
Overall
Result
Nicky Gavron 46.2%48.4%47.3%
Tony Banks 45.7%33.5%39.8%
Bob Shannon8.1%18.0%12.9%

Second Round

CandidateIndividual
members
(50.0%)
Affiliated
members
(50.0%)
Overall
Result
Nicky Gavron Green check.svg50.4%57.7%54.0%
Tony Banks 49.6%42.3%46.0%

Source: Unfortunately, this service is no longer available | University of Essex Archived 4 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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References

  1. "Labour selects Gavron to stand for mayor". The Guardian. 6 November 2002.
  2. "Unfortunately, this service is no longer available | University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk.