Mary Reid

London waits

By | Sat 4th May 2024 - 8:14 am

It’s going to be a long day in London. The counting process began yesterday in fourteen venues across the region, one based in each of the Assembly super-constituencies.  Votes on the three differently coloured ballot papers were being verified yesterday and then counted today.

To understand the scale of the process you have to remember that the population of Greater London is more than those of Scotland and Wales taken together.

Results will be announced this afternoon in this order: Mayor of London, London Assembly constituency members, London-wide Assembly members (from the top up lists).  We already know that turnout was 40.5%. Previous turnouts have varied from 34% to 46%, so there is nothing particularly surprising in that figure.

Lib Dem interest is focussed on the SW London Constituency (Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow) which we are hoping to win. If we do then it will be the first ever constituency win for us.

The best place to follow the election results is on London Elects.

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.

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4 Comments

  • Jason Connor 4th May '24 - 10:43am

    I am now hearing that the Lib Dems could possibly take third place.

  • Mary Reid Mary Reid 4th May '24 - 10:58am

    @Jason Connor – In the contest for Mayor?

  • Jason Connor 4th May '24 - 11:00am

    Yes for the mayoral contest. At least that’s what I am beginning to hear.

  • Jason Connor 4th May '24 - 4:11pm

    Rob Blackie came in third just ahead of the Greens. BBC getting their facts wrong again as LD vote went up and Green vote down.

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