2004 London Labour Party mayoral selection

April 2022 none London Labour Party mayoral selection 2004 United Kingdom presidential 2002 London Labour Party mayoral selection 2002 2007 London Labour Party mayoral selection 2007 Option Overall result Party members Affiliates 120px Ken Livingstone Labour Party (UK) 93.9% 87.7% 100.0% 2 February 2004 Mayoral candidate Nicky Gavron Labour Party (UK) Ken Livingstone Labour Party (UK) The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2004 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2004 mayoral election. Ken Livingstone, the incumbent Mayor of London, was selected to stand after Labour's previous candidate, Nicky Gavron, stood aside. Background Ken Livingstone had been elected Mayor of London in the 2000 election as an independent, after unsuccessfully seeking the Labour Party nomination. This resulted in his expulsion from the Labour Party.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/699204.stm Labour expels Livingstone 4 April 2000 BBC News 7 March 2016 In 2002, Labour selected Nicky Gavron as its Mayoral candidate for the 2004 election.Nicky Gavron is Labour's candidate for London mayor https://www.lgcplus.com/nicky-gavron-is-labours-candidate-for-london-mayor/1284684.article 1 July 2019 Local Government Chronicle 6 November 2002 Livingstone had made public his intention to seek a second term as Mayor, leading to fears that the Labour vote could be split once again between Livingstone and Gavron.Livingstone given go-ahead to rejoin Labour party The Guardian, 17 December 2003 However, in 2004, Livingstone was readmitted to the Labour Party, after passing a "loyalty test" interview with senior Labour Party officials.Labour readmits Ken Livingstone The Telegraph, 6 January 2004 Gavron announced she would step aside, leaving a vacancy for Labour's Mayoral candidate.Ken Livingstone set to rejoin Labour https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ken-livingstone-set-to-rejoin-labour-1.965208 1 July 2019 The Irish Times 5 January 2004 Candidates Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London; Leader of the Greater London Council 1981–1986; Member of Parliament for Brent East 1987–2001 Process London Labour Party members and affiliates were balloted on whether Livingstone should be nominated as Labour's Mayoral candidate; they were given the option to answer 'yes' or 'no' to whether they wanted Livingstone as the candidate. Affiliates and members had 50% of the votes each in an Electoral college. Result OptionQuinn Tom London Mayoralty Candidate Selection 2000-2016 http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/london_mayoralty.htm 1 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160804195802/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/london_mayoralty.htm 4 August 2016Individual members (50.0%)Affiliated members (50.0%)Overall ResultYes87.7%100.0%93.9%No12.3%0.0%6.1% See also 2004 London mayoral election References External links London Labour Party website https://web.archive.org/web/20150714171119/http://www.labourinlondon.org.uk/ 14 July 2015 Category:London Labour Category:London mayoral elections London Labour Party mayoral selection London Labour Party mayoral selection London Labour Party mayoral selection, 2004