2000 London mayoral election

Results

• Turnout: 1,752,303
• As the ballot papers are counted electronically, totals for all second preferences are available, even though some did not contribute to the final result.

  Candidates

• Geoffrey Ben-Nathan stood as a PRO-MaSS candidate, campaigning on a platform of stopping the use of motorists as "wallets on wheels".
• Dr. Geoffrey Clements ran for the Natural Law Party, of which he was the leader. A doctor of physics from the University of Sussex, he also trained as a teacher in the techniques of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
• Frank Dobson, the Labour Party candidate, was the MP for Holborn and St. Pancras.
• Prof. Ram Gidoomal CBE, a businessman and author originally from British East Africa ran for the Christian Peoples Alliance.
• Damian Hockney was a leading member of the United Kingdom Independence Party. He has since been a member of Veritas and is now the leader of One London.
• Darren Johnson was a leading member of the Green Party of England and Wales who was elected to the London Assembly in 2000.
• Susan Kramer was the candidate for the Liberal Democrats. She has since been elected MP for Richmond Park.
• Ken Livingstone had been leader of the Greater London Council and MP for Brent East, both for the Labour Party.
• Michael Newland was the candidate for the British National Party, at the time serving as the party's national treasurer. Previously associated with the National Front he subsequently joined the Freedom Party.
• Steven Norris had served the Conservative Party as MP for Oxford East and Epping Forest.
• Ashwinkumar Tanna, who had been a candidate for UKIP in the 2000 Tottenham by-election, ran on an independent ticket with a range of policies including opposing privatisation of London Underground, local involvement in policing and the establishment of a citywide business forum.

  Candidate selection

Labour

Conservatives