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 |  | THE voters of East London bucked the trend across the capital when they overwhelmingly backed Labour’s Ken Livingstone over Tory challenger Boris Johnson. Livingstone was the outright winner, polling just over 50 per cent to Johnson’s meagre 26.4 per cent. Had that been repeated across London, Livingstone would be back at City Hall for a third term, without a second ‘run off’ round.... » MORE
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LABOUR showed it was in charge in the London Assembly’s City & East constituency count last night with almost 34 per cent of the vote on the proportional representation Party List ballot. It polled 63,635, now added to Labour's lists from the other 13 Greater London constituencies to cdompete for the 11 London-wide seats on the Assembly. It was nearly double their closest rivals, the Conservatives, who managed 32,082 votes in City & East, just over 17 per cent....
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 LABOUR’s John Biggs stormed home to retain his City & East constituency on the London Assembly last night.
He polled almost double his closest rival, Tory challenger Phil Briscoe, with a huge 31,553 majority. He got 63,635 votes, bucking the national trend against Labour with almost 34 per cent of the poll. Challenger Briscoe scraped in with 32,082 votes, 17 per cent....
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 QUESTIONS were being raised tonight (Friday) about MP George Galloway’s future political career after his bid for election to the London Assembly ended in a crushing defeat. His apparent failure to capture more than five percent of the ‘pan London’ Party List vote without even a particularly strong showing in what he thought would be his East End ‘heartland’ raised doubts about whether he could win a future re-election campaign for Westminster for Poplar & Limehouse....
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Labour s Ken Livingstone was ahead in the race for Mayor of London ver Tory challenger Boris Johnson in the huge City & East constituency just after mid-day today (Fri), when 28 per cent of the vote was counted. The constituency includes Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and the City of London...
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 POLLING stations have been doing ‘brink business’ across the capital as Londoners vote for their next Mayor. Queues began building up by lunchtime, with the sun making a welcome appearance after a brief shower this morning following two days of rain. A close fight is predicted between Labour’s defending Ken Livingstone, bidding for his third term as Mayor, and Conservative MP Boris Johnson challenging to topple him....
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THE Crown Prosecution Service is studying a report into an allegation of electoral fraud in East London. The inquiry is believed to centre on the Weavers ward in Bethnal Green that was successfully won by Fazlul Haque for Labour last month. The CPS confirmed it has had talks with Scotland Yard...
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LEADERS of the English Democrat party have hit back at controversial dads’ campaigner Matt O’Connor who accused them of having links to the BNP in a pre-election attack in the race for Mayor of London. The Fathers 4 Justice founder was running for Mayor for the party when he pulled out just six days before polling, too late for them to select another candidate....
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