2000 London mayoral election

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The 2000 London mayoral election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect the Mayor of London. It was the first election to the office established that year; the idea of a mayor of a Greater London Authority (GLA) had been included in Labour's 1997 election manifesto, and after their election, a referendum in London was scheduled for May 1998, in which there was a 72% "yes" vote with a 34% turnout. Ken Livingstone was elected the first Mayor of London, running as an independent after losing the selection for the Labour Party. He beat Steven Norris of the Conservative Party by 57.9% to 42.1% of first and second-preference votes. The Labour Party candidate Frank Dobson was eliminated at the first round, with 13.1% of votes. As Livingstone had previously been leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 to 1986 before it was abolished, he started his acceptance speech with "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted 14 years ago..."

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