The London Assembly Election. Read more to see how the 14
Constituency Assembly Members and 11 London-wide Assembly
Members are elected.
Step 1(a): How the vote works
There are 25 London Assembly members in total. 14 of
them are Constituency Assembly members who represent the different
areas of London. Your borough will fall within one of these
constituencies.
Step 1(b): How the vote works
The remaining 11 are London-wide Assembly members who
represent London as a whole.
Step 2: How the vote works: constituency
seats
Your yellow ballot paper lists all the candidates standing in
your area for London Assembly Constituency Member.
Step 3: How the results are decided: constituency
seats
There is a straight race between the local candidates in each of
the 14 constituencies. The candidate with the most votes in
each constituency wins.
Step 4: How the results are decided: Assembly
seats
Your peach-coloured ballot paper lists all the political parties
and independent candidates standing in the London-wide Assembly
contest. You vote for one party or one individual.
Step 5: How the results are decided: Assembly
seats
The 11 London-wide seats are the allocated. Each party is
given a number of seats proportional to how many votes they won
across London.
Step 6: How the results are decided: Assembly
seats
The 14 Constituency and 11 London-wide Assembly Members
make up the complete London Assembly.
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