who won london mayoral elections 2012?
Stephen Foster
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 By 1996 , various prominent public figures were arguing for the implementation of directly @-@ elected mayors for large UK cities like London . The idea of a London mayor of a Greater London Authority had been included in Labour 's 1997 election manifesto , and after their election a referendum was scheduled for May 1998 , in which there was a 72 % yes vote with a 34 % turnout . With the first mayoral election scheduled for May 2000 , in March 1998 Livingstone stated his intention to stand as a potential Labour candidate for the position . 

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 During the Brexit referendum in 2016 , UK as a whole decided to leave the European Union , but London voted to remain in the EU . This led to over a hundred thousands of Londoners petitioning Mayor Sadiq Khan to declare London 's independence from the UK and rejoin the EU . Supporters cite London 's status as a " world city " and its demographic and economic differences from the rest of the United Kingdom , and argue that it should become a city @-@ state based on the model of Singapore , while remaining an EU member state . 

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 Johnson 's campaign emphasised the accusation that Livingstone was guilty of tax evasion , for which Livingstone called Johnson a " bare @-@ faced liar " . The political scientist Andrew Crines believed that Livingstone 's campaign suffered from its focus on criticising Johnson rather than presenting an alternate and progressive vision of London 's future , also suggesting that after decades in the public eye , Livingstone had come to be seen as an over @-@ familiar and politically tired figure by the London electorate . On 4 May 2012 Livingstone was defeated in the London 2012 Mayoral Elections by the incumbent Mayor , Boris Johnson . There was only a difference of 62 @,@ 538 votes between the 2 candidates with Livingstone receiving 992 @,@ 273 votes and Johnson receiving 1 @,@ 054 @,@ 811 votes . Livingstone criticised bias in the media and declared that he would be bowing out of politics . 

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 2012 Free , fair and clean 2013 national elections 

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 After the announcement , the ballot results were published : London gathered more votes in the first , third and final rounds , while Madrid won the second round despite falling short on votes in the third round and being eliminated . The competitiveness of the bids from Paris and London was ultimately demonstrated by a four @-@ vote difference in the final round . 
