Ken Livingstone Independent Ken Livingstone Labour Sadiq Khan (L) Statutory Deputy Mayor Joanne McCartney (L/Co) London Assembly Lord Mayor Peter Estlin London boroughs (list) Vacant The 2004 election to the post of Mayor of London took place on 10 June 2004.
Ken Livingstone gained the Labour party's nomination on 2 January 2004, three weeks after being re-admitted to the Labour Party, after deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, the previous candidate-elect, stepped down in favour of Livingstone.
Tammy Nagalingam London-born comedian Lee Hurst seriously considered standing as a candidate in the election.
His comedy club had been under threat of redevelopment, and this had re-ignited a spark of political ambition.
His manifesto would probably have included policies such as scrapping bus lanes and the congestion charge, improving public transport (including the re-introduction of bus conductors and AEC Routemaster buses), and tackling crime and abandoned cars.