Ken Livingstone won the 2000 London mayoral election as a left-wing independent against the official Labour Party candidate.

In 2008, Boris Johnson became the first Conservative mayor of London after triumphing against Livingstone.

[1] In Total Politics magazine, Keith Simpson wrote 'Basically, this book tells the story of how Boris won and why Ken lost.

The authors conclude by considering the impact on national politics of the election of Mayor Boris, not least in what they believe could become a rivalry between Boris and David Cameron',[2] while in Progress magazine Peter Kellner described the book as a 'brisk and highly readable narrative' and noting 'The swing to the Conservatives was significantly less in London than in the local elections elsewhere in England'.

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