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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
You are very biased in your analysis of this situation I'm afraid Britannist.
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Biased? I am just stating plain facts.
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BonnieDundee wrote: ...it does seem however that more people prefered the Lib dem candidate, if not to all candidates, to Boris Johnson.
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Not true - the figures speak for themselves:
London Mayoral Election 1.5.2008 -
67.9% did not give their second preference vote to Paddick (the Liberal 'Democrat' candidate). 90.2% did not give their first preference voto europhile Paddick.
Boris Johnson MP (Conservative)
First preference votes: 1, 043, 751
Second preference votes: 124, 977
Total votes (first and second preference): 1, 168, 738
'Ken' Livingstone (Labour)
First preference votes: 893, 877
Second preference votes: 135, 089
Total votes (first and second preference): 1, 028, 966
Paddick (europhile Liberal 'Democrats')
First preference votes: 236, 685
Second preference votes: 641, 412
Total votes (first and second preference): 878, 097
* As well as getting a worse result in the 2008 London Mayoral Election than they got in 2004 - the Liberal 'Democrats' also lost two of their five seats
on the London Assembly in the Assembly election held on 1.5.2008.