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| Johnson wins London mayoral race | Johnson wins London mayoral race |
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| Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall. | Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall. |
| The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr Livingstone's 1,028,966. | The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr Livingstone's 1,028,966. |
| Mr Johnson thanked his family, party activists for their help in a "marathon election". | Mr Johnson thanked his family, party activists for their help in a "marathon election". |
| He is expected to stand down as MP for Henley, triggering a by-election. | He is expected to stand down as MP for Henley, triggering a by-election. |
| He paid tribute to Mr Livingstone for shaping the office of mayor and speaking for London after the 7 July bombings, saying he had the "thanks and admiration of millions of Londoners". | |
| Mr Johnson's victory crowns the party's May Day local election wins in England and Wales. He said he hoped it showed the Conservatives had changed "into a party that can be trusted". | Mr Johnson's victory crowns the party's May Day local election wins in England and Wales. He said he hoped it showed the Conservatives had changed "into a party that can be trusted". |
| Mr Livingstone's defeat ends what Gordon Brown has called as a "bad" day for Labour in which it suffered its worst council results for 40 years. | Mr Livingstone's defeat ends what Gordon Brown has called as a "bad" day for Labour in which it suffered its worst council results for 40 years. |
| Mr Livingstone thanked Londoners "who have supported me today" and those who gave him their second preference votes. | |
| He said the Labour Party had come together "in an amazing and disciplined way" from Gordon Brown down to the newest member. | |
| He said he was sorry he could not get the few percentage points needed to win - and said the fault "is solely my own". | |
| He thanked his staff who had helped him "restore city government" and had put London on the path to being the "greatest city of the 21st Century". |