Dear Mayor of London, where would you bring me?

Londoners go to vote tomorrow to choose the person who will be Mayor for the next four years, along with the 25 Assembly Members who will make sure the first citizen of London is delivering on his or her promises.

According to the latest polls, the current mayor of London Boris Johnson is slightly ahead of his labour rival Ken Livingstone.

However, there are five other candidates in the race to become mayor of the capital: independent Siobhan Benita, UK Independence Party Lawrence Webb, Green Party Jenny Jones, Lib-Dem Brian Paddick and Carlos Cortiglia of the BNP.

All the seven candidates have stressed the importance to focus on crime prevention, promote job and growth and build more affordable housing.

Meanwhile, as the country struggles to pull itself out of the recession and Londoners express concern about the ever higher amount of money they have to load onto their Oyster cards, several mayoral candidates have promised to either cut fares or freeze them. There is also a proposal for free weekend tube and the idea of one hour bus tickets.

According to Boris Johnson the promise to cut fares is unrealistic as it would be irresponsible. He wants to invest in the transport system by reducing tube delays and extending the rail system to London’s suburbs instead.

Battle lines were increasingly being drawn for the mayoral election over the past few months and tomorrow Londoners will have the chance to make a choice according to what matters most to them.


Find further information on  http://www.londonelects.org.uk/