That three per cent has saved Mr Johnson

Two weeks ago Boris Johnson won a second term as Mayor of London.

The Tory candidate won 51.5 per cent of the vote to Labour Mr Livingston’s 48.5 in the run-off between the two top nominees.

During his first speech at City Hall he made a solemn vow to Londoners to lead them out of recession by putting jobs and growth at the hearth of this second term, with a focus on youth unemployment.

He also stressed his intension to invest in local high streets and get the best from the Olympics as well as his plan to bring down both crime and murder rates.

Mr Johnson got a £24 billion budget and powers over Policing, Transport, Housing and the Olympics, just to mention a few.

So far he kept his pre-election promise by appointing a deputy mayor for the economy in order to haul London out of recession.

Meanwhile he has also named five deputies ruling Policing, Education, Housing, Transport and Planning plus Boris Johnson’s official deputy Ms Victoria Borwick.

They are all Tories but known in their own right rather than tied to any faction.

This gruelling campaign saw the victory of Conservatives in London. However David Cameron’s party suffered heavy losses in local elections outside the capital.